The Meaning of 1 Chronicles 22:16 Explained

1 Chronicles 22:16

KJV: Of the gold, the silver, and the brass, and the iron, there is no number. Arise therefore, and be doing, and the LORD be with thee.

YLT: To the gold, to the silver, and to the brass, and to the iron, there is no number; arise and do, and Jehovah is with thee.'

Darby: Of the gold, the silver, and the brass, and the iron, there is no number. Arise and be doing and Jehovah be with thee.

ASV: of the gold, the silver, and the brass, and the iron, there is no number. Arise and be doing, and Jehovah be with thee.

KJV Reverse Interlinear

Of the gold,  the silver,  and the brass,  and the iron,  [there is] no number.  Arise  [therefore], and be doing,  and the LORD  be with thee. 

What does 1 Chronicles 22:16 Mean?

Chapter Summary: 1 Chronicles 22

1  David, foreknowing the place of the temple, prepares abundance for building it
6  He instructs Solomon in God's promises, and his duty in building the temple
17  He charges the princes to assist his son

What do the individual words in 1 Chronicles 22:16 mean?

Of gold and silver and bronze and iron [there is] no limit Arise and begin working and be Yahweh with you
לַזָּהָ֥ב לַכֶּ֛סֶף וְלַנְּחֹ֥שֶׁת וְלַבַּרְזֶ֖ל אֵ֣ין מִסְפָּ֑ר ק֣וּם וַעֲשֵׂ֔ה וִיהִ֥י יְהוָ֖ה עִמָּֽךְ

לַזָּהָ֥ב  Of  gold 
Parse: Preposition-l, Article, Noun, masculine singular
Root: זָהָב  
Sense: gold.
לַכֶּ֛סֶף  and  silver 
Parse: Preposition-l, Article, Noun, masculine singular
Root: כֶּסֶף  
Sense: silver, money.
וְלַנְּחֹ֥שֶׁת  and  bronze 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Preposition-l, Article, Noun, feminine singular
Root: נְחֹשֶׁת 
Sense: copper, bronze.
וְלַבַּרְזֶ֖ל  and  iron 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Preposition-l, Article, Noun, masculine singular
Root: בַּרְזֶל  
Sense: iron.
אֵ֣ין  [there  is]  no 
Parse: Adverb
Root: אַיִן 
Sense: nothing, not, nought n.
מִסְפָּ֑ר  limit 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular
Root: מִסְפָּר  
Sense: number, tale.
ק֣וּם  Arise 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Imperative, masculine singular
Root: קוּם 
Sense: to rise, arise, stand, rise up, stand up.
וַעֲשֵׂ֔ה  and  begin  working 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Qal, Imperative, masculine singular
Root: עָשָׂה 
Sense: to do, fashion, accomplish, make.
וִיהִ֥י  and  be 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Qal, Conjunctive imperfect Jussive, third person masculine singular
Root: אֶהְיֶה 
Sense: to be, become, come to pass, exist, happen, fall out.
יְהוָ֖ה  Yahweh 
Parse: Proper Noun, masculine singular
Root: יהוה 
Sense: the proper name of the one true God.
עִמָּֽךְ  with  you 
Parse: Preposition, second person feminine singular
Root: עִם  
Sense: with.