What Does Numbers 6:27 Mean in the King James?
And they shall put my name upon the children of Israel; and I will bless them.
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 blessing follows because God’s nature is placed upon the people, not because they make a name for themselves.
THE MEANING
God’s name rests upon you as an identity you carry: God’s nature is set upon you. The blessing is joined to that name and speaks over your life now.
THE ROOT
שְׁמִי
shemi
GROWS FROM
שׂים
Put, set, place; the noun for “name” is traditionally connected with this root.
The verse places the words שָׂמוּ (vesamu, “they shall put”) and שְׁמִי (shemi, “my name”) side by side. The name is God’s nature set upon the people, and the blessing follows that carried identity.
ALSO GROWS
vesamu: They shall put or set
שָׂמוּ
This is the verb in the verse: the name is actively set upon the people.
shem: Name
שֵׁם
The name carries the identity and nature placed upon the people.
אֲבָרְכֵם
avarekhem
GROWS FROM
ברך
barakh
Bless; the related form for “knee” shares these consonants.
“bless” in this verse is avarekhem. English can make blessing sound like a benefit alone, while the Hebrew also echoes the knee and its posture of honor. The blessing is spoken over those who bear God’s name.
ALSO GROWS
berekh: Knee
בֶּרֶךְ
The shared consonants bring the posture of kneeling into the word for blessing.
berakhah: Blessing
בְּרָכָה
This noun names the blessing spoken over the people.
THE PATTERN
To bear God’s name is to carry God’s nature as an identity that becomes visible and bears blessing.
The Angel which redeemed me from all evil, bless the lads; and let my name be named on them, and the name of my fathers Abraham and Isaac; and let them grow into a multitude in the midst of the earth.And all people of the earth shall see that thou art called by the name of the LORD; and they shall be afraid of thee.Him that overcometh will I make a pillar in the temple of my God, and he shall go no more out: and I will write upon him the name of my God, and the name of the city of my God, which is new Jerusalem, which cometh down out of heaven from my God: and I will write upon him my new name.THE THREAD
The Angel which redeemed me from all evil, bless the lads; and let my name be named on them, and the name of my fathers Abraham and Isaac; and let them grow into a multitude in the midst of the earth.This verse uses the same Hebrew root ברך (barakh, “bless”) and binds the blessing directly to having a name placed upon the people. It makes explicit the connection in Numbers: the name is set upon them, and blessing is spoken over them.
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