1 Chronicles 28:3

Authorized King James Version (1611)

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.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וְהָאֱלֹהִים֙ אָ֣מַר לִ֔י לֹא־תִבְנֶ֥ה בַ֖יִת לִשְׁמִ֑י כִּ֣י אִ֧ישׁ מִלְחָמ֛וֹת אַ֖תָּה וְדָמִ֥ים שָׁפָֽכְתָּ׃

Transliteration

And-the-ʾĕlōhîm ʾāmar to-me not-tiḇneh bayit to-šᵉmî for ʾîš milḥāmôt ʾattâ and-dāmîm šāp̄āḵᵉtā

Grammar Details

• *ʾĕlōhîm*: masculine plural (used as singular) with definite article - God
• *ʾāmar*: Qal perfect, 3rd masculine singular - he said
• *tiḇneh*: Qal imperfect, 2nd masculine singular - you will build
• *bayit*: masculine singular - house
• *šᵉmî*: masculine singular with 1st person singular suffix - my name
• *ʾîš*: masculine singular construct - man of
• *milḥāmôt*: feminine plural - wars/battles
• *ʾattâ*: 2nd person masculine singular pronoun - you
• *dāmîm*: masculine plural - bloods
• *šāp̄āḵᵉtā*: Qal perfect, 2nd masculine singular - you spilled/shed

Word Meanings

• *ʾĕlōhîm*: God/gods (used as singular with definite article)
• *tiḇneh*: you will build/shall build
• *šᵉmî*: my name/for my name/to my fame
• *ʾîš*: man/warrior/person
• *milḥāmôt*: wars/battles/warfare
• *dāmîm*: blood/bloodshed (plural form intensifies)
• *šāp̄āḵᵉtā*: you shed/poured out/spilled

Referenced Verses

• 1 Chr 22:8 : 8 But the word of the LORD came to me, saying, Thou hast shed blood abundantly, and hast made great wars: thou shalt not build an house unto my name, because thou hast shed much blood upon the earth in my sight.
• 1 Kgs 5:3 : 3 Thou knowest how that David my father could not build an house unto the name of the LORD his God for the wars which were about him on every side, until the LORD put them under the soles of his feet.
• 1 Chr 17:4 : 4 Go and tell David my servant, Thus saith the LORD, Thou shalt not build me an house to dwell in:
• 2 Chr 6:8-9 : 8 But the LORD said to David my father, Forasmuch as it was in thine heart to build an house for my name, thou didst well in that it was in thine heart: 9 Notwithstanding thou shalt not build the house; but thy son which shall come forth out of thy loins, he shall build the house for my name.
• 2 Sam 7:5-9 : 5 Go and tell my servant David, Thus saith the LORD, Shalt thou build me an house for me to dwell in? 6 Whereas I have not dwelt in [any] house since the time that I brought up the children of Israel out of Egypt, even to this day, but have walked in a tent and in a tabernacle. 7 In all [the places] wherein I have walked with all the children of Israel spake I a word with any of the tribes of Israel, whom I commanded to feed my people Israel, saying, Why build ye not me an house of cedar? 8 Now therefore so shalt thou say unto my servant David, Thus saith the LORD of hosts, I took thee from the sheepcote, from following the sheep, to be ruler over my people, over Israel: 9 And I was with thee whithersoever thou wentest, and have cut off all thine enemies out of thy sight, and have made thee a great name, like unto the name of the great [men] that [are] in the earth. 10 Moreover I will appoint a place for my people Israel, and will plant them, that they may dwell in a place of their own, and move no more; neither shall the children of wickedness afflict them any more, as beforetime, 11 And as since the time that I commanded judges [to be] over my people Israel, and have caused thee to rest from all thine enemies. Also the LORD telleth thee that he will make thee an house. 12 And when thy days be fulfilled, and thou shalt sleep with thy fathers, I will set up thy seed after thee, which shall proceed out of thy bowels, and I will establish his kingdom. 13 He shall build an house for my name, and I will stablish the throne of his kingdom for ever.