Joshua 18:8:7Josh.18.8.W7TAB
לִכְתֹּ֨ב
liktov
“to write”
- Transliteration
- lik-TOV
- Extended
- likh-TOHV
- IPA
- /lixˈtoːv/
Meaning by language
- English
- to write
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Kaf | k with dagesh; kh without | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh |
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The word
Word in context
- word
lik-TOV
- phraseyour reading level
ET-ha-hol-KHIM lik-TOV ET-ha-a-RETZ
- 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
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 18:8:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of Joshua 18:8, so the Hebrew word לִכְתֹּ֨ב (liktov) 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.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (Josh.18.8.W7.S1) and character.