The Meaning of 1 Chronicles 11:4 Explained

1 Chronicles 11:4

KJV: And David and all Israel went to Jerusalem, which is Jebus; where the Jebusites were, the inhabitants of the land.

YLT: And David goeth, and all Israel, to Jerusalem -- it is Jebus -- and there the Jebusite, the inhabitants of the land.

Darby: And David and all Israel went to Jerusalem, which is Jebus; where the Jebusites were, the inhabitants of the land.

ASV: And David and all Israel went to Jerusalem (the same is Jebus); and the Jebusites, the inhabitants of the land, were there.

KJV Reverse Interlinear

And David  and all Israel  went  to Jerusalem,  which [is] Jebus;  where the Jebusites  [were], the inhabitants  of the land. 

What does 1 Chronicles 11:4 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 11:4 mean?

And went David and all Israel to Jerusalem that [is] Jebus and where the Jebusite [were] the inhabitants of the land
וַיֵּ֨לֶךְ דָּוִ֧יד וְכָל־ יִשְׂרָאֵ֛ל יְרוּשָׁלִַ֖ם הִ֣יא יְב֑וּס וְשָׁם֙ הַיְבוּסִ֔י יֹשְׁבֵ֖י הָאָֽרֶץ

וַיֵּ֨לֶךְ  And  went 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Qal, Consecutive imperfect, third person masculine singular
Root: הָלַךְ  
Sense: to go, walk, come.
דָּוִ֧יד  David 
Parse: Proper Noun, masculine singular
Root: דָּוִד  
Sense: youngest son of Jesse and second king of Israel.
וְכָל־  and  all 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Noun, masculine singular construct
Root: כֹּל  
Sense: all, the whole.
יִשְׂרָאֵ֛ל  Israel 
Parse: Proper Noun, masculine singular
Root: יִשְׂרָאֵל  
Sense: the second name for Jacob given to him by God after his wrestling with the angel at Peniel.
יְרוּשָׁלִַ֖ם  to  Jerusalem 
Parse: Proper Noun, feminine singular
Root: יְרוּשָׁלַםִ  
Sense: the chief city of Palestine and capital of the united kingdom and the nation of Judah after the split.
הִ֣יא  that  [is] 
Parse: Pronoun, third person feminine singular
Root: הוּא 
Sense: he, she, it.
יְב֑וּס  Jebus 
Parse: Proper Noun, feminine singular
Root: יְבוּס  
Sense: an early name for Jerusalem, the city of the Jebusites; also ‘Jebusi’.
וְשָׁם֙  and  where 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Adverb
Root: שָׁם  
Sense: there, thither.
הַיְבוּסִ֔י  the  Jebusite 
Parse: Article, Proper Noun, masculine singular
Root: יְבוּסִי  
Sense: descendants of the 3rd son of Canaan who lived in or around the site of Jebus, the early name for Jerusalem.
יֹשְׁבֵ֖י  [were]  the  inhabitants 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Participle, masculine plural construct
Root: יָשַׁב 
Sense: to dwell, remain, sit, abide.
הָאָֽרֶץ  of  the  land 
Parse: Article, Noun, feminine singular
Root: אֶרֶץ  
Sense: land, earth.