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Deuteronomy 10:2
“And I will write on the tables the words that were in the first tables which thou brakest, and thou shalt put them in the ark.” (KJV)
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Lexical meaning
כָּתַבkâthab · kaw-thab'
H3789 · Hebrew
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
- וְ — conjunction
- אֶכְתֹּב֙ — verb Qal, imperfect, 1st person, common, singular
- 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.
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.