What Does Numbers 7:71 Mean in the King James?
And for a sacrifice of peace offerings, two oxen, five rams, five he goats, five lambs of the first year: this was the offering of Ahiezer the son of Ammishaddai.
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 offering’s Hebrew name carries the same root as wholeness, making peace here something given concrete form.
THE MEANING
Here, wholeness takes concrete form in two oxen, five rams, five he-goats, and five yearling lambs. The giver’s name, Ahiezer, means “my brother is help,” placing kinship and aid beside the offering.
THE ROOT
זֶבַח הַשְּׁלָמִים
zevaḥ hashelamim
GROWS FROM
שׁלם
š-l-m
To be whole or complete; to make whole, complete, or restore.
“peace offerings” in this verse is zevaḥ hashelamim. The offering’s name grows from the root that also gives the word for wholeness. Its peace is presented as something made tangible through what is offered.
ALSO GROWS
shalom: Wholeness, well-being, peace
שָׁלוֹם
This familiar word shares the root of the offering, linking peace with the condition of being whole.
shalem: Whole, complete
שָׁלֵם
This form makes the root’s sense of completeness explicit.
shillem: To repay, make good, restore
שִׁלֵּם
The same root can describe making good what is owed, linking wholeness with restoration.
אֲחִיעֶזֶר
ʾAḥiʿezer
GROWS FROM
עזר
ʿ-z-r
To help, support, or come to someone’s aid.
“Ahiezer” in this verse is ʾAḥiʿezer. The name joins “brother” and “help,” yielding “my brother is help.” The giver’s name places kinship and aid beside this offering of wholeness.
ALSO GROWS
ʿēzer: Help, aid
עֵזֶר
This noun names the help carried within Ahiezer’s name.
ʿāzar: To help, support
עָזַר
The verb shows the root as an act of coming to another’s aid.
THE PATTERN
Wholeness takes concrete form through offerings, shared worship, and reconciliation.
And thou shalt offer peace offerings, and shalt eat there, and rejoice before the LORD thy God.But he was wounded for our transgressions, he was bruised for our iniquities: the chastisement of our peace was upon him; and with his stripes we are healed.And, having made peace through the blood of his cross, by him to reconcile all things unto himself; by him, I say, whether they be things in earth, or things in heaven.THE THREAD
But he was wounded for our transgressions, he was bruised for our iniquities: the chastisement of our peace was upon him; and with his stripes we are healed.The offering named in Numbers and the phrase “our peace” in Isaiah both grow from שׁלם (š-l-m), “to be whole or make whole.” The shared root connects this altar offering with the wholeness Isaiah says is borne through wounds.
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