What Does 1 Chronicles 2:15 Mean in the King James?

Ozem the sixth, David the seventh:

1 Chronicles 2:15 · 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 list counts David as seventh while his name carries the sense “beloved,” holding position and nature together.

THE MEANING

You can be counted in an order while your name carries a nature a number cannot measure; David is seventh, and his name means “beloved.” The verse holds place and nature side by side.

WHAT THIS UNDOES

My rank in the order tells the whole truth of my worth.

THE ROOT

דָּוִד

Dāwîḏ

GROWS FROM

דוד

d-w-d

Beloved; the same root also carries the sense of love or affection.

The name David shares its consonants with dōd, “beloved,” and dōdîm, “loves” or “expressions of love.” The list places him numerically, while the name carries a relational sense the count itself cannot express.

ALSO GROWS

dōd: Beloved; also a kinship term for uncle.

דּוֹד

The name David echoes this word, placing the sense of belovedness beside his counted position.

dōdîm: Loves or expressions of love.

דּוֹדִים

The same consonants extend into language for affection, revealing a relational dimension within the name.

THE PATTERN

Scripture lets names carry a nature that the surrounding words make visible.

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 links Abraham’s name to the nature and calling it carries: father of many nations.

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 · KJVCephas is interpreted as “a stone,” making the name itself carry a nature.

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 is tied to the work of delivering his people.

THE THREAD

Then Samuel took the horn of oil, and anointed him in the midst of his brethren: and the Spirit of the LORD came upon David from that day forward. So Samuel rose up, and went to Ramah.

1 Samuel 16:13 · KJV

The same name appears here as David is anointed among his brothers. The genealogy counts his place in the family; this scene shows the counted son within that family, with his name’s sense of “beloved” beside it.

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