1 Chronicles 28:4

“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.”

1 Chronicles 28:4 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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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.

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