What Does 1 Chronicles 16:36 Mean in the King James?
Blessed be the LORD God of Israel for ever and ever. And all the people said, Amen, and praised the LORD.
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 people’s Amen is the hinge that turns a blessing declared about God into the assembly’s shared, steady voice of praise.
THE MEANING
The blessing reaches from age to age, and the people answer it together: their Amen gives a firm yes to what has been said, then praise rises from the whole gathering. The blessing is not left with one voice; the people join it and make it their own.
THE ROOT
אָמֵן
amen
GROWS FROM
אמן
ʾ-m-n
Be firm, support, confirm; be steady.
Amen comes from a root of firmness and confirmation. Related אֱמוּנָה (emunah, trust and steadiness) and נֶאֱמָן (ne’eman, reliable and firm) show the weight of the people’s answer: they make the blessing their own with settled assent.
ALSO GROWS
emunah: Trust; steadiness.
אֱמוּנָה
The people’s Amen expresses trust as a firm response to the blessing.
ne'eman: Reliable; firm.
נֶאֱמָן
This branch carries the same sense of something that can be relied upon, giving the people’s answer weight.
בָּרוּךְ
barukh
GROWS FROM
ברך
b-r-k
Bend the knee; bless.
The word for blessed grows from the root for knee. That bodily image remains inside the blessing: it is honor offered, and the people join that honor with their Amen and praise.
ALSO GROWS
berekh: Knee.
בֶּרֶךְ
The knee keeps the image of bending within the word for blessing.
berakhah: Blessing.
בְּרָכָה
This related word carries the same root into the blessing the people answer together.
וַיְהַלְלוּ
wayhalelu
GROWS FROM
הלל
h-l-l
Praise; celebrate.
“Praised” in this verse is wayhalelu. The people do not stop at Amen; they praise the LORD. Related הַלְלוּיָהּ (hallelu-yah, praise Yah) and תְּהִלָּה (tehillah, praise or song of praise) show praise becoming voiced honor.
ALSO GROWS
hallelu-yah: Praise Yah.
הַלְלוּיָהּ
This familiar praise joins the same root to the name of the LORD.
tehillah: Praise; song of praise.
תְּהִלָּה
This branch makes praise a voiced song, echoing the people’s response.
THE PATTERN
A blessing addressed to God draws an answering Amen that affirms it and returns honor through praise.
Blessed be the LORD God of Israel from everlasting to everlasting: and let all the people say, Amen. Praise ye the LORD.For all the promises of God in him are yea, and in him Amen, unto the glory of God by us.Saying, Amen: Blessing, and glory, and wisdom, and thanksgiving, and honour, and power, and might, be unto our God for ever and ever. Amen.THE THREAD
Blessed be the LORD God of Israel from everlasting to everlasting: and let all the people say, Amen. Praise ye the LORD.Psalm 106:48 repeats the same sequence of blessing, the people’s Amen, and praise. Its shared Hebrew roots, ברך (barakh, bless), אמן (aman, be firm or confirm), and הלל (halal, praise), make the connection lexical as well as structural.
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