What Does 1 Chronicles 11:37 Mean in the King James?

Hezro the Carmelite, Naarai the son of Ezbai,

1 Chronicles 11:37 · 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

Naarai’s name may echo “youth,” yet the verse anchors him relationally as Ezbai’s son.

THE MEANING

You appear here through more than an isolated name: the verse places Naarai beside his father’s name and Hezro beside Carmel. Identity is carried through relation and place, while Naarai’s name may also hold an echo of youth.

THE ROOT

נַעֲרַי

Naʿaray

GROWS FROM

נ־ע־ר

Youth; a young person.

Naarai may be related to ⁨נַעַר⁩ (naʿar, youth or young person), though the name’s exact derivation is uncertain. The English spelling leaves the name opaque; its possible echo of youth sits beside the clear relation that he is Ezbai’s son.

ALSO GROWS

naʿar: A young person, boy, or young man.

נַעַר

This is the likely lexical echo behind Naarai’s name, though the derivation is not certain.

naʿarah: A young woman or maiden.

נַעֲרָה

The feminine form shows the same word family describing youth across people.

THE PATTERN

Scripture locates a person by naming the relations and places around them.

And Adam lived an hundred and thirty years, and begat a son in his own likeness, after his image; and called his name Seth:

Genesis 5:3 · KJVSeth’s name appears alongside his father and the likeness he carries.

And the name of the man was Elimelech, and the name of his wife Naomi, and the name of his two sons Mahlon and Chilion, Ephrathites of Beth-lehem-judah. And they came into the country of Moab, and continued there.

Ruth 1:2 · KJVNames are placed within family ties and a place of origin.

Abraham begat Isaac; and Isaac begat Jacob; and Jacob begat Judas and his brethren;

Matthew 1:2 · KJVThe line carries each name forward through its relation to the name before it.

THE THREAD

Rejoice, O young man, in thy youth; and let thy heart cheer thee in the days of thy youth, and walk in the ways of thine heart, and in the sight of thine eyes: but know thou, that for all these things God will bring thee into judgment.

Ecclesiastes 11:9 · KJV

Ecclesiastes uses ⁨נַעַר⁩ (naʿar, young man or youth), the word family Naarai’s name may echo. That possibility opens the name toward youth, while this verse itself firmly identifies Naarai as Ezbai’s son.

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