The Meaning of 1 Chronicles 28:3 Explained

1 Chronicles 28:3

KJV: But God said unto me, Thou shalt not build an house for my name, because thou hast been a man of war, and hast shed blood.

YLT: and God hath said to me, Thou dost not build a house to My name, for a man of wars thou art, and blood thou hast shed.

Darby: But God said to me, Thou shalt not build a house unto my name, for thou art a man of war, and hast shed blood.

ASV: But God said unto me, Thou shalt not build a house for my name, because thou art a man of war, and hast shed blood.

KJV Reverse Interlinear

But God  said  unto me, Thou shalt not build  an house  for my name,  because thou [hast been] a man  of war,  and hast shed  blood. 

What does 1 Chronicles 28:3 Mean?

Chapter Summary: 1 Chronicles 28

1  David in a solemn assembly having declared God's favor to him,
5  and promise to his son Solomon, exhorts them to fear God
9  He encourages Solomon to build the temple
11  He gives him patterns, gold and silver, etc

What do the individual words in 1 Chronicles 28:3 mean?

but God said to me not You shall build a house for My name because a man of war you [have been] and blood have shed
וְהָאֱלֹהִים֙ אָ֣מַר לִ֔י לֹא־ תִבְנֶ֥ה בַ֖יִת לִשְׁמִ֑י כִּ֣י אִ֧ישׁ מִלְחָמ֛וֹת אַ֖תָּה וְדָמִ֥ים שָׁפָֽכְתָּ

וְהָאֱלֹהִים֙  but  God 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Article, Noun, masculine plural
Root: אֱלֹהִים  
Sense: (plural).
אָ֣מַר  said 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Perfect, third person masculine singular
Root: אָמַר 
Sense: to say, speak, utter.
לִ֔י  to  me 
Parse: Preposition, first person common singular
תִבְנֶ֥ה  You  shall  build 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Imperfect, second person masculine singular
Root: בָּנָה  
Sense: to build, rebuild, establish, cause to continue.
בַ֖יִת  a  house 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular
Root: בַּיִת 
Sense: house.
לִשְׁמִ֑י  for  My  name 
Parse: Preposition-l, Noun, masculine singular construct, first person common singular
Root: שֵׁם  
Sense: name.
כִּ֣י  because 
Parse: Conjunction
Root: כִּי 
Sense: that, for, because, when, as though, as, because that, but, then, certainly, except, surely, since.
אִ֧ישׁ  a  man 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular construct
Root: אִישׁ 
Sense: man.
מִלְחָמ֛וֹת  of  war 
Parse: Noun, feminine plural
Root: מִלְחָמָה  
Sense: battle, war.
אַ֖תָּה  you  [have  been] 
Parse: Pronoun, second person masculine singular
Root: אַתְּ 
Sense: you (second pers.
וְדָמִ֥ים  and  blood 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Noun, masculine plural
Root: דָּם  
Sense: blood.
שָׁפָֽכְתָּ  have  shed 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Perfect, second person masculine singular
Root: שֶׂפֶק 
Sense: to pour, pour out, spill.