Joshua 18:8:13Josh.18.8.W13TAB
וְכִתְב֤וּ
vekhitvoo
“and write”
- Transliteration
- ve-khit-VOO
- Extended
- veh-khit-VOO
- IPA
- /vəxitˈvuː/
Meaning by language
- English
- and write
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 | |
| Kaf | k with dagesh; kh without | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū |
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Word in context
- word
ve-khit-VOO
- phraseyour reading level
ve-khit-VOO o-TAH
- clause
va-ye-TSA ye-ho-SHU-a ET-ha-hol-KHIM lik-TOV ET-ha-a-RETZ le-EMOR le-KHU ve-hit-hal-KHU va-a-RETZ ve-khit-VOO o-TAH ve-SHU-voo e-LAI u-PO ash-LIKH la-KHEM go-RAL lif-NEI Ye-ho-VAH be-shi-LO
- sentence
va-ya-KU-mu ha-a-na-SHIM va-ye-LE-khu va-ye-TSA ye-ho-SHU-a ET-ha-hol-KHIM lik-TOV ET-ha-a-RETZ le-EMOR le-KHU ve-hit-hal-KHU va-a-RETZ ve-khit-VOO o-TAH ve-SHU-voo e-LAI u-PO ash-LIKH la-KHEM go-RAL lif-NEI Ye-ho-VAH be-shi-LO
Exegesis
The infinitive construct lē’êmôr {לֵאמֹ֗ר | lēʾmôr} ‘introducing direct speech’ signals Joshua’s commands, which follow as a coordinated chain of Qal and Hitpael imperatives—lᵉḵû {לְכוּ | lᵉḵû} ‘go’, wəhitḥalləḵû {וְהִתְהַלְּכ֨וּ | wəhitḥalləḵû} ‘walk about’, wəḵittəḇû {וְכִתְב֤וּ | wəḵittəḇû} ‘write’, wəšûḇû {וְשׁוּבוּ | wəšûḇû} ‘return’—creating a stepwise instruction.
Root and etymology
כ־ת־ב
“to write”
In context — Joshua 18:8
The men rose and departed, and Joshua ordered the surveyors to map the land, saying, “Go and walk about in the land and record it, then return to me; I will then cast a lot for you before the LORD at Shiloh.”
About this coordinate
Joshua 18:8:13 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 13 of Joshua 18:8, so the Hebrew word וְכִתְב֤וּ (vekhitvoo) 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 Josh.18.8.W13, which extends further down to each syllable (Josh.18.8.W13.S1) and character.