The Meaning of 1 Chronicles 27:23 Explained

1 Chronicles 27:23

KJV: But David took not the number of them from twenty years old and under: because the LORD had said he would increase Israel like to the stars of the heavens.

YLT: And David hath not taken up their number from a son of twenty years and under, for Jehovah said to multiply Israel as the stars of the heavens.

Darby: And David took not their number from twenty years old and under; for Jehovah had said he would increase Israel as the stars of heaven.

ASV: But David took not the number of them from twenty years old and under, because Jehovah had said he would increase Israel like to the stars of heaven.

KJV Reverse Interlinear

But David  took  not the number  of them from twenty  years  old  and under:  because the LORD  had said  he would increase  Israel  like to the stars  of the heavens. 

What does 1 Chronicles 27:23 Mean?

Chapter Summary: 1 Chronicles 27

1  The twelve captains for each month
16  The princes of the twelve tribes
23  The numbering of the people is hindered
25  David's several officers

What do the individual words in 1 Chronicles 27:23 mean?

But not did take David the number of those old twenty years and under because had said Yahweh He would multiply - Israel like the stars of the heavens
וְלֹא־ נָשָׂ֤א דָוִיד֙ מִסְפָּרָ֔ם לְמִבֶּ֛ן עֶשְׂרִ֥ים שָׁנָ֖ה וּלְמָ֑טָּה כִּ֚י אָמַ֣ר יְהוָ֔ה לְהַרְבּ֥וֹת אֶת־ יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל כְּכוֹכְבֵ֥י הַשָּׁמָֽיִם

וְלֹא־  But  not 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Adverb, Negative particle
Root: הֲלֹא 
Sense: not, no.
נָשָׂ֤א  did  take 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Perfect, third person masculine singular
Root: נָשָׂא  
Sense: to lift, bear up, carry, take.
דָוִיד֙  David 
Parse: Proper Noun, masculine singular
Root: דָּוִד  
Sense: youngest son of Jesse and second king of Israel.
מִסְפָּרָ֔ם  the  number  of  those 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular construct, third person masculine plural
Root: מִסְפָּר  
Sense: number, tale.
לְמִבֶּ֛ן  old 
Parse: Preposition-l, Preposition-m, Noun, masculine singular construct
Root: בֵּן 
Sense: son, grandson, child, member of a group.
עֶשְׂרִ֥ים  twenty 
Parse: Number, common plural
Root: עֶשְׂרִים  
Sense: twenty, twentieth.
שָׁנָ֖ה  years 
Parse: Noun, feminine singular
Root: שָׁנָה  
Sense: year.
וּלְמָ֑טָּה  and  under 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Preposition-l, Adverb
Root: מַטָּה  
Sense: downwards, below.
כִּ֚י  because 
Parse: Conjunction
Root: כִּי 
Sense: that, for, because, when, as though, as, because that, but, then, certainly, except, surely, since.
אָמַ֣ר  had  said 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Perfect, third person masculine singular
Root: אָמַר 
Sense: to say, speak, utter.
יְהוָ֔ה  Yahweh 
Parse: Proper Noun, masculine singular
Root: יהוה 
Sense: Jehovah—used primarily in the combination ‘Lord Jehovah’.
לְהַרְבּ֥וֹת  He  would  multiply 
Parse: Preposition-l, Verb, Hifil, Infinitive construct
Root: הַרְבָּה 
Sense: be or become great, be or become many, be or become much, be or become numerous.
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.
יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל  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.
כְּכוֹכְבֵ֥י  like  the  stars 
Parse: Preposition-k, Noun, masculine plural construct
Root: כֹּוכָב  
Sense: star.
הַשָּׁמָֽיִם  of  the  heavens 
Parse: Article, Noun, masculine plural
Root: שָׁמַיִם  
Sense: heaven, heavens, sky.

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