Hebrew Interlinear

1 Chronicles 21:3 Interlinear

answered And Joab so many more The LORD make his people as they an hundred times are they not all my lord's the king are they not all my lord's servants require are they not all my lord's this thing why will he be a cause of trespass to Israel

Word-by-Word Analysis

#OriginalStrong'sEnglishDefinition
1וַיֹּ֣אמֶרH559answeredto say (used with great latitude)
2יוֹאָ֗בH3097And Joabjoab, the name of three israelites
3יוֹסֵף֩H3254so many moreto add or augment (often adverbial, to continue to do a thing)
4יְהוָ֨הH3068The LORD(the) self-existent or eternal; jeho-vah, jewish national name of god
5עַלH5921above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications
6עַמּ֤וֹ׀H5971make his peoplea people (as a congregated unit); specifically, a tribe (as those of israel); hence (collectively) troops or attendants; figuratively, a flock
7כָּהֵם֙H1992as theythey (only used when emphatic)
8מֵאָ֣הH3967an hundreda hundred; also as a multiplicative and a fraction
9פְעָמִ֔יםH6471timesa stroke, literally or figuratively (in various applications, as follow)
10הֲלֹא֙H3808not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles
11אֲדֹנִ֔יH113are they not all my lord'ssovereign, i.e., controller (human or divine)
12הַמֶּ֔לֶךְH4428the kinga king
13כֻּלָּ֥םH3605properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense)
14אֲדֹנִ֔יH113are they not all my lord'ssovereign, i.e., controller (human or divine)
15לַֽעֲבָדִ֑יםH5650servantsa servant
16לָ֣מָּהH4100properly, interrogative what? (including how? why? when?); but also exclamation, what! (including how!), or indefinitely what (including whatever, and
17יְבַקֵּ֥שׁH1245requireto search out (by any method, specifically in worship or prayer); by implication, to strive after
18זֹאת֙H2063this (often used adverb)
19אֲדֹנִ֔יH113are they not all my lord'ssovereign, i.e., controller (human or divine)
20לָ֛מָּהH4100properly, interrogative what? (including how? why? when?); but also exclamation, what! (including how!), or indefinitely what (including whatever, and
21יִֽהְיֶ֥הH1961to exist, i.e., be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary)
22לְאַשְׁמָ֖הH819this thing why will he be a cause of trespassguiltiness, a fault, the presentation of a sin-offering
23לְיִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃H3478to Israelhe will rule as god; jisral, a symbolical name of jacob; also (typically) of his posterity

Verse Context

1 Chronicles 21:2said And David to Joab and to the rulers...
1 Chronicles 21:3 (current)answered And Joab so many more The LORD make his people as they an hundred times are they not all my lord's the king are they not all my lord's servants require are they not all my lord's this thing why will he be a cause of trespass to Israel
1 Chronicles 21:4word Nevertheless the king's prevailed Wherefore Joab departed...

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