כתב
Aramaic
Etymology
From Proto-West Semitic *katab-.
Verb
כְּתַב • (kəṯaḇ)
- to write
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- רְחוּם בְּעֵל־טְעֵם וְשִׁמְשַׁי סָפְרָא כְּתַבוּ אִגְּרָה חֲדָה עַל־יְרוּשְׁלֶם לְאַרְתַּחְשַׁשְׂתְּא מַלְכָּא כְּנֵמָא׃
- rəḥūm bəʿēl-ṭəʿēm wəšimšay sāp̄ərā kəṯáḇū ʾiggərā ḥăḏā ʿal-yərūšəlem ləʾartaḥšaśt malkā kənḗmā.
- Rehum the commander and Shimshai the scribe wrote a letter against Jerusalem to Artaxerxes the king in this sort--
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Hebrew
Etymology
Root |
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כ־ת־ב (k-t-b) |
From the root כ־ת־ב (k-t-b), from Proto-West Semitic *katab-; compare Arabic كَتَبَ (kataba, “to write”) and كِتَاب (kitāb, “book”).
Verb
כָּתַב • (katáv) (pa'al construction, future יכתוב / יִכְתֹּב, passive participle כָּתוּב, passive counterpart נִכְתַּב)
- to write
Conjugation
Conjugation of כָּתַב (see also Appendix:Hebrew verbs)
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finite forms | singular | plural | |||
m. | f. | m. | f. | ||
past | first | כָּתַבְתִּי | כָּתַבְנוּ | ||
second | כָּתַבְתָּ | כָּתַבְתְּ | כְּתַבְתֶּם1 | כְּתַבְתֶּן1 | |
third | כָּתַב | כָּתְבָה | כָּתְבוּ | ||
present | כּוֹתֵב | כּוֹתֶבֶת | כּוֹתְבִים | כּוֹתְבוֹת | |
future | first | אכתוב / אֶכְתֹּב | נכתוב / נִכְתֹּב | ||
second | תכתוב / תִּכְתֹּב | תִּכְתְּבִי | תִּכְתְּבוּ | תכתובנה / תִּכְתֹּבְנָה2 | |
third | יכתוב / יִכְתֹּב | תכתוב / תִּכְתֹּב | יִכְתְּבוּ | תכתובנה / תִּכְתֹּבְנָה2 | |
imperative | כתוב / כְּתֹב | כִּתְבִי | כִּתְבוּ | כתובנה / כְּתֹבְנָה2 | |
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Derived terms
Further reading
H3789 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible
Noun
כְּתָב • (k'táv) m (plural indefinite כְּתָבִים, singular construct כְּתַב־, plural construct כִּתְבֵי־)
Derived terms
- כְּתַב יָד (k'táv yád)
- כְּתַב יְתֵדוֹת (k'tav y'tedót)
- כְּתַב עֵת (k'táv 'ét)
Noun
כַּתָּב • (katáv) m (plural indefinite כַּתָּבִים, plural construct כַּתָּבֵי־, feminine counterpart כַּתֶּבֶת)
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- Aramaic terms inherited from Proto-West Semitic
- Aramaic terms derived from Proto-West Semitic
- Aramaic lemmas
- Aramaic verbs
- Aramaic terms with quotations
- Hebrew terms belonging to the root כ־ת־ב
- Hebrew terms inherited from Proto-West Semitic
- Hebrew terms derived from Proto-West Semitic
- Hebrew lemmas
- Hebrew verbs
- Hebrew pa'al verbs
- Hebrew nouns
- Hebrew masculine nouns