ἐγέννησε (egennesen) in Matthew 1:6: Verb Third Person Singular Aorist Active Indicative

Verb: the form names an action or event, here the action of begetting or fathering in the genealogy.

Aorist: commonly views the action as a whole event. It should not be treated as automatically punctiliar or automatically past in every context.

Active: presents the subject as doing or carrying the action.

Indicative: presents the verbal idea as an assertion or statement in the clause.

Third person: the form speaks about someone or something rather than directly as I/we or you.

Not applicable: this verb form is not using noun case to mark its sentence role.

Singular: the verb is third person singular, so it presents one subject doing the action in this clause.

Not applicable: this verb form does not use grammatical gender to make its point.

Ἰεσσαὶ and the following object phrase τὸν Δαβὶδ.

The verb is governed by its own verbal syntax and takes a direct object in the genealogy line, with the context showing Jesse as the subject and David as the one begotten.

It states the genealogical link between Jesse and David and advances the ancestry list by presenting Jesse as the father of David.

It does not by itself identify the manner, timing, or biology of the begetting, and it does not change the proper names into other kinds of words.

Moderate: The form identifies the genealogy link from Jesse to David, a significant step in Matthew's royal line.

Aorist active indicative in a royal genealogy link. states that Jesse fathered David and moves the ancestry line into the Davidic sequence. Attached to Jesse as subject and David as direct object. Governed by Matthew's repeated genealogy formula. The importance comes from the genealogy context and named persons, not from tense alone.

Which royal-line link is being marked? The form marks Jesse's fathering of David in the genealogy.

Direct: The aorist active form directly supports a simple past rendering such as 'fathered David.'

The form states the genealogy link but does not provide every historical or biological detail. Aorist aspect should not be made to carry the royal significance by itself.

Aorist tense proves royal theology: The tense supports the genealogy statement, while Matthew's context supplies the royal significance. grammar alone defines Davidic identity: The form links Jesse and David; the named line and wider Gospel context carry the identity claim.

The witness reads Ἰεσσαὶ δὲ ἐγέννησε τὸν Δαβὶδ τὸν βασιλέα, and the same verb appears again for David's relation to Solomon in the next clause.

The lemma γεννάω means to beget or bring forth, and in this context it supports a family line statement rather than a generic action.

The verb form places one ancestral action in the past and links the named subject to the named object, while the accusative article and name mark David as the object of the begetting.

In Matthew 1:6 the form helps the reader hear a succession of father-son links, moving the genealogy forward from Jesse to David.

Within Matthew's opening genealogy, the form fits the repeated pattern of tracing descent and royal lineage without requiring extra meaning beyond that pattern.

For teaching or reading aloud, the form signals a completed ancestral act in the chain of descent, so the verse can be heard as a genealogy statement, not as a theological thesis built from tense alone.

Do not derive more than the text gives, such as a claim about gender, technique of conception, or a meaning that overrides the genealogy's plain line of descent.