כתוב

Hebrew

Etymology

Root
כ־ת־ב (k-t-b)

Passive participle of כָּתַב (katáv).

Adjective

כָּתוּב • (katúv) (feminine כְּתוּבָה, masculine plural כְּתוּבִים, feminine plural כְּתוּבוֹת)

1. written

Noun

כָּתוּב • (katúv) m

1. Biblical verse, passage
   • a. 500 C.E., Babylonian Talmud, Chagigah 18a:

     במה הכתוב מדבר

     of what does the text speak?

Noun

כִּתּוּב • (kitúv) m

1. defective spelling of כיתוב

References

• Jastrow, Marcus (1903) A Dictionary of the Targumim, the Talmud Babli and Yerushalmi, and the Midrashic Literature, London, New York: Luzac & Co., G.P. Putnam's Sons, page 680