What Does Exodus 3:15 Mean in the King James?
And God said moreover unto Moses, Thus shalt thou say unto the children of Israel, The LORD God of your fathers, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob, hath sent me unto you: this is my name for ever, and this is my memorial unto all generations.
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 name is God’s nature carried forward: it is sent into the world and remembered across every generation.
THE MEANING
You stand among the generations for whom this name remains present. The God named through Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob reaches you through what is sent forward; “memorial” is remembrance brought back to mind and speech.
WHAT THIS UNDOES
God’s name belongs only to the patriarchs and to an unreachable past.
THE ROOT
זִכָּרוֹן
zikkaron
GROWS FROM
זכר
Remember, call to mind, bring into mention.
The word translated “memorial” grows from the root for remembering and mentioning, so it can name the act of recall as well as what prompts it. “Unto all generations” makes the name something repeatedly brought to mind, not a label stranded in a former age.
ALSO GROWS
zakar: Remember; call to mind.
זָכַר
This verb shows remembrance as an active act, not merely an object preserved.
hizkir: Mention; bring to remembrance.
הִזְכִּיר
The name remains among generations as it is spoken and brought back to mind.
שְׁלָחַנִי
shelachani
GROWS FROM
שלח
Send forth, release, let go.
The verb translated “hath sent” contains the root shalach, whose range includes sending forth and releasing. Moses carries the name outward as one who is sent, so its remembrance moves from one generation to another.
ALSO GROWS
shaliach: Messenger or emissary; one who is sent.
שָׁלִיחַ
It names the messenger by the act of being sent, illuminating Moses’ role in carrying the name to the people.
Shiloach: Sent forth; the Hebrew name associated with Σιλωάμ (Silōam, Siloam), interpreted as “Sent” in John 9:7.
שִׁילֹחַ
This related name shows the root can describe what is sent as well as the act of sending.
THE PATTERN
What is named of God remains present through successive generations.
Know therefore that the LORD thy God, he is God, the faithful God, which keepeth covenant and mercy with them that love him and keep his commandments to a thousand generations;Thy kingdom is an everlasting kingdom, and thy dominion endureth throughout all generations.And his mercy is on them that fear him from generation to generation.THE THREAD
But thou, O LORD, shalt endure for ever; and thy remembrance unto all generations.Psalm 102:12 uses זֵכֶר (zekher, remembrance), from זכר (z-k-r; zakar, remember or mention), the same root as Exodus’s זִכָּרוֹן (zikkaron, memorial). The shared root shows that the memorial is remembrance kept active across generations.
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