What Does Nehemiah 11:35 Mean in the King James?
Lod, and Ono, the valley of craftsmen.
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 valley is defined less by its terrain than by the skilled hands that give it character.
THE MEANING
A place is more than its coordinates: the work practiced there can become part of its name. Here, the craftsmen are woven into the valley’s identity. The places around you, too, carry the imprint of what people make and practice within them.
WHAT THIS UNDOES
The belief that a place is neutral scenery, separate from the work of the people who inhabit it.
THE ROOT
הַחֲרָשִׁים
haḥārāšîm
GROWS FROM
חרשׁ
ḥ-r-š
To cut, engrave, or shape through skilled work; the artisan noun names one who fashions material.
“craftsmen” in this verse is haḥārāšîm. English names an occupation, while the Hebrew root lets you hear the maker inside the valley’s name. The singular ḥārāš opens into ḥārāšîm: an individual craft becomes a shared signature.
ALSO GROWS
ḥārāš ʿēṣ: Woodworker or carpenter
חָרָשׁ עֵץ
The same artisan word applies to skilled shaping in wood, showing that the root reaches across trades.
ḥārāš barzel: Worker in iron or smith
חָרָשׁ בַּרְזֶל
The root also names skilled work in metal; different materials share the same language of making.
THE PATTERN
Skilled hands give lasting form to shared places and objects.
And Meonothai begat Ophrah: and Seraiah begat Joab, the father of the valley of Charashim; for they were craftsmen.Them hath he filled with wisdom of heart, to work all manner of work, of the engraver, and of the cunning workman, and of the embroiderer, in blue, and in purple, in scarlet, and in fine linen, and of the weaver, even of them that do any work, and of those that devise cunning work.And because he was of the same craft, he abode with them, and wrought: for by their occupation they were tentmakers.THE THREAD
And Meonothai begat Ophrah: and Seraiah begat Joab, the father of the valley of Charashim; for they were craftsmen.The Hebrew name Charashim carries the same root as “craftsmen.” The linked verse makes the connection explicit: the valley bears the makers’ name because the people there are craftsmen.
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