The Meaning of 1 Samuel 3:14 Explained

1 Samuel 3:14

KJV: And therefore I have sworn unto the house of Eli, that the iniquity of Eli's house shall not be purged with sacrifice nor offering for ever.

YLT: and therefore I have sworn to the house of Eli: the iniquity of the house of Eli is not atoned for, by sacrifice, and by offering -- unto the age.'

Darby: And therefore I have sworn unto the house of Eli that the iniquity of Eli's house shall not be expiated with sacrifice or oblation for ever.

ASV: And therefore I have sworn unto the house of Eli, that the iniquity of Eli's house shall not be expiated with sacrifice nor offering for ever.

KJV Reverse Interlinear

And therefore I have sworn  unto the house  of Eli,  that the iniquity  of Eli's  house  shall not be purged  with sacrifice  nor offering  for  ever. 

What does 1 Samuel 3:14 Mean?

Context Summary

1 Samuel 3:10-21 - A Message Through A Child
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Chapter Summary: 1 Samuel 3

1  How the word of the Lord was first revealed to Samuel
11  God tells Samuel the destruction of Eli's house
15  Samuel, though loath, tells Eli the vision
19  Samuel grows in credit

What do the individual words in 1 Samuel 3:14 mean?

And therefore I have sworn to the house of Eli shall shall not be atoned for that the iniquity of house of Eli by sacrifice or offering for ever
וְלָכֵ֥ן נִשְׁבַּ֖עְתִּי לְבֵ֣ית עֵלִ֑י אִֽם־ יִתְכַּפֵּ֞ר עֲוֺ֧ן בֵּית־ עֵלִ֛י בְּזֶ֥בַח וּבְמִנְחָ֖ה עַד־ עוֹלָֽם

וְלָכֵ֥ן  And  therefore 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Adverb
Root: כֵּן 
Sense: so, therefore, thus.
נִשְׁבַּ֖עְתִּי  I  have  sworn 
Parse: Verb, Nifal, Perfect, first person common singular
Root: שָׁבַע  
Sense: to swear, adjure.
לְבֵ֣ית  to  the  house 
Parse: Preposition-l, Noun, masculine singular construct
Root: בַּיִת 
Sense: house.
עֵלִ֑י  of  Eli 
Parse: Proper Noun, masculine singular
Root: עֵלִי  
Sense: descendant of Aaron through Ithamar and high priest and judge of Israel when Samuel entered service as a child.
יִתְכַּפֵּ֞ר  shall  not  be  atoned  for 
Parse: Verb, Hitpael, Imperfect, third person masculine singular
Root: כָּפַר 
Sense: to cover, purge, make an atonement, make reconciliation, cover over with pitch.
עֲוֺ֧ן  that  the  iniquity 
Parse: Noun, common singular construct
Root: עָוֹן  
Sense: perversity, depravity, iniquity, guilt or punishment of iniquity.
בֵּית־  of  house 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular construct
Root: בַּיִת 
Sense: house.
עֵלִ֛י  of  Eli 
Parse: Proper Noun, masculine singular
Root: עֵלִי  
Sense: descendant of Aaron through Ithamar and high priest and judge of Israel when Samuel entered service as a child.
בְּזֶ֥בַח  by  sacrifice 
Parse: Preposition-b, Noun, masculine singular
Root: זֶבַח  
Sense: sacrifice.
וּבְמִנְחָ֖ה  or  offering 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Preposition-b, Noun, feminine singular
Root: מִנְחָה  
Sense: gift, tribute, offering, present, oblation, sacrifice, meat offering.
עוֹלָֽם  ever 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular
Root: עֹולָם  
Sense: long duration, antiquity, futurity, for ever, ever, everlasting, evermore, perpetual, old, ancient, world.