What Does 1 Chronicles 8:16 Mean in the King James?
And Michael, and Ispah, and Joha, the sons of Beriah;
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 Hebrew word for “sons” is linked to “build”: a family line takes shape through particular, named lives.
THE MEANING
Your place among others does not make you interchangeable. This line keeps Michael, Ispah, and Joha distinct while naming their bond to Beriah: belonging and particularity remain together.
WHAT THIS UNDOES
You are only a replaceable link in a larger story.
THE ROOT
בְּנֵי
bənê
GROWS FROM
בנה
Build, establish.
The Hebrew word bənê, “sons of,” is linked to bānāh, “to build.” The line carries an architectural image: a family is built through named people, rather than being an anonymous list.
ALSO GROWS
bānāh: To build.
בָּנָה
This is the root’s basic action; the verse’s sons are part of the family line taking shape.
ʾibbāneh: I may be built, or established.
אִבָּנֶה
In Genesis 16:2, this form appears in Sarai’s words about obtaining children, bringing family and building together.
THE PATTERN
A people is built through particular lives carried forward in a shared line.
And Sarai said unto Abram, Behold now, the LORD hath restrained me from bearing: I pray thee, go in unto my maid; it may be that I may obtain children by her. And Abram hearkened to the voice of Sarai.And all the people that were in the gate, and the elders, said, We are witnesses. The LORD make the woman that is come into thine house like Rachel and like Leah, which two did build the house of Israel: and do thou worthily in Ephratah, and be famous in Beth-lehem:And I say also unto thee, That thou art Peter, and upon this rock I will build my church; and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it.THE THREAD
And all the people that were in the gate, and the elders, said, We are witnesses. The LORD make the woman that is come into thine house like Rachel and like Leah, which two did build the house of Israel: and do thou worthily in Ephratah, and be famous in Beth-lehem:The same Hebrew root, בנה (b-n-h; banah), appears in “did build” and in the word linked to “sons.” Ruth makes explicit the image tucked into Chronicles: named people are how a family line is built and carried forward.
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