What Does 1 Chronicles 3:23 Mean in the King James?
And the sons of Neariah; Elioenai, and Hezekiah, and Azrikam, three.
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 three names form a compressed sentence: eyes toward God, strength from YHWH, and help rising.
THE MEANING
Your present life is more than a place in a larger line; it remains particular and named. These names picture attention turned toward God, strength sourced in YHWH, and help rising into view.
THE ROOT
אֶלְיוֹעֵינַי
ʾElyoʿenai
GROWS FROM
עין
Eye; also a spring or source.
Elioenai is commonly understood as “my eyes are toward God.” The root’s use for both an eye and a spring lets the name picture attention as a source: where the eyes turn shapes what comes into view.
ALSO GROWS
ʿayin: Eye
עַיִן
In the name, the eye gives attention a direction: toward God.
maʿyan: Spring or fountain
מַעְיָן
This related word for a spring extends the image of the eye as a source or opening.
חִזְקִיָּה
Ḥizqiyyāh
GROWS FROM
חזק
Be strong, grow firm, or strengthen.
Hezekiah means “YHWH strengthens.” The same root describes both becoming strong and making something strong, placing strength in a relationship rather than in isolation.
ALSO GROWS
ḥāzaq: Be strong, grow firm, or prevail
חָזַק
The name carries strength as a state that can be reached and sustained.
ḥizzēq: Strengthen or make firm
חִזֵּק
This form shows the active side of the same root: strength is also something given.
עַזְרִיקָם
ʿAzrîqām
GROWS FROM
עזר
Help or come to someone’s aid.
Azrikam is commonly understood as “my help has risen.” Its name joins help with the image of rising, so aid appears as something active and present, not merely an idea.
ALSO GROWS
ʿezer: Help or support
עֵזֶר
This noun names the aid carried in Azrikam’s name.
ʿāzar: Help or come to someone’s aid
עָזַר
The verb gives help movement: it is enacted by coming to another’s aid.
THE PATTERN
Scripture’s names can compress a person’s history, calling, or relation to God into a name.
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.And he said, Thy name shall be called no more Jacob, but Israel: for as a prince hast thou power with God and with men, and hast prevailed.And the Gentiles shall see thy righteousness, and all kings thy glory: and thou shalt be called by a new name, which the mouth of the LORD shall name.THE THREAD
Be strong and courageous, be not afraid nor dismayed for the king of Assyria, nor for all the multitude that is with him: for there be more with us than with him:“Be strong” comes from חזק (ḥazaq), the same root carried in Hezekiah’s name. The name says YHWH strengthens; this verse uses the same seed to speak of strength made firm.
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