The peopleהָעָםrejoicedוַיִּשְׂמְחוּthat they had offered willingly,עַל הִתְנַדְּבָםforכִּיwith a wholeבְּ שָׁלֵםheartלֵבthey had offered willinglyהִתְנַדְּבוּto YHWH;לַיהוָהand alsoוְגַםDavidדָּוִידthe kingהַמֶּלֶךְrejoicedשָׂמַחwith greatגְדוֹלָהjoy.שִׂמְחָה
1 Chronicles 29:9
Study it in the app“The people rejoiced that they had offered willingly, for with a whole heart they had offered willingly to YHWH; and also David the king rejoiced with great joy.”
With the Hebrew beneath
1 Chronicles 29:9, word by word
- The peopleעָםam
crowd
The people gathered in a place: the crowd, or the troops that go out to war.
Where else “am” appears- rejoicedיִּשְׂמְחוּyismchu
rejoice
To feel glad and show it, above all at the feast before YHWH.
Where else “yismchu” appears- that they had offered willinglyהִתְנַדְּבָhitnadva
volunteer
To give oneself gladly.
Where else “hitnadva” appears- with a wholeשָׁלֵםshalem
wholehearted
With one's whole self for God.
Where else “shalem” appears- heartלֵבlev
heart
The deepest part of a person: where they think, feel and decide.
Where else “lev” appears- to YHWHיהוָהyhva
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 “yhva” appears- Davidדָּוִידdavid
David
David, youngest son of Jesse, of Bethlehem; the second king of Israel. The name means "beloved."
Where else “david” appears- the kingמֶּלֶךְmelech
king
A king who rules a people.
Where else “melech” appears- with greatגְדוֹלָהgedola
great
Of great size, amount or importance: a river, a city, a king.
Where else “gedola” appears- joyשִׂמְחָהsimcha
joy
Joy, gladness, celebration.
Where else “simcha” appears
The context
8Whoever had stones gave them to the treasury of the house of YHWH, under the direction of Jehiel the Gershonite.
9 · This verse (above)
10David blessed YHWH in the sight of all the assembly. David said, “Blessed are you, YHWH, the Elohim of Israel our father, from eternity to eternity.