What Does 1 Chronicles 1:53 Mean in the King James?
Duke Kenaz, duke Teman, duke Mibzar,
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
Mibzar is a name built from the Hebrew word for fortress, so this list gives authority the shape of defense.
THE MEANING
The line names Kenaz, Teman, and Mibzar as dukes. Teman carries the south and right-hand direction; Mibzar carries the image of a fortress. Kenaz remains unexplained here.
THE ROOT
מִבְצָר
mivtsar
GROWS FROM
בצר
b-ts-r
To fortify; to make inaccessible.
Mibzar is formed from the word for a fortress, rooted in the act of fortifying or making something inaccessible. The name holds protection as a concrete structure, not an abstract quality.
ALSO GROWS
batsar: To fortify or make inaccessible.
בָּצַר
The verb shows the action behind the stronghold carried in Mibzar’s name.
batsur: Fortified; inaccessible.
בָּצוּר
This describes the condition a fortress creates: protected by being made difficult to enter.
תֵּימָן
teiman
GROWS FROM
ימן
y-m-n
Right side; by directional naming, the south.
Teman carries a directional sense connected with the right side: when facing east, south lies to the right. The name holds geography inside the list of rulers.
ALSO GROWS
yamin: Right hand or right side.
יָמִין
This is the directional word linked with Teman’s southward sense.
teiman: South; the south country.
תֵּימָן
This is the name’s geographic meaning, turning a direction into an identity.
THE PATTERN
Scripture treats a name as compressed nature, letting the name disclose something the person or role carries.
Neither shall thy name any more be called Abram, but thy name shall be Abraham; for a father of many nations have I made thee.Let not my lord, I pray thee, regard this man of Belial, even Nabal: for as his name is, so is he; Nabal is his name, and folly is with him: but I thine handmaid saw not the young men of my lord, whom thou didst send.And she shall bring forth a son, and thou shalt call his name JESUS: for he shall save his people from their sins.THE THREAD
And the fortress of the high fort of thy walls shall he bring down, lay low, and bring to the ground, even to the dust.Mibzar is מִבְצָר (mivtsar), meaning fortress; Isaiah uses the same Hebrew word. There, the fortress is brought low, showing that the name holds an image of protection, not a promise of permanence.
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