What Does 1 Chronicles 8:21 Mean in the King James?
And Adaiah, and Beraiah, and Shimrath, the sons of Shimhi;
The analysis reads the King James wording.
King James Version The King James Version, first published in 1611. Selah Verse shows the standard text.
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 generations of Adam. In the day that God created man, in the likeness of God made he him;The book of the generation of Jesus Christ, the son of David, the son of Abraham.THE THREAD
The LORD shall preserve thee from all evil: he shall preserve thy soul.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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