What Does 1 Chronicles 1:40 Mean?
The sons of Shobal, Alian, and Manahath, and Ebal, Shephi, and Onam. And the sons of Zibeon, Aiah, and Anah.
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The sons of Shobal; Alian, and Manahath, and Ebal, Shephi, and Onam. And the sons of Zibeon; Aiah, and Anah.THE KEY
A name carrying “rest” is preserved within a line of continuing descent, holding stillness and continuation together.
THE MEANING
The repeated “sons of” places each person in relation to those before him, while the list keeps each name distinct. The verse meets you with identity held in both kinship and memory: each name belongs to a line that continues beyond it.
THE ROOT
מְנָחַת
Mənāḥat
GROWS FROM
נוח
n-w-ḥ
To settle, rest, or come to rest.
Manahath is commonly understood as a name connected with rest or a resting place. That same word-family describes “resting waters” in Psalm 23:2, placing rest among the names carried forward in this genealogy.
ALSO GROWS
menuchah: Rest or a resting place.
מְנוּחָה
This branch shows the root can name a place of rest, a meaning associated with Manahath.
manoach: A resting place.
מָנוֹחַ
Like Manahath, this word carries rest as a place or condition of settling.
THE PATTERN
Scripture makes lineage legible by naming who comes from whom, placing each person in a larger chain.
These are the births of the sons of Noah, Shem, Ham, and Japheth; and sons were born to them after the flood.Now these are the births of Perez. Perez brought forth Hezron.The book of the origin of Jesus, the anointed one, son of David, son of Abraham.THE THREAD
He lays me down in green pastures; he leads me beside resting waters.Psalm 23:2 uses מְנֻחוֹת (menuchot, “resting waters”), from the same root נוח (n-w-ḥ, “to settle or rest”) associated with Manahath. The genealogy preserves a name linked with rest, while the psalm uses that root for the waters beside which the speaker is led.
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