What Does Leviticus 6:1 Mean?
And the LORD spoke to Moses, saying.
Key words are shown with the Hebrew or Greek and what each word meant.
Selah Decoded Version The Selah Decoded Version renders what the Hebrew and Greek words meant to the people who first heard them.
King James wording
King James Version
And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,THE KEY
The word spoken is also a matter, and it reaches a person whose name Scripture ties to being drawn out.
THE MEANING
You are met by speech that carries substance: the Hebrew verb for “spake” shares its root with dābār, “word” and “matter.” It reaches Moses as a particular person, whose name Scripture ties to being drawn out. The line presents the spoken word as something that arrives in relationship and can be received.
THE ROOT
וַיְדַבֵּר
vayedabber
GROWS FROM
ד־ב־ר
D-B-R
Speak; the related noun names a word, matter, or thing.
“spake” in this verse is vayedabber. Dābār names both “word” and “matter,” so Hebrew holds utterance and substance together. The line frames speech as something with content that reaches a person, not as sound alone.
ALSO GROWS
dābār: Word, matter, or thing
דָּבָר
The shared root joins what is spoken to the matter it carries.
dibbēr: To speak or declare
דִּבֵּר
This is the speech action at the heart of the verse; its root is also present in the noun for “word.”
מֹשֶׁה
Moshe
GROWS FROM
מ־ש־ה
M-Sh-H
Draw out; Scripture connects the name Moses with being drawn out.
“Moses” in this verse is Moshe. The naming line in Exodus binds the name Moshe to mashah through the phrase “I drew him out.” Here, the person receiving speech bears a name linked to emergence: the word arrives at the one already drawn out.
ALSO GROWS
māšâ: To draw out
מָשָׁה
This is the verb linked to Moses’ name in the account of his naming.
mĕšîtîhû: I drew him out
מְשִׁיתִהוּ
This form appears in the naming line and makes the name’s connection to drawing out explicit.
THE PATTERN
God’s word becomes personal when it reaches a particular hearer and addresses them directly.
After these things the word of the LORD came to Abram in a vision, saying, Do not fear, Abram. I am your shield, and your very great wages.And the LORD came, and stood, and called as at other times, Samuel, Samuel. Then Samuel answered, Speak, for your servant hears and responds.And he fell to the ground, and heard a voice saying to him, Saul, Saul, why do you pursue me?THE THREAD
And the child grew, and she brought him to Pharaoh's daughter, and he became her son. And she called his name Moses, the one drawn out, and she said, Because from the waters I drew him out.The name at the center of Leviticus 6:1 is linked here to the verb “draw out.” That gives the address a hidden contour: the one called to receive the word bears a name tied to being drawn from the waters.
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