Lexical Definition

‎מִכְתָּב‎ miktâb (mik-tawb') writing ^H:N-M
from ‎כָּתַב‎

writing.

• a thing written, the characters, or a document (letter, copy, edict, poem)

1) writing, thing written
1a) handwriting
1b) thing written
1c) writing

See Greek: γραπτός

Brown-Driver-Briggs

‎מִכְתָּב‎ noun masculine^{2Chr 21:12} writing; — absolute ‎׳‎‎מ‎ Deut 10:4 + 5t.; construct ‎מִכְתַּב‎ Exod 32:16 + 2 t.; —

1. = handwriting ‎וְהַמִּכְתָּב מִכְתַּב אֱלֹהִים הוּא‎ Exod 32:16.

2. = thing written, Exod 39:30 (accusative of congnate meaning with verb with ‎כָּתַב‎), Deut 10:4 specifically a royal enactment or edict (= ‎כְּתָב‎ ‎כתם‎

4.), 2Chr 35:4 || ‎כְּתָב‎, 2Chr 36:22 = Ezra 1:1 a prophetic writing 2Chr 21:12.

3. in a title, ‎לְחִזְקִיָּהוּ‎ ‎׳‎‎מ‎ Isa 38:9 Writing of Hezekiah.

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