Lexical Definition

‎כְּתֹבֶת‎ kᵉthôbeth (keth-o'-beth) imprint ^H:N-F
from ‎כָּתַב‎

[idiom] any (mark).

• a letter or other mark branded on the skin

1) impression, inscription, mark
1a) in the flesh, perhaps a tattoo

Brown-Driver-Briggs

‎כְּתֹ֫בֶת‎ noun feminine only construct ‎וּכְתֹבֶת קַעֲקַע לֹא תִתְּנוּ‎ ‎בָּכֶם‎ Lev 19:28 i.e. a writing (mark or sign) of imprintment, scriptio stigmatis, perhaps of tattooing, compare Di (see also Ba^{NB 61}).

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