The Meaning of 1 Chronicles 29:11 Explained

1 Chronicles 29:11

KJV: Thine, O LORD, is the greatness, and the power, and the glory, and the victory, and the majesty: for all that is in the heaven and in the earth is thine; thine is the kingdom, O LORD, and thou art exalted as head above all.

YLT: To Thee, O Jehovah, is the greatness, and the might, and the beauty, and the victory, and the honour, because of all in the heavens and in the earth; to Thee, O Jehovah, is the kingdom, and he who is lifting up himself over all for head;

Darby: Thine, Jehovah, is the greatness, and the power, and the glory, and the splendour, and the majesty; for all that is in the heavens and on the earth is thine: thine, Jehovah, is the kingdom, and thou art exalted as Head above all;

ASV: Thine, O Jehovah, is the greatness, and the power, and the glory, and the victory, and the majesty: for all that is in the heavens and in the earth is thine ; thine is the kingdom, O Jehovah, and thou art exalted as head above all.

KJV Reverse Interlinear

Thine, O LORD,  [is] the greatness,  and the power,  and the glory,  and the victory,  and the majesty:  for all [that is] in the heaven  and in the earth  [is thine]; thine [is] the kingdom,  O LORD,  and thou art exalted  as head  above all. 

What does 1 Chronicles 29:11 Mean?

Chapter Summary: 1 Chronicles 29

1  David, by his example and entreaty
6  causes the princes and people to offer willingly
10  David's thanksgiving and prayer
20  The people, having blessed God, and sacrificed, make Solomon king
26  David's reign and death

What do the individual words in 1 Chronicles 29:11 mean?

Yours Yahweh [is] the greatness and the power and the glory and the victory and the majesty for [is Yours] all [that is] in heaven and in earth Yours Yahweh [is] the kingdom and You are exalted over all as head
לְךָ֣ יְ֠הוָה הַגְּדֻלָּ֨ה וְהַגְּבוּרָ֤ה וְהַתִּפְאֶ֙רֶת֙ וְהַנֵּ֣צַח וְהַה֔וֹד כִּי־ כֹ֖ל בַּשָּׁמַ֣יִם וּבָאָ֑רֶץ לְךָ֤ יְהוָה֙ הַמַּמְלָכָ֔ה וְהַמִּתְנַשֵּׂ֖א לְכֹ֥ל ׀ לְרֹֽאשׁ

לְךָ֣  Yours 
Parse: Preposition, second person masculine singular
Root: אֲבַדֹּו 
Sense: place of destruction, destruction, ruin, Abaddon.
יְ֠הוָה  Yahweh 
Parse: Proper Noun, masculine singular
Root: יהוה 
Sense: Jehovah—used primarily in the combination ‘Lord Jehovah’.
הַגְּדֻלָּ֨ה  [is]  the  greatness 
Parse: Article, Noun, feminine singular
Root: גְּדוּלָּה  
Sense: greatness.
וְהַגְּבוּרָ֤ה  and  the  power 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Article, Noun, feminine singular
Root: גְּבוּרָה  
Sense: strength, might.
וְהַתִּפְאֶ֙רֶת֙  and  the  glory 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Article, Noun, feminine singular
Root: תִּפְאֶרֶת  
Sense: beauty, splendour, glory.
וְהַנֵּ֣צַח  and  the  victory 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Article, Noun, masculine singular
Root: נֵצַח  
Sense: eminence, perpetuity, strength, victory, enduring, everlastingness.
וְהַה֔וֹד  and  the  majesty 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Article, Noun, masculine singular
Root: הֹוד  
Sense: splendour, majesty, vigour.
כִּי־  for  [is  Yours] 
Parse: Conjunction
Root: כִּי 
Sense: that, for, because, when, as though, as, because that, but, then, certainly, except, surely, since.
כֹ֖ל  all  [that  is] 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular
Root: כֹּל  
Sense: all, the whole.
בַּשָּׁמַ֣יִם  in  heaven 
Parse: Preposition-b, Article, Noun, masculine plural
Root: שָׁמַיִם  
Sense: heaven, heavens, sky.
וּבָאָ֑רֶץ  and  in  earth 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Preposition-b, Article, Noun, feminine singular
Root: אֶרֶץ  
Sense: land, earth.
לְךָ֤  Yours 
Parse: Preposition, second person masculine singular
יְהוָה֙  Yahweh 
Parse: Proper Noun, masculine singular
Root: יהוה 
Sense: Jehovah—used primarily in the combination ‘Lord Jehovah’.
הַמַּמְלָכָ֔ה  [is]  the  kingdom 
Parse: Article, Noun, feminine singular
Root: מַמְלָכָה  
Sense: kingdom, dominion, reign, sovereignty.
וְהַמִּתְנַשֵּׂ֖א  and  You  are  exalted 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Article, Verb, Hitpael, Participle, masculine singular
Root: נָשָׂא  
Sense: to lift, bear up, carry, take.
לְכֹ֥ל ׀  over  all 
Parse: Preposition-l, Noun, masculine singular
Root: כֹּל  
Sense: all, the whole.
לְרֹֽאשׁ  as  head 
Parse: Preposition-l, Noun, masculine singular
Root: רֹאשׁ 
Sense: head, top, summit, upper part, chief, total, sum, height, front, beginning.