What Does 1 Chronicles 2:21 Mean?
And afterward Hezron went in to the daughter of Machir the father of Gilead, whom he took to wife when he was sixty years old; and she brought forth Segub to him.
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King James wording
King James Version
And afterward Hezron went in to the daughter of Machir the father of Gilead, whom he married when he was threescore years old; and she bare him Segub.THE KEY
Segub is more than a name in the family line: its Hebrew roots carry the meaning “exalted,” which English leaves hidden.
THE MEANING
Your life sits within a line larger than its present moment. This verse holds Hezron’s age beside the birth of Segub, whose name means “exalted.” A name can carry meaning forward through generations.
WHAT THIS UNDOES
Age does not mark the end of this family line: the verse places Hezron’s marriage at sixty and then records the birth of a son.
THE ROOT
שְׂגוּב
Segub
GROWS FROM
שגב
sagab
To be high, exalted, or inaccessible.
The name Segub carries the sense “exalted,” though English leaves it as an untranslated name. The same root also describes a high refuge, gathering elevation and shelter into the word-family behind this name.
ALSO GROWS
sagab: To be high, exalted, or inaccessible.
שָׂגַב
This verb gives the name its sense of being raised high.
misgav: A high place or refuge.
מִשְׂגָּב
This related noun shows how the root’s image of height can also suggest a place of refuge.
THE PATTERN
Scripture lets names carry a person’s nature or calling into the story.
No longer shall your name be called Abram, but Abraham, father of multitudes, for I have set you as a father of many nations.And he said, Your name shall no longer be called Jacob, but Israel, the one who struggles with God, for you have struggled with God and with men, and you have prevailed.And he led him to Jesus. And Jesus, fixing his gaze on him, said, You are Simon, son of John. You will be called Cephas, the rock.THE THREAD
The lifted eyes of man shall be brought low, and the heights of men shall bow down, and the LORD alone shall be lifted high in that day.The Hebrew word translated “exalted” shares the root שגב (sagab) with Segub. Isaiah sharpens the name’s language of height: human loftiness falls, while the LORD alone remains exalted.
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