What Does Ezra 2:44 Mean in the King James?
The children of Keros, the children of Siaha, the children of Padon,
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 word “children” carries the root of “build”: a people takes shape one named family line at a time.
THE MEANING
Belonging takes shape through named households, each holding a place in the larger people. The word “children” carries the image of building, so continuity appears as a community formed through its branches.
WHAT THIS UNDOES
The belief that an obscure household disappears inside a people is undone here: even this family line is named.
THE ROOT
בְּנֵי
benei
GROWS FROM
בנה
banah
to build or build up
The word translated “children” belongs to the same word family as “build.” That connection lets the family list read as more than descent: each named line is part of how a people takes shape.
ALSO GROWS
ben: son, child
בֵּן
This is the singular family word behind the verse’s “children,” tying belonging to the image of building.
banah: to build
בָּנָה
The verb makes the building image explicit: a lineage contributes to the structure of a people.
binyan: building, structure
בִּנְיָן
This noun carries the same root into the finished form: what is built through the people’s branches.
THE PATTERN
A community takes shape through people and households whose particular place remains visible within the whole.
The children of Keros, the children of Siaha, the children of Padon,Behold, I have graven thee upon the palms of my hands; thy walls are continually before me.But even the very hairs of your head are all numbered. Fear not therefore: ye are of more value than many sparrows.THE THREAD
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.The phrase rendered “obtain children” comes from the same build root carried by “children” here. Genesis makes the wordplay visible: a family line is something built, and each named branch contributes to its shape.
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