What Does 1 Kings 1:22 Mean in the King James?

And, lo, while she yet talked with the king, Nathan the prophet also came in.

1 Kings 1:22 · 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

Nathan’s name means “he gave,” and he enters while Bathsheba is still speaking.

THE MEANING

Your words may still be unfolding when another presence enters. The one who comes bears a name rooted in giving and setting in place, joining ongoing speech with an arrival marked by giving.

THE ROOT

נָתָן

Natan

GROWS FROM

נתן

n-t-n

give, set, place

Nathan’s name carries the root of giving and placing. He enters while another person’s speech is still underway, holding a name marked by giving beside words still being spoken.

ALSO GROWS

give: to give

נָתַן

This is the verb behind Nathan’s name, which carries the sense “he gave.”

gift: gift

מַתָּנָה

This branch makes the root’s giving sense concrete: what is given is a gift.

מְדַבֶּרֶת

medabberet

GROWS FROM

דבר

d-b-r

to speak

English “talked” can suggest passing conversation, while this word belongs to a root whose noun branch means word, matter, or thing. The verse places Nathan’s entrance inside speech that has substance and is still unfolding.

ALSO GROWS

spoke: he spoke

דִּבֶּר

This is another form from the same speaking root that appears in the verse.

davar: word, matter, thing

דָּבָר

The shared root links speaking with the matter being spoken about.

THE PATTERN

A presence can enter while a human voice is still speaking.

Behold, while thou yet talkest there with the king, I also will come in after thee, and confirm thy words.

1 Kings 1:14 · KJVNathan’s promised entrance overlaps with Bathsheba’s still-unfinished speech.

And as they thus spake, Jesus himself stood in the midst of them, and saith unto them, Peace be unto you.

Luke 24:36 · KJVJesus appears among the disciples while they are still speaking.

While Peter yet spake these words, the Holy Ghost fell on all them which heard the word.

Acts 10:44 · KJVThe event unfolds before Peter has finished speaking.

THE THREAD

And God set them in the firmament of the heaven to give light upon the earth,

Genesis 1:17 · KJV

The root behind Nathan’s name, meaning “he gave,” also gives the verb translated “set” here. The shared root holds giving and placing together: what is set in place serves the giving of light.

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