King James Version
Numbers 6:27 in the King James Version says “And they shall put my name upon the children of Israel; and I will bless them.” — study this verse from Numbers chapter 6 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“And they shall put my name upon the children of Israel; and I will bless them.”
Numbers 6:27 · KJV
The LORD make his face shine upon thee, and be gracious unto thee:
The LORD lift up his countenance upon thee, and give thee peace.
And they shall put my name upon the children of Israel; and I will bless them.
KJV Study — Public Domain
“And they shall put”
H7760to put (used in a great variety of applications, literal, figurative, inferentially, and elliptically)
properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)
“my name”
H8034an appellation, as a mark or memorial of individuality; by implication honor, authority, character
above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications
“upon the children”
H1121a son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or
“of Israel”
H3478he will rule as god; jisral, a symbolical name of jacob; also (typically) of his posterity
“and I will bless”
H1288to kneel; by implication to bless god (as an act of adoration), and (vice-versa) man (as a benefit); also (by euphemism) to curse (god or the king, as
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