What Does 1 Samuel 14:49 Mean in the King James?
Now the sons of Saul were Jonathan, and Ishui, and Melchi-shua: and the names of his two daughters were these; the name of the firstborn Merab, and the name of the younger Michal:
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
Jonathan’s name means “YHWH has given,” so this roll call carries a claim of receiving inside a family record.
THE MEANING
This verse holds Saul’s children before you by name, and Jonathan’s name says “YHWH has given.” Receiving is part of the identity carried in that name: life is named as given, not self-originating.
THE ROOT
יְהוֹנָתָן
Yəhōnātān
GROWS FROM
נתן
n-t-n
To give, set, or place.
Jonathan is Yehonatan, “YHWH has given”; its second element grows from natan, “to give.” English presents a personal name as a label, while the Hebrew name carries a statement of giving inside it, the name itself bears a relationship.
ALSO GROWS
natan: Give, set, place.
נָתַן
This verb supplies the root in Jonathan’s name, which means “YHWH has given.”
mattan: Gift; a giving.
מַתָּן
This noun shares the root and makes visible the result carried in Jonathan’s name: what is received as gift.
THE PATTERN
In Scripture, a name can carry a claim about what a person is given or embodies.
Neither shall thy name any more be called Abram, but thy name shall be Abraham; for a father of many nations have I made thee.For unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given: and the government shall be upon his shoulder: and his name shall be called Wonderful, Counsellor, The mighty God, The everlasting Father, The Prince of Peace.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
For unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given: and the government shall be upon his shoulder: and his name shall be called Wonderful, Counsellor, The mighty God, The everlasting Father, The Prince of Peace.Isaiah’s “is given” is נִתַּן (nittan, “is given”), from נתן (natan, “to give”), the same root carried in Jonathan’s name. The roll call and Isaiah’s promised son meet in the same seed of giving, so the name “YHWH has given” opens onto a wider scriptural pattern.
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