What Does 1 Chronicles 1:6 Mean?

And the sons of Gomer, Ashchenaz, and Diphath, and Togarmah.

1 Chronicles 1:6 · SDV

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King James Version

And the sons of Gomer; Ashchenaz, and Riphath, and Togarmah.

THE KEY

Gomer’s name echoes “completion,” yet the verse immediately opens that name into three continuations.

THE MEANING

Here, Gomer does not stand alone: Ashchenaz, Riphath, and Togarmah extend the name into a lineage. Identity is held in the names that branch from a name. Even a name associated with an ending is followed by continuation.

WHAT THIS UNDOES

A person’s name disappears when that person is gone.

THE ROOT

גֹּמֶר

Gōmer

GROWS FROM

גמר

g-m-r

Complete, finish, bring to an end.

Gomer’s name shares the consonants ⁨ג־מ־ר⁩ (g-m-r) with the Hebrew verb for completing or finishing. That echo sits beside three names that continue his line; it is a root association, not a claim about the descendants’ destiny.

ALSO GROWS

gāmar: To finish or complete.

גָּמַר

This verb carries the root echo heard in Gomer’s name.

gōmēr: Completing; bringing to completion.

גֹּמֵר

Psalm 57:2 uses this form for what God “performeth,” making the name’s root echo explicit.

THE PATTERN

A lineage keeps identity visible by carrying names through a chain of descendants.

And the sons of Gomer were Ashkenaz, and Riphath, and Togarmah.

Genesis 10:3 · SDVThe same names appear in another genealogy, preserving Gomer’s line as a named link.

Abraham brought forth Isaac, and Isaac brought forth Jacob, and Jacob brought forth Judah and his brothers.

Matthew 1:2 · SDVEach name leads into the next, making identity visible through successive generations.

Who was the son of Enos, who was the son of Seth, who was the son of Adam, who was the son of God.

Luke 3:38 · SDVThe chain of names carries identity across a long line of descent.

THE THREAD

I call out to God Most High, to God who completes all things for me.

Psalm 57:2 · SDV

The Hebrew behind “performeth” uses ⁨גֹּמֵר⁩ (gōmēr, “completing; bringing to completion”), an echo of the root carried by Gomer’s name. Here that root meets the genealogy’s image of a name continuing through descendants.

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