The Meaning of 1 Chronicles 3:5 Explained

1 Chronicles 3:5

KJV: And these were born unto him in Jerusalem; Shimea, and Shobab, and Nathan, and Solomon, four, of Bathshua the daughter of Ammiel:

YLT: And these were born to him in Jerusalem: Shimea, and Shobab, and Nathan, and Solomon -- four, of Bath-Sheba daughter of Ammiel:

Darby: And these were born to him in Jerusalem: Shimea, and Shobab, and Nathan, and Solomon, four, of Bath-shua the daughter of Ammiel;

ASV: and these were born unto him in Jerusalem: Shimea, and Shobab, and Nathan, and Solomon, four, of Bath-shua the daughter of Ammiel;

KJV Reverse Interlinear

And these were born  unto him in Jerusalem;  Shimea,  and Shobab,  and Nathan,  and Solomon,  four,  of Bathshua  the daughter  of Ammiel: 

What does 1 Chronicles 3:5 Mean?

Chapter Summary: 1 Chronicles 3

1  The sons of David
10  His line to Zedekiah
17  The successors of Jeconiah

What do the individual words in 1 Chronicles 3:5 mean?

And these were born to him in Jerusalem Shimea and Shobab and Nathan and Solomon four to by Bathshua the daughter of Ammiel
וְאֵ֥לֶּה נוּלְּדוּ־ ל֖וֹ בִּירוּשָׁלָ֑יִם שִׁ֠מְעָא וְשׁוֹבָ֞ב וְנָתָ֤ן וּשְׁלֹמֹה֙ אַרְבָּעָ֔ה לְבַת־ שׁ֖וּעַ בַּת־ עַמִּיאֵֽל

וְאֵ֥לֶּה  And  these 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Pronoun, common plural
Root: אֵהֶל 
Sense: these.
נוּלְּדוּ־  were  born 
Parse: Verb, Nifal, Perfect, third person common plural
Root: יָלַד 
Sense: to bear, bring forth, beget, gender, travail.
ל֖וֹ  to  him 
Parse: Preposition, third person masculine singular
בִּירוּשָׁלָ֑יִם  in  Jerusalem 
Parse: Preposition-b, Proper Noun, feminine singular
Root: יְרוּשָׁלַםִ  
Sense: the chief city of Palestine and capital of the united kingdom and the nation of Judah after the split.
שִׁ֠מְעָא  Shimea 
Parse: Proper Noun, masculine singular
Root: שִׁמְעָא  
Sense: son of David by Bathsheba.
וְשׁוֹבָ֞ב  and  Shobab 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Proper Noun, masculine singular
Root: שֹׁובָב  
Sense: son of David by Bathsheba.
וְנָתָ֤ן  and  Nathan 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Proper Noun, masculine singular
Root: נָתָן  
Sense: a son of David by Bathsheba.
וּשְׁלֹמֹה֙  and  Solomon 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Proper Noun, masculine singular
Root: שְׁלֹמֹה  
Sense: son of David by Bathsheba and 3rd king of Israel; author of Proverbs and Song of Songs.
אַרְבָּעָ֔ה  four 
Parse: Number, masculine singular
Root: אַרְבַּע  
Sense: four.
שׁ֖וּעַ  by  Bathshua 
Parse: Preposition, Proper Noun, feminine singular
Root: בַּת־שׁוּעַ  
Sense: the wife of Uriah whom David had murdered, having had adulterous relations with her; subsequently wife of David and mother of Solomon, Shimea, Shobab, and Nathan (alternate spelling to ‘Bathsheba’).
בַּת־  the  daughter 
Parse: Noun, feminine singular construct
Root: בַּת  
Sense: daughter.
עַמִּיאֵֽל  of  Ammiel 
Parse: Proper Noun, masculine singular
Root: עַמִּיאֵל  
Sense: the spy from the tribe of Dan who perished in the plague for his evil report.