What Does 1 Chronicles 14:5 Mean in the King James?

And Ibhar, and Elishua, and Elpalet,

1 Chronicles 14:5 · 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

Read together, these three names gather a movement from choosing to deliverance to escape.

THE MEANING

Ibhar carries the sense “he chooses”; Elishua names God as deliverance; Elpalet carries the language of escape. The names hold choosing and deliverance together in this line.

THE ROOT

אֱלִישׁוּעַ

ʾĔlîšûaʿ

GROWS FROM

ישע

Yasha (⁨יָשַׁע⁩) means to deliver, bringing someone out into spaciousness.

Elishua joins El, “God,” to the root of deliverance. What English presents as a personal name also holds deliverance as part of the name’s nature.

ALSO GROWS

yasha: to deliver or rescue

יָשַׁע

This is the root carried in Elishua’s deliverance meaning.

yeshuah: deliverance

יְשׁוּעָה

This noun makes explicit the deliverance named within Elishua.

moshia: deliverer

מוֹשִׁיעַ

This form names the one who brings deliverance.

אֶלְפֶּלֶט

ʾElpelet

GROWS FROM

פלט

Palat (⁨פָּלַט⁩) carries the sense of escaping, slipping away, or surviving.

“Elpalet” in this verse is ʾElpelet. The name joins El, “God,” with the language of escape and survival. Beside Elishua, it makes deliverance concrete: the movement includes getting out and surviving.

ALSO GROWS

palat: to escape or slip away

פָּלַט

The verb gives the name its sense of getting free from danger.

peletah: escape or deliverance

פְּלֵיטָה

This noun echoes the rescue meaning carried in Elpalet.

palit: a survivor, one who escapes

פָּלִיט

This branch shows the person who emerges from the escape.

יִבְחָר

Yivchar

GROWS FROM

בחר

Bachar (⁨בָּחַר⁩) means to choose or select.

Ibhar carries the active sense “he chooses.” Next to the names of deliverance and escape, choosing becomes the first movement in the line’s sequence.

ALSO GROWS

bachar: to choose or select

בָּחַר

This verb carries the action heard in Ibhar’s name.

mivchar: choice, the choicest thing

מִבְחָר

This form shows the root extending from choosing to what is selected.

bachur: young man

בָּחוּר

This related form carries the sense of one selected or distinguished.

THE PATTERN

Scripture lets names carry nature, so a name can state a person’s meaning within the verse.

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.

Genesis 17:5 · KJVThe verse joins a changed name to the nature and calling it expresses.

And she shall bring forth a son, and thou shalt call his name JESUS: for he shall save his people from their sins.

Matthew 1:21 · KJVThe name Jesus carries the deliverance named in the verse.

And he brought him to Jesus. And when Jesus beheld him, he said, Thou art Simon the son of Jona: thou shalt be called Cephas, which is by interpretation, A stone.

John 1:42 · KJVThe name Cephas is interpreted as stone, making the name itself disclose nature.

THE THREAD

Behold, God is my salvation; I will trust, and not be afraid: for the LORD JEHOVAH is my strength and my song; he also is become my salvation.

Isaiah 12:2 · KJV

“My salvation” translates yeshuah (⁨יְשׁוּעָה⁩), from the same deliverance root carried in Elishua. Isaiah states plainly what the name compresses: God and deliverance held together.

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