Job 19:23:3Job.19.23.W3TAB
וְיִכָּתְב֣וּן
veyikkatevun
“and they will be written”
- Transliteration
- ve-yik-KA-te-vun
- Extended
- veh-yik-KAA-teh-voon
- IPA
- /və.jikːaː.təˈvuːn/
Meaning by language
- English
- and they will be written
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Kaf | k with dagesh; kh without | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Nun Sofit | final form of Nun — at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ve-yik-KA-te-vun
- clause
mi-yit-TEN E-fo ve-yik-KA-te-vun mil-LAI
- sentence
mi-yit-TEN E-fo ve-yik-KA-te-vun mil-LAI mi-yit-TEN ba-SE-fer ve-yu-kha-KU
Exegesis
Two passive jussive imperfect verbs, ve-yikkatevûn {וְיִכָּתְב֣וּן | wə-yikkātəvûn} ‘and they would be written’ and ve-yuchaku {וְיֻחָֽקוּ | wə-yuḥāqû} ‘and they would be engraved,’ create a climactic parallelism from writing to engraving.
Root and etymology
k-t-bkaf–tav–bet
“to write”
In context — Job 19:23
Oh, that my words were now written; oh, that they were recorded in a book .
About this coordinate
Job 19:23:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Job 19:23, so the Hebrew word וְיִכָּתְב֣וּן (veyikkatevun) can be cited, linked and studied at exactly this position rather than somewhere in the verse. In the Biblical Knowledge Coordinate System the same position is written Job.19.23.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Job.19.23.W3.S1) and character.