The Meaning of 1 Chronicles 21:9 Explained

1 Chronicles 21:9

KJV: And the LORD spake unto Gad, David's seer, saying,

YLT: And Jehovah speaketh unto Gad, seer of David, saying:

Darby: And Jehovah spoke to Gad, David's seer, saying,

ASV: And Jehovah spake unto Gad, David's seer, saying,

KJV Reverse Interlinear

And the LORD  spake  unto Gad,  David's  seer,  saying, 

What does 1 Chronicles 21:9 Mean?

Chapter Summary: 1 Chronicles 21

1  David, tempted by Satan, forces Joab to number the people
5  The number of the people being brought, David repents of it
9  David having three plagues proposed by God, chooses the pestilence
14  After the death of 70,000, David by repentance prevents the destruction of Jerusalem
18  David, by Gad's direction, purchases Ornan's threshing floor;
26  where having built an altar, God gives a sign of his favor by fire
28  David sacrifices there, being restrained from Gibeon by fear of the angel

What do the individual words in 1 Chronicles 21:9 mean?

And spoke Yahweh to Gad seer of David saying
וַיְדַבֵּ֤ר יְהוָה֙ אֶל־ גָּ֔ד חֹזֵ֥ה דָוִ֖יד לֵאמֹֽר

וַיְדַבֵּ֤ר  And  spoke 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Piel, Consecutive imperfect, third person masculine singular
Root: דָּבַר 
Sense: to speak, declare, converse, command, promise, warn, threaten, sing.
יְהוָה֙  Yahweh 
Parse: Proper Noun, masculine singular
Root: יהוה 
Sense: the proper name of the one true God.
גָּ֔ד  Gad 
Parse: Proper Noun, masculine singular
Root: גָּד  
Sense: seventh son of Jacob by Zilpah, Leah’s handmaid, and full brother of Asher.
חֹזֵ֥ה  seer 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular construct
Root: חֹזֶה 
Sense: seer.
דָוִ֖יד  of  David 
Parse: Proper Noun, masculine singular
Root: דָּוִד  
Sense: youngest son of Jesse and second king of Israel.
לֵאמֹֽר  saying 
Parse: Preposition-l, Verb, Qal, Infinitive construct
Root: אָמַר 
Sense: to say, speak, utter.

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