What Does Judges 17:1 Mean in the King James?
And there was a man of mount Ephraim, whose name was Micah.
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
Micah (מִיכָיְהוּ, Mikhayahu, “Who is like Yahweh?”) carries a question of divine nature, while Ephraim carries fruitfulness.
THE MEANING
Your identity can hold a question about the nature you reveal: Micah asks, “Who is like Yahweh?” Ephraim carries fruitfulness, setting that question beside what grows and becomes visible.
WHAT THIS UNDOES
A name is only a label, with no nature or question inside it.
THE ROOT
אֶפְרָיִם
Efrayim
GROWS FROM
פרה
To bear fruit; to be fruitful.
Ephraim’s name is tied to פרה (parah, “to bear fruit”), as Genesis 41:52 makes explicit. Beside Micah’s question of divine likeness, fruitfulness becomes visible evidence of what a nature bears.
ALSO GROWS
parah: To bear fruit; to be fruitful.
פָּרָה
This root gives Ephraim its association with fruitfulness.
peri: Fruit; produce.
פְּרִי
The fruit is the visible result of what has grown, giving the name’s fruitfulness a concrete form.
THE PATTERN
A scriptural name carries a nature or question that opens meaning beyond a label.
And Adam called his wife’s name Eve; because she was the mother of all living.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.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
Who is a God like unto thee, that pardoneth iniquity, and passeth by the transgression of the remnant of his heritage? he retaineth not his anger for ever, because he delighteth in mercy.Micah’s name asks, “Who is like Yahweh?” This verse speaks that same question aloud and answers through Yahweh’s nature: releasing crookedness and not holding anger forever.
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