What Does Exodus 6:21 Mean in the King James?
And the sons of Izhar; Korah, and Nepheg, and Zichri.
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
Even in a bare genealogy, Zichri’s name carries the root of remembrance into the line being recorded.
THE MEANING
This line gives each person a name that still bears meaning when read aloud. Izhar is associated with fresh oil and brightness; Zichri carries the language of remembering. The record keeps particular lives from collapsing into an anonymous chain.
WHAT THIS UNDOES
The names in a genealogy are only labels, with no meaning carried forward.
THE ROOT
זִכְרִי
Zikrī
GROWS FROM
זכר
z-k-r
Remember; call to mind.
English presents Zichri as a name without its audible connection to remembering. The same root forms the word for a memorial, so the name carries remembrance into a genealogy that records a line across generations.
ALSO GROWS
zakar: To remember; to call to mind.
זָכַר
This is the root carried by Zichri’s name.
zeker: Remembrance; memorial.
זֵכֶר
This branch joins a name to what remains in memory, as in Exodus 3:15.
יִצְהָר
Yitshar
GROWS FROM
צהר
ṣ-h-r
Shine; be bright.
English leaves Izhar as a proper name, but Hebrew associates it with fresh oil and the root of brightness. A vivid image of brightness sits inside what looks like a bare roster.
ALSO GROWS
yitshar: Fresh oil.
יִצְהָר
Izhar’s name is associated with this word, bringing the image of oil into the list.
ṣohorayim: Noon; midday.
צָהֳרַיִם
This branch names the bright high point of day and echoes the root’s sense of shining.
THE PATTERN
A name or life can continue to be remembered beyond its first generation.
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.Surely he shall not be moved for ever: the righteous shall be in everlasting remembrance.By faith Abel offered unto God a more excellent sacrifice than Cain, by which he obtained witness that he was righteous, God testifying of his gifts: and by it he being dead yet speaketh.THE THREAD
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.Zichri carries the root zakar (זָכַר, “remember”). Exodus 3:15 uses that same root for “memorial” and joins a name to generations, making remembrance resonate inside this lineage.
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