What Does 1 Samuel 30:27 Mean in the King James?
To them which were in Beth-el, and to them which were in south Ramoth, and to them which were in Jattir,
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
This verse maps the release of the spoil to named communities, including Jattir, whose name is associated with what remains.
THE MEANING
The line gives the sending a map: the gift reaches Bethel, southern Ramoth, and Jattir. Bethel means “house of God,” Ramoth means “heights,” and Jattir is associated with what remains or is in surplus. Provision takes shape in actual places and among actual people.
THE ROOT
וַיִּשְׁלַח
vayyishlach
GROWS FROM
שלח
shalach
Send forth, release, let go.
The verb “sent” appears in the preceding verse and governs this list of destinations. Its root holds sending and release together: the spoil leaves one hand and moves outward to named communities.
ALSO GROWS
shaliach: Messenger or envoy; one who is sent.
שָׁלִיחַ
The branch makes the movement relational: sending connects a giver to those who receive.
mishloach: A sending or dispatch.
מִשְׁלוֹחַ
It echoes the verse’s movement from a gathered gift toward its destinations.
יַתִּר
Yattir
GROWS FROM
יתר
yathar
Remain over, be left, or be in surplus.
Jattir is commonly associated with יתר, the root of what remains or exceeds what is needed. In a verse about spoil being sent outward, the name resonates with surplus becoming provision beyond the one who holds it.
ALSO GROWS
yeter: Remainder, surplus, or what is left over.
יֶתֶר
It brings the idea of what remains into the name of one of the receiving places.
hotir: Leave over or have more than enough.
הוֹתִיר
It echoes the movement from surplus toward others that the list of destinations describes.
רָמוֹת
Ramoth
GROWS FROM
רום
rum
Rise, be high, or be elevated.
Ramoth carries the sense of heights within its name. The verse names distinct places rather than an undifferentiated region, giving the outward movement of the gift a real geography.
ALSO GROWS
ram: High or elevated.
רָם
It shares the root sense carried in the place-name Ramoth.
meromim: Heights or high places.
מְרוֹמִים
It makes the landscape embedded in Ramoth’s name visible.
THE PATTERN
Provision becomes shared when what is held is distributed to identifiable recipients.
Thou shalt surely give him, and thine heart shall not be grieved when thou givest unto him: because that for this thing the LORD thy God shall bless thee in all thy works, and in all that thou puttest thine hand unto.He hath dispersed, he hath given to the poor; his righteousness endureth for ever; his horn shall be exalted with honour.And laid them down at the apostles’ feet: and distribution was made unto every man according as he had need.THE THREAD
And when David came to Ziklag, he sent of the spoil unto the elders of Judah, even to his friends, saying, Behold a present for you of the spoil of the enemies of the LORD;The root שלח (shalach), “send” or “release,” supplies the action that continues into the next verse. Verse 27 gives that sending its destinations: Bethel, southern Ramoth, and Jattir.
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