What Does Exodus 6:23 Mean in the King James?

And Aaron took him Elisheba, daughter of Amminadab, sister of Naashon, to wife; and she bare him Nadab, and Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar.

Exodus 6:23 · KJV

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THE KEY

Amminadab and Nadab share ⁨נדב⁩ (n-d-b), the root of willing generosity and free offering.

THE MEANING

Elisheba is named through her father and brother and as Aaron’s wife; four sons then carry the household forward by name. Among those names, Nadab carries willing generosity and Eleazar carries help, so this genealogy speaks in the vocabulary of oath, giving, and aid.

THE ROOT

נָדָב

Nadab

GROWS FROM

נדב

n-d-b

To volunteer, offer freely, or act with willing generosity.

“Nadab; Amminadab” in this verse is Nadab. ⁨נָדָב⁩ (Nadav, Nadab) grows from the root ⁨נדב⁩ (n-d-b), which also forms words for generosity and freewill offerings. Amminadab repeats the Nadab element, so this root sounds twice within the genealogy.

ALSO GROWS

nadiv: Willing, generous, noble.

נָדִיב

This branch makes the generosity carried by Nadab’s name audible as a quality of willing action.

nedavah: A freewill offering.

נְדָבָה

The same root links a person’s name to an offering given freely.

אֱלִישֶׁבַע

Elisheva

GROWS FROM

שבע

sh-b-ʿ

To swear or bind by an oath.

“Elisheba” in this verse is Elisheva. ⁨אֱלִישֶׁבַע⁩ (Elisheva) joins ⁨אֵל⁩ (El, God) with oath-language; the name is commonly understood as “God is my oath.” The only woman named in this household carries the language of pledged commitment in her name.

ALSO GROWS

shevuah: An oath.

שְׁבוּעָה

This branch reveals the oath-language embedded in Elisheba’s name.

nishba: Swore; bound oneself by an oath.

נִשְׁבַּע

This verb shows the root as an act of entering a pledged bond.

אֶלְעָזָר

Elʿazar

GROWS FROM

עזר

ʿ-z-r

To help or support.

“Eleazar” in this verse is Elʿazar. ⁨אֶלְעָזָר⁩ (Elʿazar) joins ⁨אֵל⁩ (El, God) with ⁨עָזַר⁩ (azar, help), commonly understood as “God has helped.” The name carries aid inside the family line as plainly as Nadab carries willing generosity.

ALSO GROWS

azar: To help or support.

עָזַר

This verb supplies the action encoded in Eleazar’s name.

ezer: Help, aid, or helper.

עֵזֶר

This noun carries the same root from an act of helping into the aid itself.

THE PATTERN

Scripture lets names carry a condition, calling, or promise in compressed form.

And Leah conceived, and bare a son, and she called his name Reuben: for she said, Surely the LORD hath looked upon my affliction; now therefore my husband will love me.

Genesis 29:32 · KJVLeah ties Reuben’s name to being seen in affliction, compressing a lived condition into a name.

Neither shall thy name any more be called Abram, but thy name shall be Abraham; for a father of many nations have I made thee.

Genesis 17:5 · KJVAbraham’s name carries the fatherhood named in the promise.

And she shall bring forth a son, and thou shalt call his name JESUS: for he shall save his people from their sins.

Matthew 1:21 · KJVThe name Jesus (⁨יֵשׁוּעַ⁩, Yeshua, “deliverance”) is tied to his act of delivering his people from their missing.

THE THREAD

Take ye from among you an offering unto the LORD: whosoever is of a willing heart, let him bring it, an offering of the LORD; gold, and silver, and brass,

Exodus 35:5 · KJV

Nadab (⁨נָדָב⁩, Nadav, “willing/generous”) shares the root ⁨נדב⁩ (n-d-b) with ⁨נָדִיב⁩ (nadiv, “willing/generous”), the word behind “willing” here; ⁨נְדָבָה⁩ (nedavah, “freewill offering”) grows from that same root. This opens the genealogy into the language of voluntary giving.

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