The Meaning of 1 Chronicles 11:25 Explained

1 Chronicles 11:25

KJV: Behold, he was honourable among the thirty, but attained not to the first three: and David set him over his guard.

YLT: Of the thirty, lo, he is honoured, and unto the first three he hath not come, and David setteth him over his guard.

Darby: Behold, he was honoured above the thirty, but he did not attain to the first three. And David set him in his council.

ASV: Behold, he was more honorable than the thirty, but he attained not to the first three: and David set him over his guard.

KJV Reverse Interlinear

Behold,  he was honourable  among the thirty,  but attained  not to the [first] three:  and David  set  him over his guard. 

What does 1 Chronicles 11:25 Mean?

Chapter Summary: 1 Chronicles 11

1  David Becomes King over All Israel
4  Jerusalem
10  David's Mighty Men

What do the individual words in 1 Chronicles 11:25 mean?

Than the thirty indeed was more honored he but to the [first] three not he did attain and appointed him David over his guard -
מִן־ הַשְּׁלוֹשִׁ֗ים הִנּ֤וֹ נִכְבָּד֙ ה֔וּא וְאֶל־ הַשְּׁלוֹשָׁ֖ה לֹא־ בָ֑א וַיְשִׂימֵ֥הוּ דָוִ֖יד עַל־ מִשְׁמַעְתּֽוֹ ס

מִן־  Than 
Parse: Preposition
Root: מִן 
Sense: from, out of, on account of, off, on the side of, since, above, than, so that not, more than.
הַשְּׁלוֹשִׁ֗ים  the  thirty 
Parse: Article, Number, common plural
Root: שְׁלֹשִׁים  
Sense: thirty, thirtieth.
הִנּ֤וֹ  indeed 
Parse: Interjection, third person masculine singular
Root: הֵן  
Sense: behold, lo, though hypothetical part.
נִכְבָּד֙  was  more  honored 
Parse: Verb, Nifal, Participle, masculine singular
Root: כָּבֵד  
Sense: to be heavy, be weighty, be grievous, be hard, be rich, be honourable, be glorious, be burdensome, be honoured.
וְאֶל־  but  to 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Preposition
Root: אֶל  
Sense: to, toward, unto (of motion).
הַשְּׁלוֹשָׁ֖ה  the  [first]  three 
Parse: Article, Number, masculine singular
Root: מִשְׁלֹשׁ 
Sense: three, triad.
בָ֑א  he  did  attain 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Perfect, third person masculine singular
Root: בֹּוא 
Sense: to go in, enter, come, go, come in.
וַיְשִׂימֵ֥הוּ  and  appointed  him 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Qal, Consecutive imperfect, third person masculine singular, third person masculine singular
Root: שׂוּמָה 
Sense: to put, place, set, appoint, make.
דָוִ֖יד  David 
Parse: Proper Noun, masculine singular
Root: דָּוִד  
Sense: youngest son of Jesse and second king of Israel.
עַל־  over 
Parse: Preposition
Root: עַל 
Sense: upon, on the ground of, according to, on account of, on behalf of, concerning, beside, in addition to, together with, beyond, above, over, by, on to, towards, to, against.
מִשְׁמַעְתּֽוֹ  his  guard 
Parse: Noun, feminine singular construct, third person masculine singular
Root: מִשְׁמַעַת  
Sense: subjects, body of subjects, bodyguard, listeners, obedient ones.
ס  - 
Parse: Punctuation

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