What Does 1 Chronicles 11:40 Mean?
Ira the Ithrite, Gareb the Ithrite,
Key words are shown with the Hebrew or Greek and what each word meant.
Selah Decoded Version The Selah Decoded Version renders what the Hebrew and Greek words meant to the people who first heard them.
King James wording
King James Version
Ira the Ithrite, Gareb the Ithrite,THE KEY
The repeated “Ithrite” holds two distinct names within one shared belonging.
THE MEANING
Ira and Gareb remain distinct, yet each carries the same name for their people. The line holds individuality and belonging together without making either disappear.
THE ROOT
הַיִּתְרִי
ha-yithri the Ithrite
GROWS FROM
יתר
y-t-r
To remain, be left over, or have more; the gentilic is commonly connected with the name Yeter (Jether).
“Ithrite” in this verse is ha-yithri the Ithrite. Both men carry the same clan-name, commonly linked to the root יתר, “remain” or “be more.” The Hebrew repeats that shared marker while preserving each man’s separate name.
ALSO GROWS
yéther: A name associated with what remains or is in excess.
יֶתֶר
The Ithrite designation is commonly connected with this name, giving the shared clan-marker a root in belonging across generations.
yitrôn: What remains as an excess, profit, or advantage.
יִתְרוֹן
This branch echoes the root’s sense of what is retained or added, while the verse itself centers on the two men’s shared identity.
THE PATTERN
A people’s work becomes visible through distinct people named within their shared service.
And I, behold, I have given with him Aholiab, the son of Ahisamach, of the staff of Dan. And in the heart of all the wise of heart I have set wisdom, that they may make all that I have commanded you.Embrace Priscilla and Aquila, my fellow workers in the anointed one, Jesus.THE THREAD
Ira the Ithrite, Gareb the Ithrite.The same two names appear together with the Ithrite designation repeated for each. The parallel makes the shared clan-marker especially clear while keeping Ira and Gareb distinct.
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