What Does Nehemiah 7:41 Mean in the King James?
The children of Pashur, a thousand two hundred forty and seven.
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 Hebrew word for “children” belongs to the root for building, so this count pictures a household built forward through many lives.
THE MEANING
This verse holds a family’s name alongside the number of its descendants, keeping lineage and multitude in view together. It speaks now of belonging as something carried forward through a people, not just held by one person.
THE ROOT
בְּנֵי
bənê
GROWS FROM
בנה
banah
Build, construct, establish.
English “children” sounds like a demographic label. The Hebrew word belongs to the build-root family, linking descendants with the building of a household. The count makes that continuation visible in many lives.
ALSO GROWS
ben: Son, child.
בֵּן
This family word names the descendant; here its plural form identifies the many carried under Pashur’s name.
banah: To build, establish.
בָּנָה
The verb shares the root, allowing the lineage to be heard as a household built forward through its descendants.
THE PATTERN
A people becomes visible as households are gathered into a named count.
Take ye the sum of all the congregation of the children of Israel, after their families, by the house of their fathers, with the number of their names, every male by their polls;The LORD shall count, when he writeth up the people, that this man was born there. Selah.And in those days Peter stood up in the midst of the disciples, and said, (the number of names together were about an hundred and twenty,)THE THREAD
He shall build an house for my name; and he shall be my son, and I will be his father; and I will establish the throne of his kingdom over Israel for ever.This verse places “build” and “son” together, words linked through the Hebrew root בנה (banah), “to build.” That root lets the “children of Pashur” be heard as a household built forward, with the count showing its continuing life.
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