What Does Genesis 30:21 Mean in the King James?

And afterwards she bare a daughter, and called her name Dinah.

Genesis 30:21 · KJV

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

Dinah’s name makes this birth carry the same root of judgment already spoken aloud in the family’s naming of Dan.

THE MEANING

A daughter arrives, and her name carries the root ⁨דין⁩ (din, “to judge”): ⁨דִּינָה⁩ (Dinah, “judgment”). The same root in Dan’s naming links judgment with a claim being heard and recognized, so the name holds more than a label.

THE ROOT

דִּינָה

Dinah

GROWS FROM

דין

To judge, decide a claim, or render judgment.

The root ⁨דין⁩ (din, to judge or decide a claim) can name both a judgment and the cause being judged. Dinah’s name carries that root, keeping the family’s language of being heard and judged inside a name that English presents as a personal label.

ALSO GROWS

dan: He judged; the name Dan.

דָּן

Genesis 30:6 uses this form when Rachel says God has judged her, making the root in Dinah’s name audible in the family’s earlier naming.

dini: My cause; my judgment.

דִּינִי

Psalm 9:4 uses this form for the speaker’s cause, showing that judgment can mean a claim brought forward and upheld.

THE PATTERN

A name can carry the meaning of the claim, character, or deliverance attached to a life.

And Rachel said, God hath judged me, and hath also heard my voice, and hath given me a son: therefore called she his name Dan.

Genesis 30:6 · KJVDan’s name carries the meaning of God judging Rachel’s claim.

And the Gentiles shall see thy righteousness, and all kings thy glory: and thou shalt be called by a new name, which the mouth of the LORD shall name.

Isaiah 62:2 · KJVA new name expresses what the named people are becoming.

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 is tied to the deliverance he brings, carrying his nature in the act named.

THE THREAD

And Rachel said, God hath judged me, and hath also heard my voice, and hath given me a son: therefore called she his name Dan.

Genesis 30:6 · KJV

The verb “judged” is ⁨דָּן⁩ (dan, “he judged”), from the same root ⁨דין⁩ (din, “to judge”) that forms Dinah’s name. Rachel states the root’s meaning openly there; in Genesis 30:21, it remains held within the daughter’s name.

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