What Does 1 Chronicles 9:7 Mean in the King James?

And of the sons of Benjamin; Sallu the son of Meshullam, the son of Hodaviah, the son of Hasenuah,

1 Chronicles 9:7 · 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

Meshullam carries the same root as shalom, so wholeness is embedded in this line of names.

THE MEANING

This line holds each person in relation to the names before him. Meshullam belongs to ⁨שׁלם⁩ (shalam), meaning to be whole or complete, so the family record carries wholeness within its names. Your identity, too, is held in relation, not in isolation.

THE ROOT

מְשֻׁלָּם

Meshullam

GROWS FROM

שׁלם

To be whole or complete; to make whole or repay.

Meshullam comes from ⁨שׁלם⁩ (shalam), the root family that also gives ⁨שָׁלוֹם⁩ (shalom), wholeness. A name in this genealogy therefore carries the language of wholeness inside the family line.

ALSO GROWS

shalom: Wholeness, completeness.

שָׁלוֹם

This branch names the wholeness that resonates within Meshullam.

shalem: Whole, complete.

שָׁלֵם

This form makes the root’s basic sense visible as a state of being whole.

shillem: Repaid, made restitution.

שִׁלֵּם

The same root also describes something being brought to completion through repayment.

THE PATTERN

A name can carry identity and belonging forward through generations.

And God said moreover unto Moses, Thus shalt thou say unto the children of Israel, The LORD God of your fathers, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob, hath sent me unto you: this is my name for ever, and this is my memorial unto all generations.

Exodus 3:15 · KJVThe name is called a memorial for all generations, as this verse preserves identity through a chain of names.

The book of the generation of Jesus Christ, the son of David, the son of Abraham.

Matthew 1:1 · KJVThis opening line carries identity through named relationships, just as the names in this genealogy are held in a line.

THE THREAD

Thou wilt keep him in perfect peace, whose mind is stayed on thee: because he trusteth in thee.

Isaiah 26:3 · KJV

Meshullam belongs to ⁨שׁלם⁩ (shalam), the same root family as ⁨שָׁלוֹם⁩ (shalom), meaning wholeness. Isaiah repeats shalom in “perfect peace,” connecting the name carried in this family line with wholeness held steady in trust.

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