What Does 1 Chronicles 12:5 Mean in the King James?
Eluzai, and Jerimoth, and Bealiah, and Shemariah, and Shephatiah the Haruphite,
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
Shemariah and Shephatiah both carry Yah in their names, joining guarding and judgment under one shared name-nature.
THE MEANING
These names gather living qualities: Shemariah carries “Yah guards,” and Shephatiah carries “Yah judges.” Their shared יָהּ (Yah, a short form of the divine name) holds protection and judgment within one naming pattern.
WHAT THIS UNDOES
A name is only an empty label; here, guarding and judgment reside inside the names themselves.
THE ROOT
שְׁמַרְיָה
Shemaryah
GROWS FROM
שָׁמַר
shamar
to guard, keep, or watch
“Shemariah” in this verse is Shemaryah. English leaves the name opaque, but it joins שָׁמַר (shamar, guard or keep) with יָהּ (Yah, a short form of the divine name): “Yah guards.” Its branches name both a keeper and an entrusted watch, so guarding appears as a person and as a charge.
ALSO GROWS
shomer: keeper, guardian
שֹׁמֵר
This is the keeper word from the same guard-and-keep root carried in Shemariah’s name.
mishmeret: charge, custody, watch
מִשְׁמֶרֶת
The same root can name an entrusted watch, showing keeping as sustained care.
שְׁפַטְיָה
Shephatyah
GROWS FROM
שָׁפַט
shaphat
to judge, decide, or govern
Shephatiah joins שָׁפַט (shaphat, judge or govern) with יָהּ (Yah, a short form of the divine name): “Yah judges.” Its branches move from the one who judges to judgment itself, placing judgment beside guarding under the same Yah-bearing name.
ALSO GROWS
shofet: judge
שֹׁפֵט
The root names the person who exercises judgment, just as Shephatiah carries that work in a name.
mishpat: judgment, justice, decision
מִשְׁפָּט
The same root also names the judgment or decision itself, extending the name’s meaning from a person to an ordering act.
THE PATTERN
Scripture uses names to carry nature, so a name can disclose the character or work its bearer embodies.
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
The LORD shall preserve thee from all evil: he shall preserve thy soul.The Hebrew verb rendered “preserve” comes from שָׁמַר (shamar, guard or keep), the same root carried by Shemariah. The name’s compact “Yah guards” opens into an active keeping here.
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