What Does 1 Chronicles 24:24 Mean?

The sons of Uzziel, Michah; of the sons of Michah, Shamir.

1 Chronicles 24:24 · SDV

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King James Version

Of the sons of Uzziel; Michah: of the sons of Michah; Shamir.

THE KEY

The Hebrew word for “sons” carries a building image: a people takes shape through each named generation.

THE MEANING

This verse places each name within an inherited relationship: Michah is named among Uzziel’s sons, and Shamir among Michah’s. The word for “sons” resonates with building, so lineage appears as a people taking shape through named links.

THE ROOT

לִבְנֵי

livnei

GROWS FROM

בנה

Build, construct.

⁨לִבְנֵי⁩ contains ⁨בְּנֵי⁩ (benei, sons of), a word traditionally linked to ⁨בנה⁩ (banah, build). That connection lets the verse’s lineage carry an image of a people being built through named relationships.

ALSO GROWS

binyah: Building, construction.

בְּנִיָּה

This noun from ⁨בנה⁩ names the act of building, echoing how the verse presents a lineage taking shape.

mivneh: Structure, building.

מִבְנֶה

This word from the same root names what has been built, giving the chain of names the resonance of a structure formed link by link.

THE PATTERN

A community takes shape and persists through named links from one generation to the next.

And Adam lived one hundred and thirty years, and brought forth a son in his own likeness, after his image, and called his name Seth.

Genesis 5:3 · SDVA named son carries a family line forward through a relationship made visible.

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

Matthew 1:2 · SDVThe repeated names make a community’s continuity legible as one generation follows another.

THE THREAD

And Adam lived one hundred and thirty years, and brought forth a son in his own likeness, after his image, and called his name Seth.

Genesis 5:3 · SDV

Genesis uses the same Hebrew son-word, ⁨בֵּן⁩ (ben, son), found in the family of ⁨בְּנֵי⁩ (benei, sons of) here. Its traditional link to ⁨בנה⁩ (banah, build) lets both verses show lineage as a people taking shape through named relations.

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