The Meaning of 1 Chronicles 9:1 Explained

1 Chronicles 9:1

KJV: So all Israel were reckoned by genealogies; and, behold, they were written in the book of the kings of Israel and Judah, who were carried away to Babylon for their transgression.

YLT: And all Israel have reckoned themselves by genealogy, and lo, they are written on the book of the kings of Israel and Judah -- they were removed to Babylon for their trespass.

Darby: And all Israel were registered by genealogy; and behold, they are written in the book of the kings of Israel. And Judah was carried away to Babylon because of their transgression.

ASV: So all Israel were reckoned by genealogies; and, behold, they are written in the book of the kings of Israel: and Judah was carried away captive to Babylon for their transgression.

KJV Reverse Interlinear

So all Israel  were reckoned by genealogies;  and, behold, they [were] written  in the book  of the kings  of Israel  and Judah,  [who] were carried away  to Babylon  for their transgression. 

What does 1 Chronicles 9:1 Mean?

Chapter Summary: 1 Chronicles 9

1  The original of Israel and Judah's genealogies
2  The Israelites
10  The priests
14  and the Levites, with Nethinims, who dwelt in Jerusalem
27  The charge of certain Levites
35  The stock of Saul and Jonathan

What do the individual words in 1 Chronicles 9:1 mean?

So all Israel was recorded by genealogies and indeed they [were] inscribed in the book of the kings of Israel but Judah was carried away captive to Babylon because of their unfaithfulness -
וְכָל־ יִשְׂרָאֵל֙ הִתְיַחְשׂ֔וּ וְהִנָּ֣ם כְּתוּבִ֔ים עַל־ סֵ֖פֶר מַלְכֵ֣י יִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל וִיהוּדָ֛ה הָגְל֥וּ לְבָבֶ֖ל בְּמַעֲלָֽם ס

וְכָל־  So  all 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Noun, masculine singular construct
Root: כֹּל  
Sense: all, the whole.
יִשְׂרָאֵל֙  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.
הִתְיַחְשׂ֔וּ  was  recorded  by  genealogies 
Parse: Verb, Hitpael, Perfect, third person common plural
Root: יָחַשׂ  
Sense: (Hithpael) to reckon genealogically, enrol on a genealogy, enrol, be enrolled.
וְהִנָּ֣ם  and  indeed 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Interjection, third person masculine plural
Root: הִנֵּה  
Sense: behold, lo, see, if.
כְּתוּבִ֔ים  they  [were]  inscribed 
Parse: Verb, Qal, QalPassParticiple, masculine plural
Root: כָּתַב  
Sense: to write, record, enrol.
סֵ֖פֶר  the  book 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular construct
Root: סֵפֶר 
Sense: book.
מַלְכֵ֣י  of  the  kings 
Parse: Noun, masculine plural construct
Root: מֶלֶךְ 
Sense: king.
יִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל  of  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.
וִיהוּדָ֛ה  but  Judah 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Proper Noun, masculine singular
Root: יְהוּדָה  
Sense: the son of Jacob by Leah.
הָגְל֥וּ  was  carried  away  captive 
Parse: Verb, Hofal, Perfect, third person common plural
Root: גָּלָה  
Sense: to uncover, remove.
לְבָבֶ֖ל  to  Babylon 
Parse: Preposition-l, Proper Noun, feminine singular
Root: בָּבֶל  
Sense: Babel or Babylon, the ancient site and/or capital of Babylonia (modern Hillah) situated on the Euphrates.
בְּמַעֲלָֽם  because  of  their  unfaithfulness 
Parse: Preposition-b, Noun, masculine singular construct, third person masculine plural
Root: מַעַל  
Sense: unfaithful or treacherous act, trespass.
ס  - 
Parse: Punctuation