What Does 1 Chronicles 3:5 Mean in the King James?
And these were born unto him in Jerusalem; Shimea, and Shobab, and Nathan, and Solomon, four, of Bath-shua the daughter of Ammiel:
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
Wholeness appears twice: in the place where Solomon is born and in the nature carried by his name.
THE MEANING
Here, wholeness is both a place of origin and a nature carried forward. Solomon’s name comes from the root שׁלם (sh-l-m, to be whole), echoed in שָׁלוֹם (shalom, wholeness) and in Jerusalem’s name. Birth becomes continuity that is legible through names.
WHAT THIS UNDOES
It undoes the belief that wholeness only waits at the end of a journey: here it is already present at the place of birth and carried in a name.
THE ROOT
שְׁלֹמֹה
Shelomoh
GROWS FROM
שלם
To be whole, complete, or intact; wholeness and peace.
English presents “Solomon” as a name, while Hebrew keeps it tied to the root of wholeness. Beside Jerusalem, the shared sound makes wholeness both the place of birth and the nature compressed in the child’s name.
ALSO GROWS
shalem: Whole, complete
שָׁלֵם
This branch names the wholeness carried in Solomon’s name.
shalom: Wholeness, peace
שָׁלוֹם
The same root carries wholeness into relationship and shared life.
Yerushalayim: Jerusalem; the city of wholeness in this name-reading
יְרוּשָׁלַיִם
Jerusalem is the birthplace in the verse, and its name echoes the same שׁלם (sh-l-m, wholeness) sound-family.
נוֹלְדוּ
nôledû
GROWS FROM
ילד
To bear or beget; to bring forth.
“born” in this verse is nôledû. The birth-root also forms words for children and generations, so the verse’s birth is not an isolated event. Its language keeps the line of life unfolding through those who come forth.
ALSO GROWS
yeled: Child
יֶלֶד
The child is the person brought forth by the birth named in the verse.
toledot: Generations, begettings
תּוֹלְדוֹת
This branch shows birth becoming a continuing lineage.
moledet: Birthplace, kindred
מוֹלֶדֶת
The birth-root can also name a place of origin and belonging, extending the verse’s link between birth and Jerusalem.
THE PATTERN
A place or source can give birth to an identity that carries its character forward in a name.
And of Zion it shall be said, This and that man was born in her: and the highest himself shall establish her.For unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given: and the government shall be upon his shoulder: and his name shall be called Wonderful, Counsellor, The mighty God, The everlasting Father, The Prince of Peace.For he is our peace, who hath made both one, and hath broken down the middle wall of partition between us;THE THREAD
And these be the names of those that were born unto him in Jerusalem; Shammua, and Shobab, and Nathan, and Solomon,The parallel verse repeats both Solomon’s name and his birth in Jerusalem. Together, the names let wholeness echo in the place and in the person born there.
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