1 Chronicles 17:1

Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

And it cometh to pass as David sat in his house, that David saith unto Nathan the prophet, `Lo, I am dwelling in a house of cedars, and the ark of the covenant of Jehovah `is' under curtains;'

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

‫וַיְהִ֕י כַּאֲשֶׁ֛ר יָשַׁ֥ב דָּוִ֖יד בְּבֵית֑וֹ וַיֹּ֨אמֶר דָּוִ֜יד אֶל־נָתָ֣ן הַנָּבִ֗יא הִנֵּ֨ה אָנֹכִ֤י יוֹשֵׁב֙ בְּבֵ֣ית הֽ͏ָאֲרָזִ֔ים וַאֲר֥וֹן בְּרִית־יְהוָ֖ה תַּ֥חַת יְרִיעֽוֹת׃ ‬

Transliteration

And wayəhî when yāšaḇ Dāwid in bêṯô, and wayyōʾmer Dāwid to-Nāṯān the-nāḇîʾ, behold ʾānōḵî yôšēḇ in bêṯ the-ʾărāzîm, and ʾărôn bərîṯ-YHWH under yərîʿôṯ.

Grammar Details

• *wayəhî*: consecutive imperfect, 3rd masculine singular - and it came to pass
• *yāšaḇ*: perfect, 3rd masculine singular - dwelt/sat/remained
• *Dāwid*: proper noun, masculine singular - David
• *bêṯô*: noun, masculine singular construct with 3rd masculine singular suffix - his house
• *wayyōʾmer*: consecutive imperfect, 3rd masculine singular - and he said
• *Nāṯān*: proper noun, masculine singular - Nathan
• *nāḇîʾ*: noun, masculine singular - prophet
• *ʾānōḵî*: personal pronoun, 1st person singular - I
• *yôšēḇ*: participle, masculine singular - dwelling/sitting
• *bêṯ*: noun, masculine singular construct - house of
• *ʾărāzîm*: noun, masculine plural - cedars
• *ʾărôn*: noun, masculine singular - ark
• *bərîṯ*: noun, feminine singular construct - covenant of
• *YHWH*: proper noun, divine name - LORD
• *yərîʿôṯ*: noun, feminine plural - curtains/tent-cloths

Word Meanings

• *wayəhî*: and it happened/came to pass/was
• *yāšaḇ*: dwelt/sat/remained/lived
• *bêṯô*: his house/dwelling/temple
• *ʾănî*/*ʾānōḵî*: I (emphatic form)
• *yôšēḇ*: dwelling/sitting/remaining/living
• *bêṯ hāʾărāzîm*: house of cedars/cedar house
• *yərîʿôṯ*: curtains/hangings/tent-cloths

Referenced Verses

• 1 Chr 17:5 : 5 for I have not dwelt in a house from the day that I brought up Israel till this day, and I am from tent unto tent: and from the tabernacle,
• 1 Chr 15:1 : 1 And he maketh for himself houses in the city of David, and prepareth a place for the ark of God, and stretcheth out for it a tent.
• 1 Chr 16:1 : 1 And they bring in the ark of God, and set it up in the midst of the tent that David hath stretched out for it, and they bring near burnt-offerings and peace-offerings before God;
• 1 Chr 29:29 : 29 And the matters of David the king, the first and the last, lo, they are written beside the matters of Samuel the seer, and beside the matters of Nathan the prophet, and beside the matters of Gad the seer,
• 2 Chr 1:4 : 4 but the ark of God had David brought up from Kirjath-Jearim, when David prepared for it, for he stretched out for it a tent in Jerusalem;
• 2 Chr 6:7-9 : 7 `And it is with the heart of David my father to build a house for the name of Jehovah God of Israel, 8 and Jehovah saith unto David my father, Because that it hath been with thy heart to build a house for My name, thou hast done well that it hath been with thy heart, 9 but thou dost not build the house, for thy son who cometh forth out from thy loins, he doth build the house for My name.
• Ps 132:5 : 5 Till I do find a place for Jehovah, Tabernacles for the Mighty One of Jacob.
• Jer 22:15 : 15 Dost thou reign, because thou art fretting thyself in cedar? Thy father -- did he not eat and drink? Yea, he did judgment and righteousness, Then `it is' well with him.
• Dan 4:4 : 4 `I, Nebuchadnezzar, have been at rest in my house, and flourishing in my palace:
• Dan 4:29-30 : 29 `At the end of twelve months, on the palace of the kingdom of Babylon he hath been walking; 30 the king hath answered and said, Is not this that great Babylon that I have built, for the house of the kingdom, in the might of my strength, and for the glory of mine honour?
• Hag 1:4 : 4 Is it time for you -- you! To dwell in your covered houses, And this house to lie waste?
• Hag 1:9 : 9 Looking for much, and lo, little, And ye brought `it' home, and I blew on it, Wherefore? -- an affirmation of Jehovah of Hosts, Because of My house that is waste, And ye are running -- each to his house,
• Acts 7:46 : 46 who found favour before God, and requested to find a tabernacle for the God of Jacob;
• Exod 40:19-21 : 19 and spreadeth the tent over the tabernacle, and putteth the covering of the tent upon it above, as Jehovah hath commanded Moses. 20 And he taketh and putteth the testimony unto the ark, and setteth the staves on the ark, and putteth the mercy-seat on the ark above; 21 and bringeth in the ark unto the tabernacle, and placeth the vail of the covering, and covereth over the ark of the testimony, as Jehovah hath commanded Moses.
• 2 Sam 6:17 : 17 And they bring in the ark of Jehovah, and set it up in its place, in the midst of the tent which David hath spread out for it, and David causeth to ascend burnt-offerings before Jehovah, and peace-offerings.
• 2 Sam 7:1-9 : 1 And it cometh to pass, when the king sat in his house, and Jehovah hath given rest to him round about, from all his enemies, 2 that the king saith unto Nathan the prophet, `See, I pray thee, I am dwelling in a house of cedars, and the ark of God is dwelling in the midst of the curtain.' 3 And Nathan saith unto the king, `All that `is' in thine heart -- go, do, for Jehovah `is' with thee.' 4 And it cometh to pass in that night, that the word of Jehovah is unto Nathan, saying, 5 `Go, and thou hast said unto My servant, unto David, Thus said Jehovah, Dost thou build for Me a house for My dwelling in? 6 for I have not dwelt in a house even from the day of My bringing up the sons of Israel out of Egypt, even unto this day, and am walking up and down in a tent and in a tabernacle. 7 During all `the time' that I have walked up and down among all the sons of Israel, a word have I spoken with one of the tribes of Israel which I commanded to feed my people Israel, saying, `Why have ye not built to Me a house of cedars? 8 and now, thus dost thou say to My servant, to David: `Thus said Jehovah of Hosts, I have taken thee from the comely place, from after the flock, to be leader over My people, over Israel; 9 and I am with thee whithersoever thou hast gone, and I cut off all thine enemies from thy presence, and have made for thee a great name, as the name of the great ones who `are' in the earth, 10 and I have appointed a place for My people, for Israel, and have planted it, and it hath tabernacled in its place, and it is not troubled any more, and the sons of perverseness do not add to afflict it any more, as in the beginning, 11 even from the day that I appointed judges over My people Israel; and I have given rest to thee from all thine enemies, and Jehovah hath declared to thee that Jehovah doth make for thee a house. 12 `When thy days are full, and thou hast lain with thy fathers, then I have raised up thy seed after thee which goeth out from thy bowels, and have established his kingdom; 13 He doth build a house for My Name, and I have established the throne of his kingdom unto the age. 14 I am to him for a father, and he is to Me for a son; whom in his dealings perversely I have even reproved with a rod of men, and with strokes of the sons of Adam, 15 and My kindness doth not turn aside from him, as I turned it aside from Saul, whom I turned aside from before thee, 16 and stedfast `is' thy house and thy kingdom unto the age before thee, thy throne is established unto the age.' 17 According to all these words, and according to all this vision, so spake Nathan unto David. 18 And king David cometh in and sitteth before Jehovah, and saith, `Who `am' I, Lord Jehovah? and what my house, that Thou hast brought me hitherto? 19 And yet this `is' little in Thine eyes, Lord Jehovah, and Thou dost speak also concerning the house of Thy servant afar off; and this `is' the law of the Man, Lord Jehovah. 20 And what doth David add more to speak unto Thee? and Thou, Thou hast known Thy servant, Lord Jehovah. 21 Because of Thy word, and according to Thy heart, Thou hast done all this greatness, to cause Thy servant to know `it'. 22 Therefore Thou hast been great, Jehovah God, for there is none like Thee, and there is no God save Thee, according to all that we have heard with our ears. 23 `And who `is' as Thy people, as Israel -- one nation in the earth, whom God hath gone to redeem to Him for a people, and to make for Him a name -- and to do for you the greatness -- even fearful things for Thy land, at the presence of Thy people, whom Thou hast redeemed to Thee out of Egypt -- `among the' nations and their gods? 24 Yea, Thou dost establish to Thee Thy people Israel, to Thee for a people unto the age, and Thou, Jehovah, hast been to them for God. 25 `And now, Jehovah God, the word which Thou hast spoken concerning Thy servant, and concerning his house, establish unto the age, and do as Thou hast spoken; 26 And Thy Name is great unto the age, saying, Jehovah of Hosts `is' God over Israel, and the house of Thy servant David is established before Thee, 27 For Thou, Jehovah of Hosts, God of Israel, Thou hast uncovered the ear of Thy servant, saying, A house I build for thee, therefore hath Thy servant found his heart to pray unto Thee this prayer; 28 And now, Lord Jehovah, Thou `art' God Himself, and Thy words are truth, and Thou speakest unto Thy servant this goodness, 29 And now, begin and bless the house of Thy servant, to be unto the age before Thee, for Thou, Lord Jehovah, hast spoken, and by Thy blessing is the house of Thy servant blessed -- to the age.'
• 2 Sam 12:1 : 1 And Jehovah sendeth Nathan unto David, and he cometh unto him, and saith to him: `Two men have been in one city; One rich and one poor;
• 2 Sam 12:25 : 25 and sendeth by the hand of Nathan the prophet, and calleth his name Jedidiah, because of Jehovah.
• 1 Kgs 1:8 : 8 and Zadok the priest, and Benaiah son of Jehoiada, and Nathan the prophet, and Shimei, and Rei, and the mighty ones whom David hath, have not been with Adonijah.
• 1 Kgs 1:23 : 23 and they declare to the king, saying, `Lo, Nathan the prophet;' and he cometh in before the king, and boweth himself to the king, on his face to the earth.
• 1 Kgs 1:44 : 44 and the king sendeth with him Zadok the priest, and Nathan the prophet, and Benaiah son of Jehoiada, and the Cherethite, and the Pelethite, and they cause him to ride on the king's mule,
• 1 Chr 14:1 : 1 And Huram king of Tyre sendeth messengers unto David, and cedar-wood, and artificers of walls, and artificers of wood, to build to him a house.