What Does Numbers 1:7 Mean in the King James?

Of Judah; Nahshon the son of Amminadab.

Numbers 1:7 · KJV

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

Judah’s name carries praise into this census entry, making it more than an identifier: it carries a nature.

THE MEANING

Your belonging is more than a number: the verse names Judah and the particular person who represents it, Nahshon son of Amminadab. Judah carries praise in its name, so identity here holds both relationship and a living nature.

THE ROOT

יְהוּדָה

Yehudah

GROWS FROM

ידה

Acknowledge, give thanks, praise.

“Judah” in this verse is Yehudah. Yehudah carries the sense of the root yadah, to acknowledge or give thanks. Here praise is woven into the name of the people being counted, then embodied by a named representative.

ALSO GROWS

yādâ: To praise, give thanks, or acknowledge.

יָדָה

This is the verb Leah uses when she names Judah, revealing the nature carried in the name.

tôdâ: Thanksgiving or thanks offered.

תּוֹדָה

This noun shows the same root taking shape as an expression of gratitude, extending the praise held in Judah’s name.

THE PATTERN

Praise moves from a name into a people’s visible identity and voiced life.

And she conceived again, and bare a son: and she said, Now will I praise the LORD: therefore she called his name Judah; and left bearing.

Genesis 29:35 · KJVJudah’s name is connected directly to praise, showing praise taking form as a name.

But thou art holy, O thou that inhabitest the praises of Israel.

Psalm 22:3 · KJVPraise belongs to a people and is described as the place where God dwells.

By him therefore let us offer the sacrifice of praise to God continually, that is, the fruit of our lips giving thanks to his name.

Hebrews 13:15 · KJVPraise continues as spoken thanks, giving the name’s nature a voice.

THE THREAD

And she conceived again, and bare a son: and she said, Now will I praise the LORD: therefore she called his name Judah; and left bearing.

Genesis 29:35 · KJV

The same praise root appears in Leah’s words and in Judah’s name. That makes this census entry carry its own origin: the people are introduced through a name born from praise.

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