כְּתֹ֨ב

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 כְּתֹ֨ב

   ke-TOV

   write
2. phraseyour reading level🔊 כְּתֹ֨ב זֹ֤את זִכָּרוֹן֙

   ke-TOV ZOT zik-ka-RON

   write this memorial
3. clause🔊 וַיֹּ֨אמֶר יְהוָ֜ה אֶל־מֹשֶׁ֗ה כְּתֹ֨ב זֹ֤את זִכָּרוֹן֙ בַּסֵּ֔פֶר וְשִׂ֖ים בְּאָזְנֵ֣י יְהוֹשֻׁ֑עַ

   va-YO-mer Ye-ho-VAH el-mo-SHE ke-TOV ZOT zik-ka-RON ba-SE-fer ve-SIM be-oz-NEY ye-ho-SHU-a

   LORD {And He} said to Moses write this memorial in the book place in the ears of Joshua
4. sentence🔊 וַיֹּ֨אמֶר יְהוָ֜ה אֶל־מֹשֶׁ֗ה כְּתֹ֨ב זֹ֤את זִכָּרוֹן֙ בַּסֵּ֔פֶר וְשִׂ֖ים בְּאָזְנֵ֣י יְהוֹשֻׁ֑עַ כִּֽי־מָחֹ֤ה אֶמְחֶה֙ אֶת־זֵ֣כֶר עֲמָלֵ֔ק מִתַּ֖חַת הַשָּׁמָֽיִם׃

   va-YO-mer Ye-ho-VAH el-mo-SHE ke-TOV ZOT zik-ka-RON ba-SE-fer ve-SIM be-oz-NEY ye-ho-SHU-a ki-ma-KHO em-KHEH et-ZE-kher a-ma-LEK mit-TA-khat ha-sha-MA-yim

   LORD {And He} said to Moses write this memorial in the book place in the ears of Joshua for surely I will blot out memory of Amalek from under the heavens

Exegesis

Within the speech, the coordinated imperatives ketov {כְּתֹ֨ב | kə-ṭōv} “write” and vesim {וְשִׂ֖ם | wə-śîm} “place” govern zot zikaron basefer {זֹ֤את זִכָּרוֹן֙ בַּסֵּ֔פֶר | zōt zik-kā-rôn bas-sē-fer} “this memorial in the scroll” and the idiom beoznei Yehoshua {בְּאָזְנֵ֣י יְהוֹשֻׁ֑עַ | bə-ʾāz-nê yə-hō-šū-aʿ} “in the ears of Joshua” to convey written and oral transmission. In English, these imperatives are rendered as “Write this in the scroll as a memorial and speak it so that Joshua hears it” (formal) and “Record this as a reminder in a scroll and make Joshua listen closely” (dynamic), preserving dual modes.