The Meaning of 1 Chronicles 12:9 Explained

1 Chronicles 12:9

KJV: Ezer the first, Obadiah the second, Eliab the third,

YLT: Ezer the head, Obadiah the second, Eliab the third,

Darby: Ezer the first, Obadiah the second, Eliab the third,

ASV: Ezer the chief, Obadiah the second, Eliab the third,

KJV Reverse Interlinear

Ezer  the first,  Obadiah  the second,  Eliab  the third, 

What does 1 Chronicles 12:9 Mean?

Chapter Summary: 1 Chronicles 12

1  The companies that came to David at Ziklag
23  The armies that came to him at Hebron

What do the individual words in 1 Chronicles 12:9 mean?

And [Some] Gadite joined - David at the stronghold in the wilderness mighty men of valor men trained for battle who could handle shield and spear and the faces of lions whose faces [were like] and as gazelles on the mountains [were] as swift -
וּמִן־ הַגָּדִ֡י נִבְדְּל֣וּ אֶל־ דָּוִיד֩ לַמְצַ֨ד מִדְבָּ֜רָה גִּבֹּרֵ֣י הַחַ֗יִל אַנְשֵׁ֤י צָבָא֙ לַמִּלְחָמָ֔ה עֹרְכֵ֥י צִנָּ֖ה וָרֹ֑מַח וּפְנֵ֤י אַרְיֵה֙ פְּנֵיהֶ֔ם וְכִצְבָאיִ֥ם עַל־ הֶהָרִ֖ים לְמַהֵֽר ס

וּמִן־  And  [Some] 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Preposition
Root: אֲבֵדָה  
Sense: a lost thing, something lost.
הַגָּדִ֡י  Gadite 
Parse: Article, Proper Noun, masculine singular
Root: גָּדִי  
Sense: one of the tribe descended from Gad.
נִבְדְּל֣וּ  joined 
Parse: Verb, Nifal, Perfect, third person common plural
Root: בָּדַל  
Sense: to divide, separate.
אֶל־  - 
Parse: Preposition
דָּוִיד֩  David 
Parse: Proper Noun, masculine singular
Root: דָּוִד  
Sense: youngest son of Jesse and second king of Israel.
לַמְצַ֨ד  at  the  stronghold 
Parse: Preposition-l, Noun, masculine singular construct
Root: מְצָד  
Sense: fort, stronghold, fastness.
מִדְבָּ֜רָה  in  the  wilderness 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular, third person feminine singular
Root: מִדְבָּר 
Sense: wilderness.
גִּבֹּרֵ֣י  mighty  men 
Parse: Adjective, masculine plural construct
Root: גִּבֹּור  
Sense: strong, mighty.
הַחַ֗יִל  of  valor 
Parse: Article, Noun, masculine singular
Root: חַיִל 
Sense: strength, might, efficiency, wealth, army.
אַנְשֵׁ֤י  men 
Parse: Noun, masculine plural construct
Root: אִישׁ 
Sense: man.
צָבָא֙  trained 
Parse: Noun, common singular
Root: צָבָא 
Sense: that which goes forth, army, war, warfare, host.
לַמִּלְחָמָ֔ה  for  battle 
Parse: Preposition-l, Article, Noun, feminine singular
Root: מִלְחָמָה  
Sense: battle, war.
עֹרְכֵ֥י  who  could  handle 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Participle, masculine plural construct
Root: עָרַךְ  
Sense: to arrange, set or put or lay in order, set in array, prepare, order, ordain, handle, furnish, esteem, equal, direct, compare.
צִנָּ֖ה  shield 
Parse: Noun, feminine singular
Root: צִנָּה 
Sense: something piercing, hook, barb.
וָרֹ֑מַח  and  spear 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Noun, masculine singular
Root: רֹמַח  
Sense: spear, lance.
וּפְנֵ֤י  and  the  faces 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Noun, common plural construct
Root: לִפְנֵי 
Sense: face.
אַרְיֵה֙  of  lions 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular
Root: אֲרִידָתָא  
Sense: a son of Haman.
פְּנֵיהֶ֔ם  whose  faces  [were  like] 
Parse: Noun, masculine plural construct, third person masculine plural
Root: לִפְנֵי 
Sense: face.
וְכִצְבָאיִ֥ם  and  as  gazelles 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Preposition-k, Noun, masculine plural
Root: צָבָא 
Sense: beauty, glory, honour.
הֶהָרִ֖ים  the  mountains 
Parse: Article, Noun, masculine plural
Root: הַר  
Sense: hill, mountain, hill country, mount.
לְמַהֵֽר  [were]  as  swift 
Parse: Preposition-l, Verb, Piel, Infinitive construct
Root: מָהַר  
Sense: (Qal) to hasten.
ס  - 
Parse: Punctuation

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