What Does 1 Chronicles 6:3 Mean in the King James?

And the children of Amram; Aaron, and Moses, and Miriam. The sons also of Aaron; Nadab, and Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar.

1 Chronicles 6:3 · KJV

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THE KEY

Moses appears here within a family: the verse names his siblings alongside him and carries Aaron’s line forward through his sons.

THE MEANING

Aaron, Moses, and Miriam are named together as Amram’s children, and Aaron’s sons extend the line. The verse holds each person’s name within a wider family bond.

THE ROOT

מֹשֶׁה

Mōšeh

GROWS FROM

מ־ש־ה

m-š-h

To draw out or extract.

In Exodus, Moses’ name is linked to the act of drawing him out of the water. Here, the name appears within his family line, carrying that memory of emergence into the genealogy.

ALSO GROWS

māšâ: To draw out or extract.

מָשָׁה

This verb gives the root behind the name Moses and recalls the concrete act associated with his naming.

məšîtihū: “I drew him out.”

מְשִׁיתִהוּ

Exodus uses this form of the same root in the explanation of Moses’ name, connecting the genealogy’s name to the act that named him.

THE PATTERN

A person’s remembered place and work are held within named family relationships.

And the sons of Levi; Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.

Genesis 46:11 · KJVLevi’s sons are named as a family line, just as this verse names Amram’s children and Aaron’s sons.

There was in the days of Herod, the king of Judæa, a certain priest named Zacharias, of the course of Abia: and his wife was of the daughters of Aaron, and her name was Elisabeth.

Luke 1:5 · KJVZacharias and Elisabeth’s identities are located within named family lines, including Aaron’s.

When I call to remembrance the unfeigned faith that is in thee, which dwelt first in thy grandmother Lois, and thy mother Eunice; and I am persuaded that in thee also.

2 Timothy 1:5 · KJVThe verse traces a quality in Timothy through his grandmother and mother, showing a life carried through named relationships.

THE THREAD

And the child grew, and she brought him unto Pharaoh’s daughter, and he became her son. And she called his name Moses: and she said, Because I drew him out of the water.

Exodus 2:10 · KJV

First Chronicles names Moses among Amram’s children; Exodus preserves the wordplay behind his name, linking it to the act of drawing him out of water. The genealogy’s name carries that remembered emergence.

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