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Deuteronomy 31:9

“And Moses wrote this law, and delivered it unto the priests the sons of Levi, which bare the ark of the covenant of the Lord, and unto all the elders of Israel.” (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
יִּכְתֹּ֣ב — verb Qal, sequential imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular
Code HC/Vqw3ms
Usage: Occurs 227 times in the Hebrew Bible.Exodus 17:14 Exodus 24:4 Exodus 24:12 Exodus 31:18 Exodus 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.

Verse 8 Verse 10

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.