What Does 1 Chronicles 4:16 Mean in the King James?

And the sons of Jehaleleel; Ziph, and Ziphah, Tiria, and Asareel.

1 Chronicles 4:16 · 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

Even this genealogy carries praise: Jehaleleel’s name is commonly understood as “God is praised,” before his sons are named.

THE MEANING

Jehaleleel’s name holds praise for God at the head of this family line, and the verse names four sons beneath it. The people who come after are not anonymous; they are held in names and relationships. Your life, too, sits among names inherited and names passed on.

THE ROOT

יְהַלֶּלְאֵל

Yəhalləlʾēl

GROWS FROM

הלל

To praise, celebrate, or boast.

Jehaleleel combines ⁨הָלַל⁩ (halal, praise) with ⁨אֵל⁩ (El, God); the name is commonly understood as “God is praised” or “praise of God.” The root places praise inside the family’s name, so it is present before the sons are listed.

ALSO GROWS

tehillah: Praise or a song of praise.

תְּהִלָּה

The name’s praise-root also appears in words for spoken or sung praise, giving this bare list a voice beneath its names.

hallelu-yah: Praise Yah.

הַלְלוּיָהּ

The same root becomes a call to praise, linking the praise held in one name with praise voiced among a people.

THE PATTERN

What a people carries as its identity can become praise and knowledge passed 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.

Psalm 78:4 · KJVPraise is deliberately carried forward so the next generation can receive what came before.

Remember the days of old, consider the years of many generations: ask thy father, and he will shew thee; thy elders, and they will tell thee.

Deuteronomy 32:7 · KJVWhat is known and remembered moves through names and voices across generations.

But ye are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, an holy nation, a peculiar people; that ye should shew forth the praises of him who hath called you out of darkness into his marvellous light:

1 Peter 2:9 · KJVA people’s identity becomes an expression of praise.

THE THREAD

One generation shall praise thy works to another, and shall declare thy mighty acts.

Psalm 145:4 · KJV

Both verses carry halal, the root of praise, and this verse shows praise moving from one generation to another. Jehaleleel’s name places that praise inside the genealogy before any son is named.

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