Lexicon / H3791
כְּתָב
ka.tav
  • writing

STEPBible TBESH

Glosses: writing

1) a writing, document, edict

1a) register, enrolment, roll

1b) mode of writing, character, letter

1c) letter, document, a writing

1d) a written edict

1d1) of royal enactment

1d2) of divine authority

Aramaic equivalent: ke.tav (כְּתָב "inscription" H3792)

BDB (Brown-Driver-Briggs)

Glosses: writing

Root √כתב: כָּתַב vb write Qal write write down describe in writing =, register enroll =, decree = Niph be written be written down recorded =. Pi . frequent. 223.

כְּתָב n.m writing register enrolment , mode of writing character letter =. letter = of a royal enactment, edict of a writing with divine authority .