What Does Nehemiah 10:15 Mean in the King James?
Bunni, Azgad, Bebai,
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 list makes belonging personal, and Bunni’s name turns the roll into an image of people being built together.
THE MEANING
You meet shared commitment here as particular people: Bunni, Azgad, and Bebai are named rather than counted anonymously. Bunni’s name echoes “built,” so the list carries an image of distinct lives held within something being built together.
WHAT THIS UNDOES
The lie that belonging to a community makes a person anonymous: here the shared bond is carried by named people.
THE ROOT
בֻּנִּי
Bunni
GROWS FROM
בנה
בָּנָה (bānâ): to build, build up
Bunni’s name is commonly connected with בנה, the root for building. The name lets the list carry more than individual labels: its people are heard within the language of building a shared structure.
ALSO GROWS
boneh: Builder; one who builds
בּוֹנֶה
This branch makes the name’s building image personal: a person can be named through the work of building.
binyan: Building; structure
בִּנְיָן
This branch gives the name a communal dimension: distinct people can belong within a structure being built.
THE PATTERN
Belonging becomes personal when a community is held in view by name.
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.Notwithstanding in this rejoice not, that the spirits are subject unto you; but rather rejoice, because your names are written in heaven.THE THREAD
A Song of degrees for Solomon. Except the LORD build the house, they labour in vain that build it: except the LORD keep the city, the watchman waketh but in vain.Bunni’s name carries the language of building, and the psalm repeats that same root in “build.” Its image opens the list further: a community’s structure depends on the LORD who builds and keeps it.
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