What Does 1 Chronicles 2:31 Mean in the King James?
And the sons of Appaim; Ishi. And the sons of Ishi; Sheshan. And the children of Sheshan; Ahlai.
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 Hebrew word for “sons” belongs to the word family for building: this family line takes shape one life at a time.
THE MEANING
Your life is held within a chain of lives, each name linked to what comes before and after. Here the line moves from Appaim to Ishi to Sheshan to Ahlai, giving each person a place in what continues.
WHAT THIS UNDOES
The belief that an unremarkable life disappears from the story is unsettled here: every name remains linked to what follows.
THE ROOT
בְּנֵי
bĕnê
GROWS FROM
בנה
Build; build up.
The line says “sons,” but the Hebrew word belongs to the build and build-up word family. Descendants are more than the next names in a list: they are a family taking shape through linked lives.
ALSO GROWS
ben: Son; descendant.
בֵּן
The names in this verse are joined as descendants in a continuing line.
banah: To build; to build up.
בָּנָה
This branch reveals the image beneath the genealogy: each generation contributes to the family taking shape.
mivneh: Structure; building.
מִבְנֶה
The line of names can be seen as a structure formed through successive connections.
THE PATTERN
A life is carried forward when names, teaching, and memory pass from one generation to the next.
We will not hide them from their children, shewing to the generation to come the praises of the LORD, and his strength, and his wonderful works that he hath done.The book of the generation of Jesus Christ, the son of David, the son of Abraham.And the things that thou hast heard of me among many witnesses, the same commit thou to faithful men, who shall be able to teach others also.THE THREAD
And Sarai said unto Abram, Behold now, the LORD hath restrained me from bearing: I pray thee, go in unto my maid; it may be that I may obtain children by her. And Abram hearkened to the voice of Sarai.The Hebrew behind “obtain children” carries the sense “be built up through her,” from the same build word family connected with “sons” here. The language pictures descendants as a family being built through the lives linked in the line.
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