What Does 1 Chronicles 8:21 Mean?

And Adaiah, and Beraiah, and Shimrath, the sons of Shimhi.

1 Chronicles 8:21 · SDV

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And Adaiah, and Beraiah, and Shimrath, the sons of Shimhi;

THE KEY

Shimrath’s name carries the root of keeping into a family line that might otherwise read as a bare list.

THE MEANING

Adaiah, Beraiah, and Shimrath are named as the sons of Shimhi, placing each within a particular line of belonging. Shimrath is commonly linked to the Hebrew root for keeping and guarding, so the name holds that sound beneath the genealogy’s roll call.

THE ROOT

שִׁמְרַת

Shimrath

GROWS FROM

שמר

shamar

To keep, guard, or watch.

Shimrath is commonly connected with ⁨שָׁמַר⁩ (shamar), meaning to keep or guard. English presents only a personal name; the Hebrew lets the language of keeping sound within this family line.

ALSO GROWS

shamar: To keep, guard, or watch.

שָׁמַר

This is the root associated with Shimrath’s name, making guarding audible within the list.

mishmeret: A charge, watch, or guard duty.

מִשְׁמֶרֶת

This branch shows keeping as an active watch, a sense echoed when the same root describes preservation elsewhere.

THE PATTERN

A named lineage carries identity forward through remembered names and relationships.

This is the book of the births of Adam. In the day that God created the ground-being, in the likeness of God he made him.

Genesis 5:1 · SDVThe verse frames a lineage as a record of generations, giving names and relationships a place in the story.

The book of the origin of Jesus, the anointed one, son of David, son of Abraham.

Matthew 1:1 · SDVThis opening names a person through the generations and relationships carried in his line.

THE THREAD

The LORD watches over you from all harm; he watches over your living soul.

Psalm 121:7 · SDV

The Hebrew verb translated “preserve” here comes from ⁨שָׁמַר⁩ (shamar), the root associated with Shimrath’s name. The name in this genealogy and the promise in the psalm share the language of keeping and guarding.

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