What Does 1 Chronicles 8:6 Mean in the King James?
And these are the sons of Ehud: these are the heads of the fathers of the inhabitants of Geba, and they removed them to Manahath:
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
The Hebrew word for “removed” comes from a root that also means “uncover,” letting exile carry the added shade of being exposed from one’s place.
THE MEANING
This verse holds settled identity and displacement together: these families are named by their fathers and their dwelling in Geba, then carried to Manahath. Their origin and their removal remain visible in the same line.
WHAT THIS UNDOES
Being driven from a place means your identity disappears from the story.
THE ROOT
וַיַּגְלוּם
wayyaglûm
GROWS FROM
גלה
To uncover or reveal; also to go into exile or carry away.
“removed them” in this verse is wayyaglûm. The verb for exile grows from the same root that names uncovering and revelation. The English word “removed” gives the movement, while the Hebrew root also lets the displacement carry a shade of exposure.
ALSO GROWS
galah: Uncover, reveal.
גָּלָה
This branch shows that disclosure and exile share the same Hebrew root.
golah: Exiles; a deported community.
גּוֹלָה
This related noun names people carried away, making the verse’s movement a communal exile.
לְיוֹשְׁבֵי
le-yoshevei
GROWS FROM
ישב
To sit, stay, or dwell.
The verse describes them as dwellers in Geba and then names their exile. English “inhabitants” and “removed” can sound like separate facts, while Hebrew places settled dwelling beside forced displacement.
ALSO GROWS
moshav: A dwelling, settlement, or seat.
מוֹשָׁב
This branch gives dwelling a concrete form: a place where people settle.
toshav: A resident or settler.
תּוֹשָׁב
This branch names someone by the fact of dwelling, echoing how the verse identifies the people before describing their removal.
THE PATTERN
Displacement changes where people dwell, and scripture names the movement across places.
In the ninth year of Hoshea the king of Assyria took Samaria, and carried Israel away into Assyria, and placed them in Halah and in Habor by the river of Gozan, and in the cities of the Medes.Thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel, unto all that are carried away captives, whom I have caused to be carried away from Jerusalem unto Babylon;And Saul was consenting unto his death. And at that time there was a great persecution against the church which was at Jerusalem; and they were all scattered abroad throughout the regions of Judæa and Samaria, except the apostles.THE THREAD
And it was revealed in mine ears by the LORD of hosts, Surely this iniquity shall not be purged from you till ye die, saith the Lord GOD of hosts.Isaiah’s “revealed” is נִגְלָה (niglah, “was revealed”), from the same root גלה (galah, “uncover or reveal; go into exile or carry away”). The shared root holds disclosure beside displacement: what is carried out from its place is also brought into view.
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