What Does 1 Chronicles 5:5 Mean in the King James?
Micah his son, Reaia his son, Baal his son,
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 bare genealogy carries three name-natures: מִיכָה (Mîḵāh, commonly understood as “Who is like Yah?”), רְאָיָה (Reʾāyāh, “Yah has seen”), then בַּעַל (Baʿal, “master” or “owner”).
THE MEANING
This verse lets the reader hear a family line as more than a list: its repeated “his son” carries names with meanings from one generation to the next. Micah holds the question “Who is like Yah?”, Reaiah the language of Yah’s seeing, and Baal the sense of master or owner.
THE ROOT
רְאָיָה
Reʾāyāh
GROWS FROM
רָאָה
rāʾāh
To see, look at, or perceive.
“Reaia” in this verse is Reʾāyāh. Reaiah is commonly glossed “Yah has seen,” and is also rendered “vision of Yah,” joining this seeing-root to Yah’s name. English preserves the personal name’s sound while leaving its seeing-language quiet beside the repeated “his son.”
ALSO GROWS
rōʾeh: One who sees; a seer.
רֹאֶה
This branch makes the root a person who sees, echoing the seeing carried in Reaiah’s name.
marʾeh: Appearance, sight, or vision.
מַרְאֶה
This branch names what is seen, showing how the same root can hold both the act of seeing and its vision.
בַּעַל
Baʿal
GROWS FROM
בָּעַל
bāʿal
To own or exercise mastery; as a noun, owner, master, or husband.
The name Baal carries the ordinary sense of “master” or “owner,” alongside its use as a divine title. Set after names that refer to Yah, it adds a distinct note of mastery to the sequence without telling us what this man himself believes.
ALSO GROWS
bāʿal: To own, rule as master, or take as wife.
בָּעַל
The verb exposes the action behind the name’s sense of ownership or mastery.
beʿālîm: Owners, masters, or husbands.
בְּעָלִים
This plural form shows the same root applied to people who possess, govern, or hold a marital bond.
THE PATTERN
A scriptural name can carry a claim about divine nature or a lived encounter beyond the moment it is given.
And she called the name of the LORD that spake unto her, Thou God seest me: for she said, Have I also here looked after him that seeth me?And Moses built an altar, and called the name of it Jehovah-nissi:And she shall bring forth a son, and thou shalt call his name JESUS: for he shall save his people from their sins.THE THREAD
And she called the name of the LORD that spake unto her, Thou God seest me: for she said, Have I also here looked after him that seeth me?Reaiah is commonly interpreted through רָאָה (rāʾāh, “to see”), joined to Yah. Hagar names God אֵל רֳאִי (ʾEl Roʾi, “God who sees me”), using the same seeing-root; her words make the root in Reaiah’s name audible.
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