What Does 1 Chronicles 1:31 Mean in the King James?
Jetur, Naphish, and Kedemah. These are the sons of Ishmael.
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 list of names sits inside Ishmael, “God hears”, so even this genealogy carries the memory of a heard cry.
THE MEANING
Jetur, Naphish, and Kedemah remain distinct names within a lineage identified by Ishmael, “God hears.” The family record carries that meaning alongside each name, so the verse preserves more than a count of descendants.
THE ROOT
יִשְׁמָעֵאל
Yishmaʿel
GROWS FROM
שמע
Hear, listen, attend.
Ishmael joins yishmaʿ, “he hears,” with El, “God.” The name keeps hearing within the lineage it identifies, so this list carries a meaning alongside the names and descent.
ALSO GROWS
shemaʿ: Hear, listen; the imperative form of the root.
שְׁמַע
The name’s verbal core shares this root of hearing and listening.
shemuʿah: A report or news, something heard.
שְׁמוּעָה
This branch shows how hearing can be carried forward as a report, as Ishmael’s name carries its meaning through the family record.
THE PATTERN
Scripture lets hearing persist beyond a cry: it becomes part of the names and memory attached to people.
And the angel of the LORD said unto her, Behold, thou art with child, and shalt bear a son, and shalt call his name Ishmael; because the LORD hath heard thy affliction.And the LORD said, I have surely seen the affliction of my people which are in Egypt, and have heard their cry by reason of their taskmasters; for I know their sorrows;And said, Cornelius, thy prayer is heard, and thine alms are had in remembrance in the sight of God.THE THREAD
And the angel of the LORD said unto her, Behold, thou art with child, and shalt bear a son, and shalt call his name Ishmael; because the LORD hath heard thy affliction.Ishmael is formed from yishmaʿ, “he hears,” and El, “God”; Genesis gives the hearing of Hagar’s affliction as the reason for the name. Here that name identifies the lineage, carrying the root of hearing into the list.
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