The Meaning of 1 Chronicles 16:22 Explained

1 Chronicles 16:22

KJV: Saying, Touch not mine anointed, and do my prophets no harm.

YLT: Come not against Mine anointed ones, And against My prophets do not evil.

Darby: Saying, Touch not mine anointed ones, And do my prophets no harm.

ASV: Saying , Touch not mine anointed ones, And do my prophets no harm.

KJV Reverse Interlinear

[Saying], Touch  not mine anointed,  and do my prophets  no harm. 

What does 1 Chronicles 16:22 Mean?

Chapter Summary: 1 Chronicles 16

1  David's festival sacrifice
4  He orders a choir to sing thanksgiving
7  The psalm of thanksgiving
37  He appoints ministers, porters, priests, and musicians, to attend the ark

What do the individual words in 1 Chronicles 16:22 mean?

[Saying] not do touch My anointed ones and My prophets no do harm -
אַֽל־ תִּגְּעוּ֙ בִּמְשִׁיחָ֔י וּבִנְבִיאַ֖י אַל־ תָּרֵֽעוּ פ

אַֽל־  [Saying]  not 
Parse: Adverb
Root: אַל  
Sense: not, no, nor, neither, nothing (as wish or preference).
תִּגְּעוּ֙  do  touch 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Imperfect, second person masculine plural
Root: נָגַע  
Sense: to touch, reach, strike.
בִּמְשִׁיחָ֔י  My  anointed  ones 
Parse: Preposition-b, Adjective, masculine plural construct, first person common singular
Root: מָשִׁיחַ  
Sense: anointed, anointed one.
וּבִנְבִיאַ֖י  and  My  prophets 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Preposition-b, Noun, masculine plural construct, first person common singular
Root: נָבִיא  
Sense: spokesman, speaker, prophet.
אַל־  no 
Parse: Adverb
Root: אַל  
Sense: not, no, nor, neither, nothing (as wish or preference).
תָּרֵֽעוּ  do  harm 
Parse: Verb, Hifil, Imperfect, second person masculine plural
Root: מֵרֵעַ 
Sense: to be bad, be evil.
פ  - 
Parse: Punctuation