What Does 1 Chronicles 12:7 Mean in the King James?

And Joelah, and Zebadiah, the sons of Jeroham of Gedor.

1 Chronicles 12:7 · 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

In this bare roll call, Jeroham carries the root of compassion inside a name.

THE MEANING

Here, a name holds more than a label: Jeroham bears the root of compassion within a verse made only of names. That quality stands among the identities gathered in this line.

WHAT THIS UNDOES

A name is only an arbitrary label, emptied of any deeper meaning.

THE ROOT

יְרֹחָם

Yĕrōḥām

GROWS FROM

רחם

To show compassion and treat with tender care.

Jeroham holds the root of compassion inside a personal name. A related word for womb, ⁨רֶחֶם⁩ (reḥem), gives this tenderness an image of sheltering care.

ALSO GROWS

rāḥam: To show compassion or pity.

רָחַם

This verb carries the seed found in Jeroham’s name.

raḥūm: Compassionate, full of mercy.

רַחוּם

Exodus 34:6 uses this form from the same root to name God’s character.

reḥem: Womb.

רֶחֶם

This related form gives the root an embodied image of sheltering tenderness.

THE PATTERN

The root of compassion joins a name to the active quality of tender care.

And the LORD passed by before him, and proclaimed, The LORD, The LORD God, merciful and gracious, longsuffering, and abundant in goodness and truth,

Exodus 34:6 · KJVThe word “merciful” translates ⁨רַחוּם⁩ (raḥūm, compassionate), from the same root carried in Jeroham.

Like as a father pitieth his children, so the LORD pitieth them that fear him.

Psalm 103:13 · KJVThe Hebrew word translated “pitieth” comes from ⁨רחם⁩ (r-ḥ-m, compassion), showing that root as active tenderness.

Through the tender mercy of our God; whereby the dayspring from on high hath visited us,

Luke 1:78 · KJVTender mercy arrives as visitation, showing compassion moving toward the one who needs it.

THE THREAD

And the LORD passed by before him, and proclaimed, The LORD, The LORD God, merciful and gracious, longsuffering, and abundant in goodness and truth,

Exodus 34:6 · KJV

Jeroham carries ⁨רחם⁩ (r-ḥ-m, compassion and tender care) as a personal name; Exodus uses ⁨רַחוּם⁩ (raḥūm, compassionate) from that same root. The roster’s quiet name and this declaration share one seed: compassion can be named as a nature.

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