What Does Nehemiah 7:15 Mean in the King James?
The children of Binnui, six hundred forty and eight.
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 name Binnui carries the language of building, and the word for “children” echoes that same root.
THE MEANING
You appear here within a named lineage, not as an anonymous total. Binnui carries the sense of building, and the Hebrew word for “children” is traditionally connected to that same root: family is pictured as continuity taking shape through people. The count is precise: 648.
THE ROOT
בִּנּוּי
Binnui
GROWS FROM
בנה
To build or construct.
Binnui is formed from the root for building. The Hebrew word for “children,” בְּנֵי (benei), is also traditionally connected with this root, so the line holds family and building together: a people takes shape through its generations.
ALSO GROWS
banah: To build.
בָּנָה
This is the root verb carried in Binnui’s name: the family is named with the language of building.
ben: Son; child.
בֵּן
Traditionally connected to בנה, this branch echoes the verse’s “children” and links family continuity with building.
binyan: Building; structure.
בִּנְיָן
This noun makes the root’s architectural sense explicit, illuminating the building image inside the family name.
THE PATTERN
A people takes shape through generations gathered into a continuing structure.
And I will establish my covenant between me and thee and thy seed after thee in their generations for an everlasting covenant, to be a God unto thee, and to thy seed after thee.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.Ye also, as lively stones, are built up a spiritual house, an holy priesthood, to offer up spiritual sacrifices, acceptable to God by Jesus Christ.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.The verb “build” comes from בנה (banah), the root carried by Binnui’s name. Psalm 127 brings the name’s quiet building image into view: a family line, like a house, takes shape through what is built and kept.
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