What Does Genesis 22:22 Mean in the King James?

And Chesed, and Hazo, and Pildash, and Jidlaph, and Bethuel.

Genesis 22:22 · 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

Jidlaph may carry the root image “he drips,” placing a word of movement inside this list of names.

THE MEANING

Your name belongs to a life that remains distinct even among many names. Jidlaph may echo the Hebrew for “dripping,” while the verse leaves the other names unexplained, holding possible meaning and mystery together.

THE ROOT

יִדְלָף

Yidlaph

GROWS FROM

דלף

dālap̄: to drip, trickle, or leak

“Jidlaph” in this verse is Yidlaph. The name is commonly associated with ⁨דלף⁩ (dālap̄), “to drip,” though its etymology is uncertain. Related forms describe a leak and an eye that drips, preserving the image of something falling drop by drop. The verse itself does not explain the name.

ALSO GROWS

deleph: A dripping or leak; a continual drop

דֶּלֶף

This noun shares the consonants ⁨ד־ל־ף⁩ and names the same dripping image associated with Jidlaph.

dālpāh: Drips or pours out in drops

דָּלְפָה

Job 16:20 uses this form for an eye that pours out tears, another branch of ⁨דלף⁩.

THE PATTERN

A name keeps each life distinct within a larger whole.

He telleth the number of the stars; he calleth them all by their names.

Psalm 147:4 · KJVEven the stars are counted and named one by one.

But now thus saith the LORD that created thee, O Jacob, and he that formed thee, O Israel, Fear not: for I have redeemed thee, I have called thee by thy name; thou art mine.

Isaiah 43:1 · KJVBeing called by name expresses particular recognition and belonging.

To him the porter openeth; and the sheep hear his voice: and he calleth his own sheep by name, and leadeth them out.

John 10:3 · KJVThe shepherd knows each one individually and calls each by name.

THE THREAD

A foolish son is the calamity of his father: and the contentions of a wife are a continual dropping.

Proverbs 19:13 · KJV

Jidlaph (⁨יִדְלָף⁩, Yidlaph) is commonly connected with ⁨דלף⁩ (dālap̄), “to drip”; Proverbs uses ⁨דֶּלֶף⁩ (deleph) for a “continual dropping.” The shared root gives the name a possible word-image, though this verse does not state its meaning.

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