What Does 1 Chronicles 11:32 Mean in the King James?

Hurai of the brooks of Gaash, Abiel the Arbathite,

1 Chronicles 11:32 · KJV

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

Gaash carries the same root that describes the earth quaking, so even this roster line names the land as motion.

THE MEANING

You are encountered as particular, with your place attached: Hurai is tied to the brooks of Gaash, and Abiel is named as an Arbathite. Abiel, ⁨אֲבִיאֵל⁩ (Aviel), means “my father is God,” so the line holds both geography and a name that speaks relationship.

THE ROOT

גָּעַשׁ

Gaash

GROWS FROM

געש

gaʿash

To quake, shake, or surge in agitation.

The place-name Gaash carries the same root that becomes a verb for the earth quaking and waters tossing. “The brooks of Gaash” holds both a real landscape and a word for motion under pressure.

ALSO GROWS

vattigʿash: And it quaked.

וַתִּגְעַשׁ

This form describes the earth shaking, showing the root’s force in the landscape itself.

vayyitgaʿashu: And they tossed or surged.

וַיִּתְגָּעֲשׁוּ

Used of waters tossing, this form extends the root’s motion from shaking ground to agitated water.

THE PATTERN

The record keeps people particular by naming the place associated with them.

And Saul said to him, Whose son art thou, thou young man? And David answered, I am the son of thy servant Jesse the Beth-lehemite.

1 Samuel 17:58 · KJVDavid’s identity is given through both his father and the place connected with his family.

Now Philip was of Bethsaida, the city of Andrew and Peter.

John 1:44 · KJVPhilip and the other disciples remain attached to the city they share.

But Paul said, I am a man which am a Jew of Tarsus, a city in Cilicia, a citizen of no mean city: and, I beseech thee, suffer me to speak unto the people.

Acts 21:39 · KJVPaul identifies himself through his people and the city from which he comes.

THE THREAD

Then the earth shook and trembled; the foundations also of the hills moved and were shaken, because he was wroth.

Psalm 18:7 · KJV

The word translated “shook” comes from the same root carried in the name Gaash. The name of the brooks’ place is linked to the Bible’s word for the earth quaking.

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