The Meaning of 1 Chronicles 17:4 Explained

1 Chronicles 17:4

KJV: Go and tell David my servant, Thus saith the LORD, Thou shalt not build me an house to dwell in:

YLT: 'Go, and thou hast said unto David My servant, Thus said Jehovah, Thou dost not build for Me the house to dwell in:

Darby: Go and say to David my servant, Thus saith Jehovah: Thou shalt not build me a house to dwell in;

ASV: Go and tell David my servant, Thus saith Jehovah, Thou shalt not build me a house to dwell in:

KJV Reverse Interlinear

Go  and tell  David  my servant,  Thus saith  the LORD,  Thou shalt not build  me an house  to dwell in: 

What does 1 Chronicles 17:4 Mean?

Chapter Summary: 1 Chronicles 17

1  Nathan first approving the purpose of David, to build God a house
3  after by the word of God forbids him
11  He promises him blessings and benefits in his seed
16  David's prayer and thanksgiving

What do the individual words in 1 Chronicles 17:4 mean?

go and tell unto David My servant thus says Yahweh not You shall build Me a house to dwell in
לֵ֤ךְ וְאָמַרְתָּ֙ אֶל־ דָּוִ֣יד עַבְדִּ֔י כֹּ֖ה אָמַ֣ר יְהוָ֑ה לֹ֥א אַתָּ֛ה תִּבְנֶה־ לִּ֥י הַבַּ֖יִת לָשָֽׁבֶת

לֵ֤ךְ  go 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Imperative, masculine singular
Root: הָלַךְ  
Sense: to go, walk, come.
וְאָמַרְתָּ֙  and  tell 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Qal, Conjunctive perfect, second person masculine singular
Root: אָמַר 
Sense: to say, speak, utter.
אֶל־  unto 
Parse: Preposition
Root: אֶל  
Sense: to, toward, unto (of motion).
דָּוִ֣יד  David 
Parse: Proper Noun, masculine singular
Root: דָּוִד  
Sense: youngest son of Jesse and second king of Israel.
עַבְדִּ֔י  My  servant 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular construct, first person common singular
Root: עֶבֶד  
Sense: slave, servant.
כֹּ֖ה  thus 
Parse: Adverb
Root: כֹּה  
Sense: thus, here, in this manner.
אָמַ֣ר  says 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Perfect, third person masculine singular
Root: אָמַר 
Sense: to say, speak, utter.
יְהוָ֑ה  Yahweh 
Parse: Proper Noun, masculine singular
Root: יהוה 
Sense: the proper name of the one true God.
תִּבְנֶה־  shall  build 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Imperfect, second person masculine singular
Root: בָּנָה  
Sense: to build, rebuild, establish, cause to continue.
לִּ֥י  Me 
Parse: Preposition, first person common singular
הַבַּ֖יִת  a  house 
Parse: Article, Noun, masculine singular
Root: בַּיִת 
Sense: house.
לָשָֽׁבֶת  to  dwell  in 
Parse: Preposition-l, Verb, Qal, Infinitive construct
Root: יָשַׁב 
Sense: to dwell, remain, sit, abide.