Yet YHWH,וַ יְהוָהthe Elohimאֱלֹהֵיof Israel,יִשְׂרָאֵלchoseיִּבְחַרmeבִּיout of allמִכֹּלthe houseבֵּיתof my fatherאָבִיto beלִהְיוֹתkingלְמֶלֶךְoverעַלIsraelיִשְׂרָאֵלforever;לְעוֹלָםforכִּיhe choseבָּחַרJudahבִיהוּדָהas leader,לְנָגִידand in the houseוּבְבֵיתof Judah,יְהוּדָהthe houseבֵּיתof my father,אָבִיand among the sonsוּבִבְנֵיof my fatherאָבִיhe took pleasureרָצָהin meבִּיto make me kingלְהַמְלִיךְoverעַלallכָּלIsrael.יִשְׂרָאֵל
1 Chronicles 28:4
Study it in the app“Yet YHWH, the Elohim of Israel, chose me out of all the house of my father to be king over Israel forever; for he chose Judah as leader, and in the house of Judah, the house of my father, and among the sons of my father he took pleasure in me to make me king over all Israel.”
With the Hebrew beneath
1 Chronicles 28:4, word by word
- Yet YHWHיְהוָהyehva
YHWH
The personal name of the God of Israel, written in Hebrew with four letters, Y-H-W-H, without vowels. Out of reverence Jews stopped pronouncing it and read "Adonai" (Lord), so many Bibles put "the LORD" or "Jehovah". This translation keeps the four letters. The name is related to the verb "to be" (Exodus 3:14-15). He is not a god other than Elohim: "YHWH Elohim" is the same Creator God, called by his name.
Where else “yehva” appears- the Elohimאֱלֹהֵיelohe
Elohim
The one true God, the Creator; the word is plural but means one.
Where else “elohe” appears- of Israelיִשְׂרָאֵלyisrael
Israel
Israel, the new name Jacob received from God, explained as "you have striven with God" (Genesis 32:28); then the name of the people that came from him and, after the division, of the northern kingdom.
Where else “yisrael” appears- choseיִּבְחַרyivchar
elect
God picks out his people, a place or a king.
Where else “yivchar” appears- the houseבֵּיתbet
household
The family, everyone living under one roof.
Where else “bet” appears- of my fatherאָבִavi
father
The man who begets a child and heads his household.
Where else “avi” appears- to beהְיוֹתheot
be
To be: "I will be their Elohim".
Where else “heot” appears- kingמֶלֶךְmelech
king
A king who rules a people.
Where else “melech” appears- foreverעוֹלָםolam
forever
Time without end, beyond what a lifetime can see.
Where else “olam” appears- Judahיהוּדָהyhuda
Judah
Judah, the fourth son of Jacob and Leah; also the tribe that came from him and its land, and later the southern kingdom; King David came from it. The name sounds like "give thanks". Borne also by other Israelites.
Where else “yhuda” appears- as leaderנָגִידnagid
leader
Leader: the one who goes at the head of others, in war, in government or in worship. In the books of Samuel it is used of the one whom YHWH places at the head of his people.
Where else “nagid” appears- and among the sonsבְנֵיvene
son
The male born of a father and mother; in the plural, also sons and daughters.
Where else “vene” appears- he took pleasureרָצָהratsa
take pleasure
To look on someone with pleasure.
Where else “ratsa” appears- to make me kingהַמְלִיךְhamlich
make king
To set someone up as king, proclaim him and give him the throne.
Where else “hamlich” appears
The context
3But Elohim said to me, ‘You shall not build a house for my name, for you are a man of wars and have shed blood.’
4 · This verse (above)
5And of all my sons (for YHWH has given me many sons) he chose Solomon my son to sit on the throne of the kingdom of YHWH over Israel.