Lexicon / H3793
כְּתֹ֫בֶת
ke.to.vet
  • imprint
  • a writing
  • of imprintment

STEPBible TBESH

Glosses: imprint

1) impression, inscription, mark

1a) in the flesh, perhaps a tattoo

BDB (Brown-Driver-Briggs)

Glosses: a writing; of imprintment

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.

כְּתֹ֫בֶת n.f Lv 19:28 a writing of imprintment . only cstr.i.e.(mark or sign), scriptio stigmatis, perh. of tattooing