נכתב
Hebrew
Etymology
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כ־ת־ב (k-t-b) |
Passive of כָּתַב (katáv), from the root כ־ת־ב (k-t-b).
Verb
נִכְתַּב • (nikhtáv) (nif'al construction, active counterpart כָּתַב)
- 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.
- (נִכְתָּב, nikhtáv) Masculine singular present participle and present tense of נִכְתַּב.
Usage notes
- This verb refers to the event of being written. For the state of having been written, the adjective כָּתוּב (katúv, “written”) is used.
Conjugation
Conjugation of נִכְתַּב (see also Appendix:Hebrew verbs)
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m. | f. | m. | f. | ||
past | first | נִכְתַּבְתִּי | נִכְתַּבְנוּ | ||
second | נִכְתַּבְתָּ | נִכְתַּבְתְּ | נִכְתַּבְתֶּם | נִכְתַּבְתֶּן | |
third | נִכְתַּב | נִכְתְּבָה | נִכְתְּבוּ | ||
present | נִכְתָּב | נִכְתֶּבֶת | נִכְתָּבִים | נִכְתָּבוֹת | |
future | first | אֶכָּתֵב | ניכתב / נִכָּתֵב | ||
second | תיכתב / תִּכָּתֵב | תיכתבי / תִּכָּתְבִי | תיכתבו / תִּכָּתְבוּ | תיכתבנה / תִּכָּתֵבְנָה1 | |
third | ייכתב / יִכָּתֵב | תיכתב / תִּכָּתֵב | ייכתבו / יִכָּתְבוּ | תיכתבנה / תִּכָּתֵבְנָה1 | |
imperative | היכתב / הִכָּתֵב | היכתבי / הִכָּתְבִי | היכתבו / הִכָּתְבוּ | היכתבנה / הִכָּתֵבְנָה1 | |
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