Lexical Definition

‎כְּתַב‎ kᵉthab (keth-ab') to write ^A:V
(Aramaic) corresponding to ‎כָּתַב‎

write(-ten).

• {to grave, by implication, to write (describe, inscribe, prescribe, subscribe)}

1) to write
1a) (P'al) to write, to be written

Extended Information

Aramaic of: כָּתַב

Brown-Driver-Briggs

‎כְּתַב‎ verb write (see Biblical Hebrew); —

Pe`al Perfect 3 masculine singular ‎׳‎‎כ‎ Dan 6:26* ‎ל‎ person + oratio recta [direct speech], Dan 7:1 accusative of thing; 3 masculine plural ‎כְּתַ֫בוּ‎ Ezra 4:8 accusative ‎אִגְּרָה‎; 1 plural ‎נִכְתּוּב‎ Ezra 5:10, accusative of thing; Participle active absolute feminine singular ‎כָּֽתְבָה‎ Dan 5:5, subject ‎יְדָא‎, feminine plural ‎כָּֽתְבָן‎ vDan 5:5, subject ‎אֶצְבְּעָן‎. Pe`il (W^{CG 224}) Perfect 3 masculine singular ‎כִּדְנָה‎ ‎כְּ תִּיב‎Ezra 5:7 thus (it) was written, so ‎׳‎‎כֵּן כ‎ Ezra 6:2.

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