נכתב

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Hebrew

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Etymology

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Root
כ־ת־ב (k-t-b)

Passive of כָּתַב (katáv), from the root כ־ת־ב (k-t-b).

Verb

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נִכְתַּב (nikhtáv) (nif'al construction, active counterpart כָּתַב)

  1. To be written: to get written, to undergo writing, to come into written existence.
    • 1170 CE, Maimonides, Mishneh Torah:
      אַף עַל פִּי שֶׁלֹּא נִכְתְּבָה תּוֹרָה שֶׁבְּעַל פֶּה, לִמְּדָהּ מֹשֶׁה רַבֵּנוּ כֻּלָּהּ בְּבֵית דִּינוֹ לְשִׁבְעִים זְקֵנִים; וְאֶלְעָזָר וּפִינְחָס וִיהוֹשׁוּעַ, שְׁלָשְׁתָּן קִבְּלוּ מִמֹּשֶׁה.
      ʾaf ʿal pi shelo niḫteva tora shebeʿal fe, limeḏa moshe rabenu kula bebeyṯ dino leshivʿim zeqenim; veʾelʿazar ufinḥam vihoshuʿa shelashtan qibelu mimoshe
      Although the Oral Torah was not written down, Moses taught all of it in his tribunal to seventy elders; and Eliezer and Phinehas and Joshua all received it from Moses.
    הספרים נכתבו במשך שנה וחצי.has'farím nikht'vú b'méshekh shaná vakhétsi. — The books were written over the course of a year and a half.
  2. (נִכְתָּב, nikhtáv) Masculine singular present participle and present tense of נִכְתַּב.

Usage notes

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  • This verb refers to the event of being written. For the state of having been written, the adjective כָּתוּב (katúv, written) is used.

Conjugation

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