The Meaning of 1 Chronicles 22:3 Explained

1 Chronicles 22:3

KJV: And David prepared iron in abundance for the nails for the doors of the gates, and for the joinings; and brass in abundance without weight;

YLT: And iron in abundance for nails for leaves of the gates, and for couplings, hath David prepared, and brass in abundance -- there is no weighing.

Darby: And David prepared iron in abundance for the nails for the doors of the gates, and for the joists, and brass in abundance without weight;

ASV: And David prepared iron in abundance for the nails for the doors of the gates, and for the couplings; and brass in abundance without weight;

KJV Reverse Interlinear

And David  prepared  iron  in abundance  for the nails  for the doors  of the gates,  and for the joinings;  and brass  in abundance  without weight; 

What does 1 Chronicles 22:3 Mean?

Chapter Summary: 1 Chronicles 22

1  David, foreknowing the place of the temple, prepares abundance for building it
6  He instructs Solomon in God's promises, and his duty in building the temple
17  He charges the princes to assist his son

What do the individual words in 1 Chronicles 22:3 mean?

And iron in abundance for the nails of the doors of the gates for the joints prepared David and bronze in abundance [there is] no measure
וּבַרְזֶ֣ל ׀ לָ֠רֹב לַֽמִּסְמְרִ֞ים לְדַלְת֧וֹת הַשְּׁעָרִ֛ים וְלַֽמְחַבְּר֖וֹת הֵכִ֣ין דָּוִ֑יד וּנְחֹ֥שֶׁת לָרֹ֖ב אֵ֥ין מִשְׁקָֽל

וּבַרְזֶ֣ל ׀  And  iron 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Noun, masculine singular
Root: בַּרְזֶל  
Sense: iron.
לָ֠רֹב  in  abundance 
Parse: Preposition-l, Article, Noun, masculine singular
Root: רֹב  
Sense: multitude, abundance, greatness.
לַֽמִּסְמְרִ֞ים  for  the  nails 
Parse: Preposition-l, Article, Noun, masculine plural
Root: מַסְמֵר  
Sense: nail.
לְדַלְת֧וֹת  of  the  doors 
Parse: Preposition-l, Noun, feminine plural construct
Root: דַּל 
Sense: door, gate.
הַשְּׁעָרִ֛ים  of  the  gates 
Parse: Article, Noun, masculine plural
Root: שַׁעַר  
Sense: gate.
וְלַֽמְחַבְּר֖וֹת  for  the  joints 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Preposition-l, Article, Noun, feminine plural
Root: מְחַבְּרֹות  
Sense: binder, clamp, joint.
הֵכִ֣ין  prepared 
Parse: Verb, Hifil, Perfect, third person masculine singular
Root: כּוּן 
Sense: to be firm, be stable, be established.
דָּוִ֑יד  David 
Parse: Proper Noun, masculine singular
Root: דָּוִד  
Sense: youngest son of Jesse and second king of Israel.
וּנְחֹ֥שֶׁת  and  bronze 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Noun, feminine singular
Root: נְחֹשֶׁת 
Sense: copper, bronze.
לָרֹ֖ב  in  abundance 
Parse: Preposition-l, Article, Noun, masculine singular
Root: רֹב  
Sense: multitude, abundance, greatness.
אֵ֥ין  [there  is]  no 
Parse: Adverb
Root: אַיִן 
Sense: nothing, not, nought n.
מִשְׁקָֽל  measure 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular
Root: מִשְׁקָל  
Sense: heaviness, weight.