The Meaning of 1 Chronicles 21:5 Explained

1 Chronicles 21:5

KJV: And Joab gave the sum of the number of the people unto David. And all they of Israel were a thousand thousand and an hundred thousand men that drew sword: and Judah was four hundred threescore and ten thousand men that drew sword.

YLT: And Joab giveth the account of the numbering of the people unto David, and all Israel is a thousand thousand and a hundred thousand, each drawing sword, and Judah is four hundred and seventy thousand, each drawing sword.

Darby: And Joab gave the sum of the number of the people to David. And all they of Israel were eleven hundred thousand men that drew sword; and of Judah, four hundred and seventy thousand men that drew sword.

ASV: And Joab gave up the sum of the numbering of the people unto David. And all they of Israel were a thousand thousand and a hundred thousand men that drew sword: and Judah was four hundred threescore and ten thousand men that drew sword.

KJV Reverse Interlinear

And Joab  gave  the sum  of the number  of the people  unto David.  And all [they of] Israel  were a thousand  thousand  and an hundred  thousand  men  that drew  sword:  and Judah  [was] four  hundred  threescore and ten  thousand  men  that drew  sword. 

What does 1 Chronicles 21:5 Mean?

Study Notes

were a thousand
Cf.
in Israel
Cf. 1 Chronicles 21:5 . The total military strength of Israel (the northern kingdom) was 1,100,000, and of Judah 500,000. The numbers actually set in array were, of Israel, 800,000; of Judah, 470,000.

Chapter Summary: 1 Chronicles 21

1  David, tempted by Satan, forces Joab to number the people
5  The number of the people being brought, David repents of it
9  David having three plagues proposed by God, chooses the pestilence
14  After the death of 70,000, David by repentance prevents the destruction of Jerusalem
18  David, by Gad's direction, purchases Ornan's threshing floor;
26  where having built an altar, God gives a sign of his favor by fire
28  David sacrifices there, being restrained from Gibeon by fear of the angel

What do the individual words in 1 Chronicles 21:5 mean?

And gave Joab - the sum of the number of the people to David And all Israel [had] a thousand thousand and a hundred thousand men who drew the sword and Judah [had] four hundred and seventy men the sword
וַיִּתֵּ֥ן יוֹאָ֛ב אֶת־ מִסְפַּ֥ר מִפְקַד־ הָעָ֖ם אֶל־ דָּוִ֑יד וַיְהִ֣י כָֽל־ יִשְׂרָאֵ֡ל אֶ֣לֶף אֲלָפִים֩ וּמֵאָ֨ה אֶ֤לֶף אִישׁ֙ שֹׁ֣לֵֽף חֶ֔רֶב וִֽיהוּדָ֕ה אַרְבַּע֩ מֵא֨וֹת וְשִׁבְעִ֥ים אִ֖ישׁ חָֽרֶב

וַיִּתֵּ֥ן  And  gave 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Qal, Consecutive imperfect, third person masculine singular
Root: יָתַן 
Sense: to give, put, set.
יוֹאָ֛ב  Joab 
Parse: Proper Noun, masculine singular
Root: יׄואָב  
Sense: son of David’s sister Zeruiah and general of David’s army.
אֶת־  - 
Parse: Direct object marker
Root: אֹות 
Sense: sign of the definite direct object, not translated in English but generally preceding and indicating the accusative.
מִסְפַּ֥ר  the  sum 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular construct
Root: מִסְפָּר  
Sense: number, tale.
מִפְקַד־  of  the  number 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular construct
Root: מִפְקָד  
Sense: muster, appointment, appointed place.
הָעָ֖ם  of  the  people 
Parse: Article, Noun, masculine singular
Root: עַם 
Sense: nation, people.
דָּוִ֑יד  David 
Parse: Proper Noun, masculine singular
Root: דָּוִד  
Sense: youngest son of Jesse and second king of Israel.
יִשְׂרָאֵ֡ל  Israel  [had] 
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.
אֶ֣לֶף  a  thousand 
Parse: Number, masculine singular
Root: אֶלֶף 
Sense: a thousand.
אֲלָפִים֩  thousand 
Parse: Number, masculine plural
Root: אֶלֶף 
Sense: a thousand.
וּמֵאָ֨ה  and  a  hundred 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Number, feminine singular
Root: מֵאָה 
Sense: hundred.
אֶ֤לֶף  thousand 
Parse: Number, masculine singular
Root: אֶלֶף 
Sense: a thousand.
אִישׁ֙  men 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular
Root: אִישׁ 
Sense: man.
שֹׁ֣לֵֽף  who  drew 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Participle, masculine singular
Root: שָׁלַף  
Sense: to draw out or off, take off.
חֶ֔רֶב  the  sword 
Parse: Noun, feminine singular
Root: חֶרֶב  
Sense: sword, knife.
וִֽיהוּדָ֕ה  and  Judah  [had] 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Proper Noun, masculine singular
Root: יְהוּדָה  
Sense: the son of Jacob by Leah.
אַרְבַּע֩  four 
Parse: Number, feminine singular
Root: אַרְבַּע  
Sense: four.
מֵא֨וֹת  hundred 
Parse: Number, feminine plural
Root: מֵאָה 
Sense: hundred.
וְשִׁבְעִ֥ים  and  seventy 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Number, common plural
Root: שִׁבְעִים  
Sense: seventy.
אִ֖ישׁ  men 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular
Root: אִישׁ 
Sense: man.
חָֽרֶב  the  sword 
Parse: Noun, feminine singular
Root: חֶרֶב  
Sense: sword, knife.

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