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And David dwelt in the castle; therefore they called it the city of David. (KJV)

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וַיֵּ֥שֶׁבvai.Ye.shevand he dwelt

Lemma: יָשַׁב (ya.shav) · Strong's: H3427

Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Consecutive Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Third · Masculine · Singular (HVqw3ms)

Meaning: to dwell

Used 1068 times. Also: Genesis 4:16, Genesis 4:20, Genesis 11:2, Genesis 11:31, Genesis 13:6, Genesis 13:7 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H3427; TAHOT 1 Chronicles 11:7 word 1

דָּוִ֖ידda.VidDavid

Lemma: דָּוִד (da.vid) · Strong's: H1732

Parsing: Noun · Proper · Masculine (HNpm)

Meaning: David

Used 1075 times. Also: Ruth 4:17, Ruth 4:22, 1 Samuel 16:13, 1 Samuel 16:19, 1 Samuel 16:20, 1 Samuel 16:21 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H1732; TAHOT 1 Chronicles 11:7 word 2

בַּמְצָ֑דbam.Tzadin the fortress

Lemma: מְצָד (me.tsad) · Strong's: H4679

Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Singular · Absolute (HNcfsa)

Meaning: stronghold

Used 11 times. Also: Judges 6:2, 1 Samuel 23:14, 1 Samuel 23:19, 1 Samuel 23:29, 1 Chronicles 12:8, 1 Chronicles 12:16 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H4679; TAHOT 1 Chronicles 11:7 word 3

עַל\־'al-there-

Lemma: עַל (al) · Strong's: H5921A

Parsing: Preposition (HR)

Meaning: upon

Used 5756 times. Also: Genesis 1:2, Genesis 1:7, Genesis 1:11, Genesis 1:15, Genesis 1:17, Genesis 1:20 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H5921A; TAHOT 1 Chronicles 11:7 word 4

כֵּ֥ןken-fore

Lemma: כֵּן (ken) · Strong's: H3651C

Parsing: Adverb (HD)

Meaning: so

Used 734 times. Also: Genesis 1:7, Genesis 1:9, Genesis 1:11, Genesis 1:15, Genesis 1:24, Genesis 1:30 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H3651C; TAHOT 1 Chronicles 11:7 word 5

קָרְאוּ\־ka.re.'u-people called

Lemma: קָרָא (qa.ra) · Strong's: H7121H

Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Perfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Third · Either gender · Plural (HVqp3cp)

Meaning: to call: call by

Used 221 times. Also: Genesis 1:5, Genesis 1:8, Genesis 1:10, Genesis 2:19, Genesis 2:20, Genesis 2:23 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H7121H; TAHOT 1 Chronicles 11:7 word 6

עִ֥יר'ir[the] city of

Lemma: עִיר (ir) · Strong's: H5892B

Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Singular · Construct (HNcfsc)

Meaning: city

Used 1084 times. Also: Genesis 4:17, Genesis 10:12, Genesis 11:4, Genesis 11:5, Genesis 11:8, Genesis 13:12 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H5892B; TAHOT 1 Chronicles 11:7 word 7

דָּוִֽיד\׃da.VidDavid

Lemma: דָּוִד (da.vid) · Strong's: H1732

Parsing: Noun · Proper · Masculine (HNpm)

Meaning: David

Used 1075 times. Also: Ruth 4:17, Ruth 4:22, 1 Samuel 16:13, 1 Samuel 16:19, 1 Samuel 16:20, 1 Samuel 16:21 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H1732; TAHOT 1 Chronicles 11:7 word 8

How the BSB renders it

Each English phrase in the Berean Standard Bible and the original word behind it.

So David	→	דָּוִד H1732 David
took up residence	→	יָשַׁב H3427 to dwell
in the fortress	→	מְצָד H4679 stronghold
that is why	→	עַל H5921A upon
. . .	→	כֵּן H3651C so
it was called	→	קָרָא H7121H to call: call by
the City	→	עִיר H5892B city
of David	→	דָּוִד H1732 David

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Original-language words, glosses, parsing and lexicon entries: STEPBible data by Tyndale House, Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG, TFLSJ, TEHMC, TEGMC), CC BY 4.0, with changes. Hebrew text from the Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible. English alignment: Berean Standard Bible tables (public domain).

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