What Does 1 Chronicles 25:25 Mean in the King James?
The eighteenth to Hanani, he, his sons, and his brethren, were twelve:
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
Hanani’s name is associated with חנן (ḥānan, “to show favor”), so favor appears here as a name held within a company of twelve.
THE MEANING
A place in the shared work holds both a distinct name and a family-sized company. Hanani is named, then joined with sons and brothers in the count of twelve; belonging here is neither solitary nor anonymous.
THE ROOT
חֲנָנִי
Ḥănānî
GROWS FROM
חנן
To show favor or be gracious; Hanani is commonly understood as “favored.”
“Hanani” in this verse is Ḥănānî. English leaves the name opaque, while its Hebrew form carries the root חנן (ḥānan, “to show favor”) into the roster. The name’s branches keep favor audible as this distinct person is counted within a shared company.
ALSO GROWS
ḥēn: Favor
חֵן
This noun shares the root’s idea of favor, the meaning carried by Hanani’s name.
ḥannûn: Gracious
חַנּוּן
This form names the quality of showing favor, giving another branch of the same root carried in Hanani.
THE PATTERN
Distinct places and voices become shared praise through ordered participation.
And they cast lots, ward against ward, as well the small as the great, the teacher as the scholar.Praise him with the sound of the trumpet: praise him with the psaltery and harp.Speaking to yourselves in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing and making melody in your heart to the Lord;THE THREAD
For the LORD God is a sun and shield: the LORD will give grace and glory: no good thing will he withhold from them that walk uprightly.Hanani (חֲנָנִי, ḥănānî, “favored”) carries the root חנן (ḥānan, “to show favor”), whose noun branch חֵן (ḥēn, “favor”) appears here as “grace.” In one verse favor is carried in a person’s name; in the other, it is what the LORD gives.
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