וְיִכְתְּב֥וּ

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 וְיִכְתְּב֥וּ

   ve-yikh-te-VOO

   and they shall write
2. phraseyour reading level🔊 וְיִכְתְּב֥וּ אוֹתָ֛הּ

   ve-yikh-te-VOO o-TAH

   and they shall write it
3. clause🔊 וְאֶשְׁלָחֵ֗ם וְיָקֻ֜מוּ וְיִֽתְהַלְּכ֥וּ בָאָ֛רֶץ וְיִכְתְּב֥וּ אוֹתָ֛הּ לְפִ֥י נַֽחֲלָתָ֖ם וְיָבֹ֥אוּ אֵלָֽי׃

   ve-esh-la-KHEM ve-ya-KU-mu ve-yit-hal-KHU va-A-RETs ve-yikh-te-VOO o-TAH le-FI na-cha-la-TAM ve-ya-VO-oo e-LAI

   and I will send them and they shall rise and walk about the land and they shall write it according to their inheritance and come to me
4. sentence🔊 הָב֥וּ לָכֶ֛ם שְׁלֹשָׁ֥ה אֲנָשִׁ֖ים לַשָּׁ֑בֶט וְאֶשְׁלָחֵ֗ם וְיָקֻ֜מוּ וְיִֽתְהַלְּכ֥וּ בָאָ֛רֶץ וְיִכְתְּב֥וּ אוֹתָ֛הּ לְפִ֥י נַֽחֲלָתָ֖ם וְיָבֹ֥אוּ אֵלָֽי׃

   ha-VOO la-KHEM she-lo-SHA a-na-SHIM la-sha-VET ve-esh-la-KHEM ve-ya-KU-mu ve-yit-hal-KHU va-A-RETs ve-yikh-te-VOO o-TAH le-FI na-cha-la-TAM ve-ya-VO-oo e-LAI

   Provide for yourselves three men for each tribe and I will send them and they shall rise and walk about the land and they shall write it according to their inheritance and come to me

Exegesis

A chain of vav-consecutive verbs—ve’eshlahem {וְאֶשְׁלָחֵ֗ם | wə-’eš-lā-ḥēm} ‘and I will send them’, veyakumu {וְיָקֻ֜מוּ | wə-yā-qū-mû} ‘and let them rise’, veyithalkhu {וְיִֽתְהַלְּכ֥וּ | wə-yit-hal-le-khû} ‘and let them go about’, and veyikhtevu {וְיִכְתְּב֥וּ | wə-yik-te-vû} ‘and let them write’—sequentially structures the mission steps.

Root and etymology

k-t-v🔊 כ־ת־בkaf–tav–bet

“write, inscribe”