What Does 1 Chronicles 11:46 Mean in the King James?

Eliel the Mahavite, and Jeribai, and Joshaviah, the sons of Elnaam, and Ithmah the Moabite,

1 Chronicles 11:46 · 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

The word “sons” carries the same root as “build,” presenting family as something formed and continued through its children.

THE MEANING

The verse holds personal identity and belonging together: each person is named, while family and origin remain visible too. Eliel, Jeribai, and Joshaviah are named as Elnaam’s sons; Ithmah is named as a Moabite.

THE ROOT

בְּנֵי

benê

GROWS FROM

בנה

build, establish

The word ⁨בְּנֵי⁩ (benê, “sons of”) is the construct plural of ⁨בֵּן⁩ (ben, “son”), commonly linked to ⁨בָּנָה⁩ (banah, “build”). The family term carries a building echo: a household takes shape and continues through its children.

ALSO GROWS

banah: build

בָּנָה

This is the root linked to “son,” giving the family word a sense of building or continuation.

ben: son

בֵּן

This is the singular form behind the verse’s “sons,” and it shares the root’s building association.

binyan: building, structure

בִּנְיָן

This noun makes the root’s building image concrete: a family line can be understood as something formed over time.

אֶלְנָעַם

Elna'am

GROWS FROM

נעם

be pleasant, delight

“Elnaam” in this verse is Elna'am. The name combines ⁨אֵל⁩ (El, “God”) with ⁨נֹעַם⁩ (no’am, “pleasantness”); it is commonly understood as “God is pleasantness” or “God’s delight.” The name attached to this family line carries an image of delight within the roster.

ALSO GROWS

no'am: pleasantness, delight

נֹעַם

This noun supplies the name’s element of delight.

na'im: pleasant, delightful

נָעִים

This related form shows the root describing something experienced as pleasing.

THE PATTERN

Scripture preserves people as particular names while keeping their relationships and belonging in view.

Now these are the generations of the sons of Noah, Shem, Ham, and Japheth: and unto them were sons born after the flood.

Genesis 10:1 · KJVThe names remain distinct while the verse places them within a family line.

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

Matthew 1:2 · KJVEach named person appears within the relationships through which the line continues.

Greet Priscilla and Aquila my helpers in Christ Jesus:

Romans 16:3 · KJVPriscilla and Aquila keep their individual names while their shared work is named alongside them.

THE THREAD

And the rib, which the LORD God had taken from man, made he a woman, and brought her unto the man.

Genesis 2:22 · KJV

The Hebrew verb ⁨וַיִּבֶן⁩ (vayyiven, “built”) behind “made” comes from ⁨בנה⁩ (banah, “build”), the root commonly linked to ⁨בֵּן⁩ (ben, “son”) in this verse. Together, the verses let family language carry the image of building and continuation.

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