What Does Numbers 7:74 Mean in the King James?
One golden spoon of ten shekels, full of incense:
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 verse weighs the incense, but its root already carries the motion of smoke rising.
THE MEANING
This verse sets a golden spoon of ten shekels before you, filled with incense. The offering is held within a measured vessel, yet the root of “incense” carries its movement beyond the vessel as smoke rises and spreads.
THE ROOT
קְטֹרֶת
qetōret
GROWS FROM
קטר
qṭr
To smoke or burn incense; to make smoke rise.
“incense” in this verse is qetōret. The word carries more than the aromatic substance in the spoon: its root points to what happens when it burns. The verse holds a measured offering whose smoke can rise beyond the vessel that contains it.
ALSO GROWS
qāṭar: To smoke or burn incense.
קָטַר
The verb makes visible the action held inside the noun: incense becomes smoke.
hiqṭîr: To make smoke or offer incense by burning it.
הִקְטִיר
This related form emphasizes the offering’s movement as it rises.
THE PATTERN
Incense makes an offering perceptible as it rises before God.
Let my prayer be set forth before thee as incense; and the lifting up of my hands as the evening sacrifice.And another angel came and stood at the altar, having a golden censer; and there was given unto him much incense, that he should offer it with the prayers of all saints upon the golden altar which was before the throne.THE THREAD
Let my prayer be set forth before thee as incense; and the lifting up of my hands as the evening sacrifice.The psalm uses the same Hebrew noun for incense, קְטֹרֶת (qetōret), meaning incense. Numbers gives it a measured vessel; the psalm reveals the prayer that this rising offering can carry.
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