כָּ֝תְבֵ֗/ם

𐤊𐤕𐤁/𐤌

katevem

write them

a primitive root; to grave, by implication, to write (describe, inscribe, prescribe, subscribe); describe, record, prescribe, subscribe, write(-ing, -ten).

H3789

Proverbs 7:3 · Word #4

Lexicon H3789

Lemmaכָּתַב
Lemma (Paleo)𐤊𐤕𐤁
Transliterationkâthab
Strong'sH3789
In-contextwrite them

Morphology HVqv2ms/Sp3mp All morphology codes

Part of Speech V — Verb — An action or state
Binyan q — Qal — Simple active
Conjugation v — Imperative — A command
Person 2 — 2nd person — Second person ("you")
Gender m — Masculine — Masculine
Number s — Singular — Singular

SIBI-P1 H3789-15

Inscribe them!

Rootכתב (k-t-b)
Core Meaningswrite, inscribe, engrave, record, prescribe
Semantic Rangeto engrave on stone or metal, to write in a document, to record events, to prescribe instructions, to register or decree
Conceptual SignificanceWriting in the Hebrew Bible signifies permanence, covenantal record, and authoritative transmission of instruction. Commands to "inscribe" often mark moments where divine revelation, law, or memory is to be fixed enduringly among the people.
Morphological NotesQal imperative, 2nd masculine singular ("you," masculine singular) with 3rd masculine plural pronominal suffix ("them").
Rendering RationaleThe root כתב carries the concrete sense of inscribing or engraving, which developed into the broader act of writing or recording. The form is Qal imperative, second masculine singular with a third masculine plural object suffix, so the rendering reflects a direct command to one male individual to inscribe "them."

AI-generated (openai/gpt-5.2-chat-latest)

Words from Root כתב (write, inscribe, engrave, record, prescribe)

SILEX Code Transliteration SIBI-P1
H3789-01 baketuvim among the written ones
H3789-02 bekhatevo in his inscribing
H4385-01 bemikhetav in a written document
H3791-01 bikhetav in a written record
H3789-03 bikhetov in inscribing
H3789-04 ekhetav I will inscribe
H3789-05 ekhetavenah I will inscribe her
H3789-06 hakatuv the written (one)
H3791-02 haketav the written record
H3789-07 haketuvah the written document
H3789-08 haketuvim the written ones
H3789-09 haketuvot the inscribed writings
H3789-10 hakotevim the inscribing men
H3789-11 kakatuv as the written (record)
H3789-12 katav he inscribed
H3789-13 kataveta you (masculine singular) inscribed
H3789-14 kataveti I have inscribed
H3789-16 katevu they inscribed
H3789-17 katuv inscribed (masculine singular)
H3789-18 ketav Inscribe! (you, masculine singular)
H3792-01 ketava the written-record
H3790-01 ketiv inscribed
H3789-19 ketuvah written (feminine singular)
H3789-20 ketuvim written ones
H3789-21 khakatuv as the written record
H3789-22 khataveti I inscribed
H3789-23 khatevah you inscribed her (fem.) / she inscribed
H3789-24 khatuv having-been-inscribed
H3790-02 khetav he inscribed
H3791-03 khetavam their written-record
H3789-25 khetuvah written (feminine singular)
H3789-26 khetuvim written ones
H3789-27 khtvv written/inscribed (masculine singular); I will inscribe
H3791-04 kikhetavah according to her written-record
H3789-28 kikhetavam their inscribed writing
H3789-29 kitevu Write, you men!
H3789-30 kotev he who is writing
H3789-31 likhetov to inscribe
H4385-02 mikhetav a written-document
H3789-32 nikhetav he is inscribed
H5407-01 nishetevana the written-document
H3789-33 tikatev she will be inscribed
H3789-34 tikhetevu you men will inscribe
H3789-35 tikhetov you shall inscribe
H3789-36 ukhetavetam and you shall inscribe them
H3789-37 ukhetov and inscribe!
H3789-38 umekhatevim and the inscribing writers
H3789-39 vaekhetov and I inscribed
H3789-40 vatikhetov and she inscribed
H3789-41 vayikatev and he was inscribed
H3789-42 vayikhetav and he inscribed
H3789-43 vayikhetevem and he inscribed them
H3789-44 vayikhetevu and they inscribed
H3789-45 vayikhetevuha and they inscribed her
H3789-46 vayikhetov and he inscribed
H3789-47 veekhetov and I will inscribe
H3789-48 vekhatav and he inscribed
H3789-49 vekhataveta and you shall inscribe
H3789-50 vekhataveti and I will inscribe
H3789-51 vekhatov and inscribe!
H3789-52 vekhatuv and inscribed
H3789-53 vekhitevu and you all inscribe!
H3789-54 vekhotevim and those inscribing
H3789-55 venikhetav and it was inscribed
H3789-56 veyikatev and he shall be inscribed
H3789-57 veyikatevun and they shall be inscribed
H3789-58 veyikhetevu and they will inscribe
H3789-59 yikatev let him be inscribed
H3789-60 yikatevu they will be inscribed
H3789-61 yikhetevem he will inscribe them
H3789-62 yikhetov he will inscribe

Word Usage (227 occurrences of H3789)

Location Form Transliteration Meaning
Exodus 17:14 כְּתֹ֨ב ketov Write
Exodus 24:4 וַ/יִּכְתֹּ֣ב vayikhetov and wrote
Exodus 24:12 כָּתַ֖בְתִּי kataveti I have written