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כָּתַב

to write

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H3789 Strong's Hebrew
kâthab Transliteration
/kaw-thab'/ Pronunciation
Usage in the Hebrew Bible 227 appearances

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Grammar key — what these labels mean

Part of speech

Verb
An action or state-of-being word.
Preposition
A relational word (e.g. “in,” “to,” “from”) governing a noun.

Noun type

Common
A common noun — a general class of person, place, or thing (“king,” “city,” “water”), not a specific name.

Stem

Qal
The basic, simple active stem — the plain form of the verb (“he wrote”). Here: ‘write’
Niphal
Usually the simple passive or reflexive of the Qal (“he was written”). Here: ‘be written’
Piel
An intensive or resultative active stem. Here: ‘frequent.’

Form

Participle Passive
A verbal adjective expressing action received (“written”).
Sequential Imperfect
An imperfect with prefixed waw — the standard past-narrative form (waw-consecutive imperfect).
Perfect
A completed action or state — Hebrew marks aspect (completeness) more than strict tense (“he wrote”).
Imperative
A direct command (“write!”).
Sequential Perfect
A perfect with prefixed waw continuing a preceding imperfect or command (waw-consecutive perfect).
Imperfect
An incomplete, ongoing, or future action (“he will / would write”).
Infinitive Construct
A bound verbal noun, frequently with prepositions (“to write / in writing”).
Participle Active
A verbal adjective expressing ongoing or characteristic action (“writing / one who writes”).
Infinitive Absolute
An unbound verbal noun, often intensifying or standing in for a finite verb.
Jussive
A third- or second-person volitional form expressing wish or command (“let him write”).

State

Absolute
The independent form of a noun, not bound to a following word.
Construct
A noun bound to a following noun in a possessive / “of” relationship (the construct chain).

Person

3rd Person
The one spoken about (“he / she / it / they”).
2nd Person
The one addressed (“you”).
1st Person
The speaker (“I / we”).

Gender

Masculine
Grammatically masculine.
Feminine
Grammatically feminine.
Common
Either gender — not distinguished for this form.

Number

Plural
More than one (in Hebrew, generally three or more).
Singular
One.

Grammatical forms 37 distinct

  • Verb, Qal, Participle Passive, Masculine, Plural, Absolute 64 times (28%)
  • Verb, Qal, Participle Passive, Masculine, Singular, Absolute 38 times (17%)
  • Verb, Qal, Sequential Imperfect, 3rd Person, Masculine, Singular 22 times (10%)
  • Verb, Qal, Imperative, 2nd Person, Masculine, Singular 13 times (6%)
  • Verb, Qal, Perfect, 3rd Person, Masculine, Singular 10 times (4%)
  • Verb, Qal, Participle Passive, Feminine, Singular, Absolute 10 times (4%)
  • Verb, Niphal, Sequential Imperfect, 3rd Person, Masculine, Singular 5 times (2%)
  • Verb, Qal, Sequential Perfect, 2nd Person, Masculine, Singular 5 times (2%)

+29 more forms (60 occurrences)

Parsed forms decoded from the imported morphology (morphhb / Westminster Leningrad Codex — WLC text public domain, morphhb tagging CC BY 4.0), counted across 227 parsed occurrences — not distinct verses.

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