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Isaiah 38:9
“The writing of Hezekiah king of Judah, when he had been sick, and was recovered of his sickness:” (KJV)
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Lexical meaning
מִכְתָּבmiktâb · mik-tawb'
H4385 · Hebrew
H4385 · Hebrew
- Definition
- a thing written, the characters, or a document (letter, copy, edict, poem)
- Derivation
- from H3789 (כָּתַב);
- KJV renderings
- writing.
- Grammar
- מִכְתָּ֖ב — common noun, masculine, singular, absolute
- Usage
- Occurs 9 times in the Hebrew Bible.Exodus 32:16Exodus 32:16Exodus 39:30Deuteronomy 10:42 Chronicles 21:12
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 מִכְתָּב 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.