What Does 1 Chronicles 25:31 Mean?
The four and twentieth to Romamtiezer, he, his sons, and his brothers, were twelve.
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.
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The four and twentieth to Romamti-ezer, he, his sons, and his brethren, were twelve.THE KEY
The name joins rising high with help, placing support itself in the exalted position.
THE MEANING
Romamti-ezer can be heard as “I have exalted help,” joining being lifted with giving support. The verse places that name within a circle of twelve, showing a person’s place as part of a shared life.
WHAT THIS UNDOES
It undoes the belief that helping is a lesser place: here, help is what the name exalts.
THE ROOT
רֹמַמְתִּי
romamti
GROWS FROM
רום
rûm
to rise, be high, or be exalted
“I have exalted” in this verse is romamti. As part of Romamti-ezer, this verb joins rising high to the word for help. The name’s movement upward is attached to assistance itself, so exaltation and support occupy one phrase.
ALSO GROWS
rām: high, exalted
רָם
It carries the same language of height found in the name’s opening.
mārōm: height, high place
מָרוֹם
It shows the root’s movement becoming a place of elevation.
rōmēm: exalting, raising high
רוֹמֵם
It makes explicit the lifting action contained in “I have exalted.”
עֵזֶר
ezer
GROWS FROM
עזר
ʿ-z-r
to help or aid
The second half of the name is the Hebrew word for help, not an opaque sound attached to a roster entry. Joined to “I have exalted,” it gives support a place of honor within the name.
ALSO GROWS
ʿāzar: to help, assist
עָזַר
The verb makes help an active presence, not merely a title.
ʿezrāh: help, aid
עֶזְרָה
This related noun keeps the same seed of assistance visible in another form.
THE PATTERN
Scripture presents help as a strength that holds people up, not a lesser place beneath them.
My help comes from the LORD, who makes heavens and earth.The LORD opens the eyes of the blind; the LORD straightens the bent; the LORD loves the aligned.So that we may boldly say, The LORD is my helper, and I will not fear. What will a human do to me?THE THREAD
My help comes from the LORD, who makes heavens and earth.The word translated “help” is עֵזֶר (ezer), the second half of Romamti-ezer. Psalm 121 opens that compact name into a living claim: help is a source of support, and the name joins it to being exalted.
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