What Does 1 Chronicles 1:19 Mean in the King James?
And unto Eber were born two sons: the name of the one was Peleg; because in his days the earth was divided: and his brother’s name was Joktan.
The analysis reads the King James wording.
King James Version The King James Version, first published in 1611. Selah Verse shows the standard text.
THE KEY
The root behind Peleg’s name means both “divide” and “watercourse,” holding separation and the shaping of channels in one word.
THE MEANING
The verse meets you in a world where division leaves its name on a life: Peleg is named for the earth being divided. Yet the same root can name a stream or channel, holding open the possibility that a parting gives shape as well as separation.
THE ROOT
נִפְלְגָה
niphlegah
GROWS FROM
פלג
To divide or split; the related noun can also mean a stream or channel.
The Hebrew verb for “was divided” shares its root with Peleg’s name. That root also names a watercourse, so English “divided” conceals a word that can hold both separation and a channel taking shape.
ALSO GROWS
palag: To divide or split
פָּלַג
This verb is the root of the word translated “was divided” and explains the meaning carried by Peleg’s name.
peleg: A stream or watercourse
פֶּלֶג
This branch shows that the same root can name a channel, widening “division” beyond the image of a rupture.
palgei: Streams or channels
פַלְגֵי
This plural form appears in Psalm 1:3 for the watercourses beside a fruitful tree.
THE PATTERN
Division can form distinct courses, whether among peoples, through water, or in the distribution of gifts.
By these were the isles of the Gentiles divided in their lands; every one after his tongue, after their families, in their nations.And he shall be like a tree planted by the rivers of water, that bringeth forth his fruit in his season; his leaf also shall not wither; and whatsoever he doeth shall prosper.But all these worketh that one and the selfsame Spirit, dividing to every man severally as he will.THE THREAD
And he shall be like a tree planted by the rivers of water, that bringeth forth his fruit in his season; his leaf also shall not wither; and whatsoever he doeth shall prosper.The Hebrew word translated “rivers” is palgei, from the same root as Peleg and “divided.” That shared root lets the name hold more than rupture: it can also evoke water moving through distinct channels.
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