What Does Leviticus 4:1 Mean in the King James?
And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
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 LORD’s word arrives to Moses, whose name is tied to being drawn out, before the instruction unfolds.
THE MEANING
The verse meets you at the threshold of an instruction: the LORD speaks, and the saying is about to unfold. The word is personal before its content is disclosed; a particular life is addressed before the teaching opens.
THE ROOT
מֹשֶׁה
Mosheh
GROWS FROM
משׁה
Draw out
“Moses” in this verse is Mosheh. Exodus 2:10 ties Mosheh to mashah, “draw out,” in Pharaoh’s daughter’s words, “I drew him out of the water.” Here the name is addressed, so the voice reaches someone whose name carries that image of being drawn out.
ALSO GROWS
mashah: To draw out
מָשָׁה
This is the verb behind the naming wordplay in Exodus 2:10.
meshitihu: I drew him out
מְשִׁיתִהוּ
These are the words Pharaoh’s daughter uses to explain Moses’ name.
דִּבֶּר
dibber
GROWS FROM
דבר
Speak, utter
“spake” in this verse is dibber. The verb dibber comes from dabar, whose related noun davar can mean “word,” “matter,” or “thing.” Hebrew keeps speech close to the matter spoken: this is not detached sound, but a saying that bears content.
ALSO GROWS
davar: Word, matter, or thing
דָּבָר
The shared root links the LORD’s speech with the matter being spoken.
dibber: Spoke
דִּבֶּר
This is the root in action as the LORD addresses Moses.
THE PATTERN
A divine word becomes personal by arriving as a voice that calls and can be heard.
And the LORD came, and stood, and called as at other times, Samuel, Samuel. Then Samuel answered, Speak; for thy servant heareth.My sheep hear my voice, and I know them, and they follow me:THE THREAD
And the child grew, and she brought him unto Pharaoh’s daughter, and he became her son. And she called his name Moses: and she said, Because I drew him out of the water.This verse ties Moses’ name to mashah, “draw out,” in Pharaoh’s daughter’s words, “I drew him out of the water.” That name makes the address here more than an identifier: the spoken instruction reaches the one whose name carries the image of being drawn out.
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