1 Chronicles 22:5

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

And David said, Solomon my son is young and tender, and the house that is to be builded for the LORD must be exceeding magnifical, of fame and of glory throughout all countries: I will therefore now make preparation for it. So David prepared abundantly before his death.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וַיֹּ֣אמֶר דָּוִ֗יד שְׁלֹמֹ֣ה בְנִי֮ נַ֣עַר וָרָךְ֒ וְהַבַּ֜יִת לִבְנ֣וֹת לַיהוָ֗ה לְהַגְדִּ֨יל ׀ לְמַ֜עְלָה לְשֵׁ֤ם וּלְתִפְאֶ֙רֶת֙ לְכָל־הָ֣אֲרָצ֔וֹת אָכִ֥ינָה נָּ֖א ל֑וֹ וַיָּ֧כֶן דָּוִ֛יד לָרֹ֖ב לִפְנֵ֥י מוֹתֽוֹ׃

Transliteration

And wayyōʾmer Dāwid, Šᵊlōmōh bᵊnî naʿar and rāk, and the house to build for YHWH to be magnificent to maʿᵊlâ for šēm and for tipʾeret to all-hāʾărāṣôt ʾākînâ nāʾ for him; and wayyāken Dāwid in abundance before his death.

Grammar Details

• *wayyōʾmer*: waw consecutive + qal imperfect 3rd masculine singular - and he said
• *Dāwid*: proper noun, masculine singular - David
• *Šᵊlōmōh*: proper noun, masculine singular - Solomon
• *bᵊnî*: noun, masculine singular construct + 1st person singular suffix - my son
• *naʿar*: noun, masculine singular - youth/young man
• *rāk*: adjective, masculine singular - tender/young/inexperienced
• *YHWH*: proper noun, divine name - Yahweh
• *maʿᵊlâ*: noun, feminine singular - upward/above/excellence
• *šēm*: noun, masculine singular - name/reputation
• *tipʾeret*: noun, feminine singular - beauty/glory/splendor
• *hāʾărāṣôt*: definite article + noun, feminine plural - the lands/countries
• *ʾākînâ*: hiphil imperfect 1st common singular cohortative - let me prepare
• *nāʾ*: particle of entreaty - please/now
• *wayyāken*: waw consecutive + hiphil imperfect 3rd masculine singular - and he prepared

Word Meanings

• *naʿar wārāk*: young and inexperienced/tender and young/youthful and delicate
• *maʿᵊlâ*: upward/exceedingly/to the highest degree
• *šēm*: name/reputation/fame
• *tipʾeret*: beauty/glory/splendor/adornment

Referenced Verses

• 1 Chr 29:1 : 1 Furthermore David the king said unto all the congregation, Solomon my son, whom alone God hath chosen, is yet young and tender, and the work is great: for the palace is not for man, but for the LORD God.
• 1 Kgs 3:7 : 7 And now, O LORD my God, thou hast made thy servant king instead of David my father: and I am but a little child: I know not how to go out or come in.
• 1 Kgs 9:8 : 8 And at this house, which is high, every one that passeth by it shall be astonished, and shall hiss; and they shall say, Why hath the LORD done thus unto this land, and to this house?
• Deut 31:2-7 : 2 And he said unto them, I am an hundred and twenty years old this day; I can no more go out and come in: also the LORD hath said unto me, Thou shalt not go over this Jordan. 3 The LORD thy God, he will go over before thee, and he will destroy these nations from before thee, and thou shalt possess them: and Joshua, he shall go over before thee, as the LORD hath said. 4 And the LORD shall do unto them as he did to Sihon and to Og, kings of the Amorites, and unto the land of them, whom he destroyed. 5 And the LORD shall give them up before your face, that ye may do unto them according unto all the commandments which I have commanded you. 6 Be strong and of a good courage, fear not, nor be afraid of them: for the LORD thy God, he it is that doth go with thee; he will not fail thee, nor forsake thee. 7 And Moses called unto Joshua, and said unto him in the sight of all Israel, Be strong and of a good courage: for thou must go with this people unto the land which the LORD hath sworn unto their fathers to give them; and thou shalt cause them to inherit it.
• 2 Chr 2:5 : 5 And the house which I build is great: for great is our God above all gods.
• 2 Chr 7:21 : 21 And this house, which is high, shall be an astonishment to every one that passeth by it; so that he shall say, Why hath the LORD done thus unto this land, and unto this house?
• 2 Chr 13:7 : 7 And there are gathered unto him vain men, the children of Belial, and have strengthened themselves against Rehoboam the son of Solomon, when Rehoboam was young and tenderhearted, and could not withstand them.
• Ezra 3:12 : 12 But many of the priests and Levites and chief of the fathers, who were ancient men, that had seen the first house, when the foundation of this house was laid before their eyes, wept with a loud voice; and many shouted aloud for joy:
• Eccl 9:10 : 10 Whatsoever thy hand findeth to do, do it with thy might; for there is no work, nor device, nor knowledge, nor wisdom, in the grave, whither thou goest.
• Isa 64:11 : 11 Our holy and our beautiful house, where our fathers praised thee, is burned up with fire: and all our pleasant things are laid waste.
• Ezek 7:20 : 20 As for the beauty of his ornament, he set it in majesty: but they made the images of their abominations and of their detestable things therein: therefore have I set it far from them.
• Hag 2:3 : 3 Who is left among you that saw this house in her first glory? and how do ye see it now? is it not in your eyes in comparison of it as nothing?
• Hag 2:9 : 9 The glory of this latter house shall be greater than of the former, saith the LORD of hosts: and in this place will I give peace, saith the LORD of hosts.
• Luke 21:5 : 5 And as some spake of the temple, how it was adorned with goodly stones and gifts, he said,
• John 3:30 : 30 He must increase, but I must decrease.
• John 4:37-38 : 37 And herein is that saying true, One soweth, and another reapeth. 38 I sent you to reap that whereon ye bestowed no labour: other men laboured, and ye are entered into their labours.
• John 9:4 : 4 I must work the works of him that sent me, while it is day: the night cometh, when no man can work.
• John 13:1 : 1 Now before the feast of the passover, when Jesus knew that his hour was come that he should depart out of this world unto the Father, having loved his own which were in the world, he loved them unto the end.
• 2 Pet 1:13-15 : 13 Yea, I think it meet, as long as I am in this tabernacle, to stir you up by putting you in remembrance; 14 Knowing that shortly I must put off this my tabernacle, even as our Lord Jesus Christ hath shewed me. 15 Moreover I will endeavour that ye may be able after my decease to have these things always in remembrance.