What Does Numbers 13:12 Mean in the King James?
Of the tribe of Dan, Ammiel the son of Gemalli.
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
Before the scout reports anything, the name Dan already carries the Hebrew root of judgment into the scene.
THE MEANING
This verse reaches you as a named person in a chain of belonging: tribe, name, and father. Dan’s name carries the root of judgment, while Ammiel joins “people” and “God,” preserving meaning inside identity as well as lineage. Your identity is more than a label or a role.
WHAT THIS UNDOES
A name is only a label, with no meaning inside it.
THE ROOT
דָּן
Dān
GROWS FROM
דין
d-y-n
To judge; decide or plead a case.
Dan’s name grows from the root behind Rachel’s “God hath judged me” and Jacob’s “Dan shall judge.” Here, that same root is carried into the scout’s identity before his report is heard.
ALSO GROWS
Dān: Dan; the name is connected with “he judged.”
דָּן
Rachel links the name to judgment when she says, “God hath judged me” (Genesis 30:6).
yāḏîn: He will judge.
יָדִין
The same root appears in Jacob’s words, “Dan shall judge his people” (Genesis 49:16), joining the name to the act.
dîn: Judgment; judging a case.
דִּין
This names the root’s central idea, carried by Dan’s name into the list.
THE PATTERN
The Hebrew root behind Dan’s name travels from a personal name into the act of judging.
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.Dan shall judge his people, as one of the tribes of Israel.For the LORD shall judge his people, and repent himself for his servants, when he seeth that their power is gone, and there is none shut up, or left.THE THREAD
Dan shall judge his people, as one of the tribes of Israel.Jacob’s line states the root connection directly: Dan’s name and the act of judging share דין, “to judge.” That lets the name in this roster carry its root into the scout’s identity.
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