What Does Numbers 7:66 Mean in the King James?
On the tenth day Ahiezer the son of Ammishaddai, prince of the children of Dan, offered:
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 Hebrew behind “offered” makes giving a movement of nearness: what is offered is brought near.
THE MEANING
Offering is a movement of bringing near, so the gift enters a relation of approach. Ahiezer means “my brother is help,” joining kinship and aid to the act of giving. The verse meets the reader wherever a gift becomes a way of drawing near.
THE ROOT
הִקְרִיב
hiqriv
GROWS FROM
ק־ר־ב
qarab
approach, draw near
Within “offered” is the movement of bringing near: the action is approach. The same root names the qorban, an offering, holding gift and nearness in one word-family.
ALSO GROWS
qorbān: offering
קָרְבָּן
The offering itself carries the same root as the act of bringing it near.
qārōv: near
קָרוֹב
This branch makes the relational sense of the offering visible: it brings what is given into nearness.
אֲחִיעֶזֶר
ʾAḥîʿezer
GROWS FROM
ע־ז־ר
ʿāzar
help, support, aid
Ahiezer is a compound name joining “my brother” with “help.” Its name places kinship and support beside the act of bringing a gift near.
ALSO GROWS
ʿēzer: help, helper
עֵזֶר
The noun branch places help in the name as a presence, not an abstract quality.
ʿāzar: to help, support
עָזַר
The verb branch gives the name an active sense: help is something done.
THE PATTERN
Approach is enacted by bringing something near, and nearness changes the meaning of a gift.
Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, If any man of you bring an offering unto the LORD, ye shall bring your offering of the cattle, even of the herd, and of the flock.Therefore if thou bring thy gift to the altar, and there rememberest that thy brother hath ought against thee;Let us draw near with a true heart in full assurance of faith, having our hearts sprinkled from an evil conscience, and our bodies washed with pure water.THE THREAD
Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, If any man of you bring an offering unto the LORD, ye shall bring your offering of the cattle, even of the herd, and of the flock.Numbers 7:66 uses הִקְרִיב (hiqriv, bring near) for “offered”; Leviticus 1:2 repeats that root in יַקְרִיב (yaqriv, bring near) and קָרְבָּן (qorbān, offering). Together they reveal the shared root beneath the act and the gift: an offering is something brought near.
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