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1 Kings 21:8

“So she wrote letters in Ahab’s name, and sealed them with his seal, and sent the letters unto the elders and to the nobles that were in his city, dwelling with Naboth.” (KJV)

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Lexical meaning

כָּתַבkâthab · kaw-thab'
H3789 · Hebrew
Definition
to grave, by implication, to write (describe, inscribe, prescribe, subscribe)
Derivation
a primitive root;
KJV renderings
describe, record, prescribe, subscribe, write(-ing, -ten).
Grammar
  • וַ — conjunction
  • תִּכְתֹּ֤ב — verb Qal, sequential imperfect, 3rd person, feminine, singular
Code HC/Vqw3fs
Usage
Occurs 227 times in the Hebrew Bible.Exodus 17:14Exodus 24:4Exodus 24:12Exodus 31:18Exodus 32:15

Theological interpretation (AI)

The card on the left shows lexical data from published sources. Interpretation is separate: ask the Companion to explain how traditions read כָּתַב here.

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Hebrew text: Westminster Leningrad Codex (public domain). Morphology & lemmas: Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible, CC BY 4.0 (hb.openscriptures.org). Lexicon: Strong's Hebrew Dictionary (1894, public domain; JSON edition © Open Scriptures, CC BY-SA). Verse numbers follow the Hebrew text, which occasionally differs from English Bibles.