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Deuteronomy 10:4
“And he wrote on the tables, according to the first writing, the ten commandments, which the Lord spake unto you in the mount out of the midst of the fire in the day of the assembly: and the Lord gave them unto me.” (KJV)
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Lexical meaning
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
- יִּכְתֹּ֨ב — verb Qal, sequential imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, 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.