The Meaning of 1 Chronicles 15:1 Explained

1 Chronicles 15:1

KJV: And David made him houses in the city of David, and prepared a place for the ark of God, and pitched for it a tent.

YLT: And he maketh for himself houses in the city of David, and prepareth a place for the ark of God, and stretcheth out for it a tent.

Darby: And he made him houses in the city of David, and prepared a place for the ark of God, and spread a tent for it.

ASV: And David made him houses in the city of David; and he prepared a place for the ark of God, and pitched for it a tent.

KJV Reverse Interlinear

And [David] made  him houses  in the city  of David,  and prepared  a place  for the ark  of God,  and pitched  for it a tent. 

What does 1 Chronicles 15:1 Mean?

Chapter Summary: 1Chron 15

1  David having prepared a place for the ark,
15  the priests and Levites bring it from Obed-Edom
25  He performs the solemnity thereof with great joy
29  Michal despises him

What do the individual words in 1 Chronicles 15:1 mean?

And [David] built for himself houses in the City of David and he prepared a place for the ark of God and pitched for it a tent
וַיַּֽעַשׂ־ ל֥וֹ בָתִּ֖ים בְּעִ֣יר דָּוִ֑יד וַיָּ֤כֶן מָקוֹם֙ לַֽאֲר֣וֹן הָֽאֱלֹהִ֔ים וַיֶּט־ ל֖וֹ אֹֽהֶל

וַיַּֽעַשׂ־  And  [David]  built 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Qal, Consecutive imperfect, third person masculine singular
Root: עָשָׂה 
Sense: to do, fashion, accomplish, make.
ל֥וֹ  for  himself 
Parse: Preposition, third person masculine singular
בָתִּ֖ים  houses 
Parse: Noun, masculine plural
Root: בַּיִת 
Sense: house.
בְּעִ֣יר  in  the  City 
Parse: Preposition-b, Noun, feminine singular construct
Root: עִיר 
Sense: excitement, anguish.
דָּוִ֑יד  of  David 
Parse: Proper Noun, masculine singular
Root: דָּוִד  
Sense: youngest son of Jesse and second king of Israel.
וַיָּ֤כֶן  and  he  prepared 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Hifil, Consecutive imperfect, third person masculine singular
Root: כּוּן 
Sense: to be firm, be stable, be established.
מָקוֹם֙  a  place 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular
Root: מָקֹום  
Sense: standing place, place.
לַֽאֲר֣וֹן  for  the  ark 
Parse: Preposition-l, Noun, common singular construct
Root: אֲרֹון  
Sense: chest, ark.
הָֽאֱלֹהִ֔ים  of  God 
Parse: Article, Noun, masculine plural
Root: אֱלֹהִים  
Sense: (plural).
וַיֶּט־  and  pitched 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Qal, Consecutive imperfect, third person masculine singular
Root: נָטָה 
Sense: to stretch out, extend, spread out, pitch, turn, pervert, incline, bend, bow.
ל֖וֹ  for  it 
Parse: Preposition, third person masculine singular
אֹֽהֶל  a  tent 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular
Root: אֹהֶל  
Sense: tent.