What Does Exodus 35:34 Mean in the King James?
And he hath put in his heart that he may teach, both he, and Aholiab, the son of Ahisamach, of the tribe of Dan.
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 ability to teach is pictured as something given into the heart, then shared with others.
THE MEANING
God places the capacity to teach in the heart, and what is received inwardly moves outward through shared teaching. The verse presents understanding as something that can take root within one person and become useful to others.
WHAT THIS UNDOES
This undoes the assumption that what is placed within one person is meant to remain private: here, it becomes teaching shared with others.
THE ROOT
לְהוֹרֹת
lehōrōt
GROWS FROM
ירה
To throw or point; in the causative form, to direct or instruct.
“teach” in this verse is lehōrōt. The word for teaching shares its root with Torah, meaning instruction. Teaching here carries the sense of pointing or directing: what is within the heart becomes guidance another person can receive.
ALSO GROWS
torah: Instruction
תּוֹרָה
Its shared root links teaching with instruction as a way of directing, not merely passing along information.
moreh: Teacher or instructor
מוֹרֶה
This is one who directs or instructs, echoing the role Bezalel and Aholiab share.
נָתַן
natan
GROWS FROM
נתן
To give, set, or place.
The verb translated “put” is natan, “give”: what rests in the heart is framed as something given and placed there. Beside the word for teaching, it shows that this inward gift is directed outward to others.
ALSO GROWS
natan: To give, set, or place
נָתַן
This is the verb used for what is placed in the heart.
mattanah: Gift
מַתָּנָה
The shared root makes the heart’s capacity to teach resonate with something given.
THE PATTERN
What is placed within the heart becomes a capacity that can be shared through teaching.
And I, behold, I have given with him Aholiab, the son of Ahisamach, of the tribe of Dan: and in the hearts of all that are wise hearted I have put wisdom, that they may make all that I have commanded thee;And these words, which I command thee this day, shall be in thine heart: And thou shalt teach them diligently unto thy children, and shalt talk of them when thou sittest in thine house, and when thou walkest by the way, and when thou liest down, and when thou risest up.And the things that thou hast heard of me among many witnesses, the same commit thou to faithful men, who shall be able to teach others also.THE THREAD
He taught me also, and said unto me, Let thine heart retain my words: keep my commandments, and live.The Hebrew word translated “taught” shares the root ירה (yarah) with the teaching word in Exodus. Proverbs joins that instruction to the heart retaining words, echoing how teaching here begins with what is placed within.
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