What Does Ezra 7:19 Mean in the King James?
The vessels also that are given thee for the service of the house of thy God, those deliver thou before the God of Jerusalem.
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 translated “deliver” means “bring near,” so the vessels are carried into God’s presence for service.
THE MEANING
What is entrusted for service is brought before God. The verse holds function and nearness together: these vessels serve in God’s house in the presence of the God of Jerusalem, whose name carries the language of wholeness.
THE ROOT
הַקְרֵב
haqrev
GROWS FROM
קרב
q-r-b
Draw near, approach, bring near.
The Aramaic verb translated “deliver” is a form of the root for bringing near. The vessels are not merely transferred between keepers; the verse describes them moving into God’s presence.
ALSO GROWS
qarab: Draw near, approach.
קָרַב
This basic verb reveals the movement beneath the English “deliver.”
qorbān: Offering; that which is brought near.
קָרְבָּן
An offering is named for its approach toward God, echoing the vessels brought before God here.
qarov: Near, close.
קָרוֹב
The same root holds nearness as both movement and state.
לְפָלְחָן
ləp̄alḥān
GROWS FROM
פלח
p-l-ḥ
Serve, worship.
This Aramaic root can describe both serving and worshipping. The vessels’ service is not just neutral upkeep; the word places their function in the sphere of devotion to God.
ALSO GROWS
yip̄ləḥûn: They serve or worship.
יִפְלְחוּן
Daniel 3:28 uses this root for worship directed to God, showing the devotional range of “service.”
pālaḥ: Serve.
פָלַח
Daniel 6:16 uses the root for serving God continually, linking service with an ongoing orientation toward God.
יְרוּשְׁלֶם
Yerushlem
GROWS FROM
שלם
sh-l-m
Whole, complete; wholeness.
“Jerusalem” in this verse is Yerushlem. Ezra’s Aramaic text spells the name Yerushlem; the Hebrew form Yerushalayim carries shalom with the dual ending, the two wholenesses. The vessels are brought before the God of a city whose name carries wholeness.
ALSO GROWS
shalom: Wholeness.
שָׁלוֹם
This familiar branch lets Jerusalem’s name echo the wholeness toward which the vessels are directed.
shalem: Whole, complete.
שָׁלֵם
The root’s sense of completeness deepens the name-nature of Jerusalem.
Yerushalayim: Jerusalem; a name carrying shalom with a dual ending, the two wholenesses.
יְרוּשָׁלַיִם
This Hebrew form of the city name connects the verse’s destination with wholeness.
THE PATTERN
What is devoted to service before God is carried into nearness to God.
Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, If any man of you bring an offering unto the LORD, ye shall bring your offering of the cattle, even of the herd, and of the flock.I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that ye present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto God, which is your reasonable service.Let us draw near with a true heart in full assurance of faith, having our hearts sprinkled from an evil conscience, and our bodies washed with pure water.THE THREAD
Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, If any man of you bring an offering unto the LORD, ye shall bring your offering of the cattle, even of the herd, and of the flock.Leviticus’s “offering” is qorbān (קָרְבָּן, qorbān), from the root ק־ר־ב (q-r-b, draw near or bring near), which also underlies Ezra’s “deliver.” The shared root reveals one movement: both the offering and the vessels are brought into nearness before God.
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