The Meaning of Exodus 6:21 Explained

Exodus 6:21

KJV: And the sons of Izhar; Korah, and Nepheg, and Zichri.

YLT: And sons of Izhar are Korah, and Nepheg, and Zichri.

Darby: And the sons of Jizhar: Korah, and Nepheg, and Zicri.

ASV: And the sons of Izhar: Korah, and Nepheg, and Zichri.

KJV Reverse Interlinear

And the sons  of Izhar;  Korah,  and Nepheg,  and Zichri. 

What does Exodus 6:21 Mean?

Context Summary

Exodus 6:10-27 - The Line Of Descent Of God's Spokesmen
Here is an inventory of God's jewels, in the day when He counted them up. We are reminded of Malachi 3:17. Before He led forth the flock, the Good Shepherd counted them, that not one might be missing. There is a peculiar emphasis on the mention of Moses and Aaron in Exodus 6:26 : "These are that Moses and Aaron." It was as though we were led to the hole of the pit whence they were digged, and a very poor hole it was, for their parentage and estate were quite humble and ordinary. But by means of them the Almighty wrought the deliverance of His people. It was through such feeble instruments as these that He spake to the greatest monarch of the time, the mighty Pharaoh, whose remains are with us to this day. It is His method to choose the weak and foolish things to bring to naught and confound the strong and wise, that no flesh should glory in His presence. [source]

Chapter Summary: Exodus 6

1  God renews his promise by his name JEHOVAH
9  Moses vainly attempts to encourage the Israelites
10  He and Aaron are again sent to Pharaoh
14  Genealogies of Reuben, Simeon and Levi, of whom came Moses and Aaron
26  The history resumed

What do the individual words in Exodus 6:21 mean?

And the sons of Izhar Korah and Nepheg and Zichri
וּבְנֵ֖י : יִצְהָ֑ר קֹ֥רַח וָנֶ֖פֶג וְזִכְרִֽי

וּבְנֵ֖י  And  the  sons 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Noun, masculine plural construct
Root: בֵּן 
Sense: son, grandson, child, member of a group.
: יִצְהָ֑ר  of  Izhar 
Parse: Proper Noun, masculine singular
Root: יִצְהָר  
Sense: son of Kohath, grandson of Levi, uncle of Moses and Aaron, and father of Korah; progenitor of the Izharites.
קֹ֥רַח  Korah 
Parse: Proper Noun, masculine singular
Root: קֹרַח  
Sense: son of Izhar, grandson of Kohath, great grandson of Levi and leader of the rebellion of the Israelites against Moses and Aaron while in the wilderness; punished and died by an earthquake and flames of fire.
וָנֶ֖פֶג  and  Nepheg 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Proper Noun, masculine singular
Root: נֶפֶג  
Sense: one of sons of Izhar and grandson of Kohath of the tribe of Levi in the time of the exodus.
וְזִכְרִֽי  and  Zichri 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Proper Noun, masculine singular
Root: זִכְרִי  
Sense: the father of Eliezer, the chief of the Reubenites in the reign of David.