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And of allוּמִכָּלmy sonsבָּנַי(forכִּיYHWHיְהוָהhas given meנָתַן לִיmanyרַבִּיםsons)בָּנִיםhe choseוַיִּבְחַרSolomonבִּשְׁלֹמֹהmy sonבְנִיto sitלָשֶׁבֶתonעַלthe throneכִּסֵּאof the kingdomמַלְכוּתof YHWHיְהוָהoverעַלIsrael.יִשְׂרָאֵל
1 Chronicles 28:5
Study it in the app“And 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.”
With the Hebrew beneath
1 Chronicles 28:5, word by word
- my sonsבָּנַbana
son
The male born of a father and mother; in the plural, also sons and daughters.
Where else “bana” appears- 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- has given meנָתַןnatan
give
To hand something over to someone: a gift, a payment, a charge or a land.
Where else “natan” appears- manyרַבִּיםrabim
many
A great number of people or things.
Where else “rabim” appears- he choseיִּבְחַרyivchar
elect
God picks out his people, a place or a king.
Where else “yivchar” appears- Solomonשְׁלֹמֹהshelomo
Solomon
Solomon: son of David and Bathsheba, who reigned after him and built the temple. His name comes from "peace" (shalom).
Where else “shelomo” appears- to sitשֶׁבֶתshevet
sit
To sit; or sit on the throne to reign.
Where else “shevet” appears- the throneכִּסֵּאkise
throne
Literally "the seat": the king's chair, or YHWH's, from which he rules.
Where else “kise” appears- of the kingdomמַלְכוּתmalchut
kingdom
A kingdom: the people and territory a king rules, or the one YHWH rules.
Where else “malchut” appears- 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
The context
4Yet 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.
5 · This verse (above)
6He said to me, ‘Solomon your son, he shall build my house and my courts, for I have chosen him to be my son, and I will be his father.