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
| Lemma | כָּתַב |
| Lemma (Paleo) | 𐤊𐤕𐤁 |
| Transliteration | kâthab |
| Strong's | H3789 |
| In-context | write 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!
| Root | כתב (k-t-b) |
| Core Meanings | write, inscribe, engrave, record, prescribe |
| Semantic Range | to engrave on stone or metal, to write in a document, to record events, to prescribe instructions, to register or decree |
| Conceptual Significance | Writing 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 Notes | Qal imperative, 2nd masculine singular ("you," masculine singular) with 3rd masculine plural pronominal suffix ("them"). |
| Rendering Rationale | The 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 |