BDB4239 H3789
BDB4238 | BIBLICAL HEBREW | BDB4240
כָּתַב223 verb write (Late Hebrew id.; Phoenician כתב; Aramaic כְּתַב, Nabataean כתב, see especially Nö in EutNab. p. 43; thence Arabic Ethiopic book, DiLex. 852 (as loan-words, Frä249 DHMVOJ i (1887), 29); MV Buhl compare Arabic draw or sew together, conjoin (letters), etc., compare FlZMG 1873, 427) — Qal Perfect ׳כ Josh 8:32 +,
כָּתַבְתָּ Jer 36:6 +, suffix
וּכְתַבְתָּם consecutive
Deut 6:9;
Deut 11:20, etc. (Perfect 27 t.);
Imperfect יִכְתֹּב Isa 44:5,
וַיִּכְתֹּב Exod 24:4 +, etc. (Imperfect 39 t.);
Imperative כְּתֹב Isa 8:1 + 5 t.,
כְּתָבֿ Exod 34:27 + 2 t.; suffix
כָּתְבָהּ Isa 30:8,
כָּתְבֵם Prov 3:3;
Prov 7:3 plural
כִּתְבוּ Deut 31:9 + 3 t .;
Infinitive absolute כָּתוֺכ Jer 32:44 cstr כְּתוֺב Ps 87:8,
לִכְתֹּב Deut 31:24;
Josh 18:8 suffix
כָּתְבוֺ Jer 45:1 Participle active כֹּתֵב Jer 36:18, plural
כֹּתְבִים Jer 32:12;
Neh 10:1 passive (113 t.),
כָּתוּב Josh 1:8 +, feminine
כְּתוּבָה 2Sam 1:18 +, plural
כְּתוּבִים 1Kgs 15:7 +,
כְּתֻבִים 1Kgs 11:41 +; feminine plural
כְּתוּבוֺת 2Chr 34:24 —
1. write: a. with accusative, words
Exod 34:27, commandments
Exod 24:12, etc.; accusative of congnate meaning with verb
מכתב Exod 39:30, compare
כַּמִּכְתָּב Deut 10:4 with
כְּ, giving purport of writing, also
Esth 8:8 but object also a book,
סֵפֶר Exod 32:32;
Deut 24:1 מְגִלָּה Jer 38:6, compare participle pass,
וְהִיא כְּתוּבָה פָּנִים וְאָחוֺר Ezek 2:10 ( of
מגלה; i.e. written on both sides); a letter,
סֵפָר 2Sam 11:14;
2Kgs 10:1 + 4 t.,
אִגֶּרֶת 2Chr 30:1 a divorce-certificate
סֵפֶר כְּרִיתֻת Deut 24:1, etc.; even
לֻחֹת כְּתֻבִים tablets inscribed by the finger of God
Exod 31:18 compare
Deut 9:10 מִשְּׁנֵי עֶבְרֵיהֶם ׳כ ׳ל Exod 32:15 tables inscribed on both sides (compare
Ezek 2:10 above) Here belongs (probably)
׳וְזֶה יִכְתֹּב יָדוֺ לי Isa 44:5 and this one shall inscribe his hand, 'Yahweh's', so
ᵐ5 Hi Kn Che Br Du Di,
Ges Ew De,
shall sign (with)
his hand unto ׳י.
b. more often
write something
on, or
in (
עַלֿ 85 t.,
בְ 44 t.,
אֶלֿ 3 t.) a tablet, roll, book, etc. (object various, as above): — (I)
עַלֿ ׳כ followed by
סֵפֶר =
book Deut 17:18 + 55 t., especially in phrase
׳כתובים עלסֿפר דברי וגו 1Kgs 11:41 + often Kings Chronicles;
עַלמְֿגִּלָּה ׳כ Jer 36:2;
Jer 36:28;
Jer 36:32;
Jer 38:29 עַללֿוּח(ותׅ ׳כ Exod 34:1 + 7 t.,
עַלאֶֿבֶן Deut 27:3 + 2 t.,
עַלגּֿלָּיוֺן Isa 8:1 עַלמְֿזֻזוֺת בַּיִת Deut 6:9;
Deut 11:20 עַלמַֿטֶּה on a rod Num 17:17;
Num 17:18 עַלעֵֿץ Ezek 37:16 (twice in verse),
עַלצִֿיץ (high priest's plate)
Exod 39:30 even (only Chronicles)
עַלֿ followed by name of book or its contents: —
עַלדִּֿבְרֵי נָתָן ׳כ 2Chr 9:29 compare
2Chr 33:19 ׳עַלמִֿדְרַשׁ וגו 2Chr 24:27 עַלהַֿקִּינוֺת 2Chr 35:25 figurative,
עַללִֿבָּם ׳כ Jer 31:83 I will write them upon their heart; compare
עַללֿוּחַ לִבֶּ֑ךָ ׳כ Prov 3:3. (2)
אֶלֿ ׳כ appears for
עַלֿ ׳כ only
Jer 36:2 compare
Ezek 2:10;
Jer 51:60. (3)
בְּ ׳כ followed by
ספר =
book Josh 24:26 (
E) + 35 t.; =
letter, bill, deed,
1Kgs 21:9 + 5 t.;
בִּמְגִלַּת סֵפֶר כָּתוּב עָלָ֑י Ps 40:8 it is prescribed to me,
על as
2Kgs 22:13 (
3. =
register enroll Isa 10:19 (= record the number),
1Chr 24:6 especially passive
הַכְּתוּבִים Num 11:26 those enrolled compare
Neh 12:22 בְּשֵׁמוֺת ׳הַכּ 1Chr 4:41 those recorded by name; in prediction,
אֶתהָֿאִישׁ ׳כ הַזֶּה עֲרִירִי Jer 22:30 register this man as childless; with eschatological reference,
כָּלהַֿכָּתוּב לַחַיִּים Isa 4:3 all those enrolled (i.e. appointed)
unto life; and, more explicitly,
כָּלהַֿנִּמְצָא כָּתוּב בַּסֵּפֶר Dan 12:1 יִסְפֹּר בִּכְתוֺבּ עַמִּים ׳י Ps 87:6 ׳י shall reckon, when he registers (note absence of suffix)
the peoples, etc.
4. =
decree,
תִּכְתֹּב עָלַי מְרֹרוֺת Job 13:26 thou (
׳י)
decrest against me bitter things. Niph`al (chiefly late, especially Esther),
Imperfect יִכָּתֵב Esth 1:19 +, 3 feminine singular
תִּכָּ֫תֶב זֹאת Ps 102:19 3 masculine plural
יִכָּתֵ֑בוּ Jer 17:13 + 3 t.,
יִכָּֽתְבוּן Job 19:23 Participle נִכְתָּב Esth 3:12 + 2 t.; —
1. be written, subject words
Job 19:23, book
Mal 3:16 be written בְּסֵפֶר Esth 2:23;
Esth 9:23,
in, or among ב the laws
Esth 1:19 once, with
עַלֿ,
עַלסִֿפְרְךָ כֻּלָּם יִכָּתֵ֑בוּ Ps 139:16 in thy ׳י's
book all of them (my members)
are written, i.e.
written down, recorded (see below); absolute
כְּתָב אֲשֶׁר נִכְתָּב בְּשֵׁם הַמֶּלֶךְ Esth 8:8 a writing which is written in the king's name, compare (impersonal)
Esth 3:12 impersonal also
וַיִּכָּתֵב כְּכָלאֲֿשֶׁר צִוָּה Esth 3:12;
Esth 8:9 ׳יִכָּ followed by
לְ =
for Ps 102:19 followed by
לְ + infinitive (really = a subject-cl., — the contents of the letter)
Esth 3:9;
Esth 8:5.
2. be written down, recorded,
Ezra 8:34 enrolled,
בִּכְתָב בית ישׂראל לֹא יִכָּתֵ֑בוּ Ezek 13:9 in the enrolement of the house of Israel they are not enrolled (eschatolog.);
וְעִםצַֿדִּיקִים אַליִֿכָּתֵ֑בוּ Ps 69:29 (||
חַיִּים יִמָּחוּ מִסֵּפֶר) —
בָּאָרֶץ יִכָּתֵ֑בוּ Jer 17:13 is difficult;
Gie reads, plausibly,
מֵאֶרֶץ יִכָּרֵ֑תוּ (compare
Ps 34:17;
Ps 101:8, etc.)
Pi`el frequently,
Perfect and
Participle, only
כִּתֵּ֑בוּוּמְכַתְּבִים עָמָל Isa 10:1 and
busy writers that make a business of writing oppression (i.e. register unjust sentences, compare
Qal 4; ||
הַחֹקֲקִים חִקֲקֵיאָֿוֶן).
BDB9628 H3789 H3790
BDB9627 | BIBLICAL ARAMAIC | BDB9629
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 v
Dan 5:5, subject
אֶצְבְּעָן.
Pe`il (
WCG 224)
Perfect 3 masculine singular
כִּדְנָה כְּ תִּיבEzra 5:7 thus (it) was written, so
׳כֵּן כ Ezra 6:2.