כתב

See also: כ־ת־ב‎ and כּתבֿ‎

Aramaic

Etymology

From Proto-West Semitic *katab-.

Verb

כְּתַב • (kəṯaḇ)

to write
- Ezra 4:8, with translation of the Jewish Publication Society:
  ‏רְחוּם בְּעֵל־טְעֵם וְ שִׁמְשַׁי סָפְרָא כְּתַבוּ אִגְּרָה חֲדָה עַל־יְרוּשְׁלֶם לְאַרְתַּחְשַׁשְׂתְּא מַלְכָּא כְּנֵמָא׃‎‎
  rəḥūm bəʿēl-ṭəʿēm wəšimšay sāp̄ərā kəṯáḇū ʾiggərā ḥăḏā ʿal-yərūšəlem ləʾartaḥšaśt malkā kənḗmā.
  Rehum the commander and Shimshai the scribe wrote a letter against Jerusalem to Artaxerxes the king in this sort--

Hebrew

Etymology

Root
כ־ת־ב‎ (k-t-b)

From the root כ־ת־ב‎ (k-t-b), from Proto-West Semitic *katab-; compare Arabic كَتَبَ‎ (kataba, “to write”) and كِتَاب‎ (kitāb, “book”).

Verb

כָּתַב • (katáv) (pa'al construction, future יכתוב / יִכְתֹּב‎, passive participle כָּתוּב‎, passive counterpart נִכְתַּב‎)

to write

Conjugation

Conjugation of כָּתַב (see also Appendix:Hebrew verbs)

finite forms		singular		plural
non-finite forms		to-infinitive: לכתוב / לִכְתֹּב‎ action noun: כְּתִיבָה‎ passive participle: כָּתוּב‎
finite forms		m.	f.	m.	f.
past	first	כָּתַבְתִּי‎		כָּתַבְנוּ‎
	second	כָּתַבְתָּ‎	כָּתַבְתְּ‎	כְּתַבְתֶּם‎¹	כְּתַבְתֶּן‎¹
	third	כָּתַב	כָּתְבָה‎	כָּתְבוּ‎
present		כּוֹתֵב‎	כּוֹתֶבֶת‎	כּוֹתְבִים‎	כּוֹתְבוֹת‎
future	first	אכתוב / אֶכְתֹּב‎		נכתוב / נִכְתֹּב‎
	second	תכתוב / תִּכְתֹּב‎	תִּכְתְּבִי‎	תִּכְתְּבוּ‎	תכתובנה / תִּכְתֹּבְנָה‎²
	third	יכתוב / יִכְתֹּב‎	תכתוב / תִּכְתֹּב‎	יִכְתְּבוּ‎	תכתובנה / תִּכְתֹּבְנָה‎²
imperative		כתוב / כְּתֹב‎	כִּתְבִי‎	כִּתְבוּ‎	כתובנה / כְּתֹבְנָה‎²
notes		Pronounced כָּתַבְתֶּם‎ and כָּתַבְתֶּן‎ in informal Modern Hebrew. Rare in Modern Hebrew.

Derived terms

כָּתוּב‎ (katúv)
כְּתִיבָה‎ (k'tivá)
נִכְתַּב‎ (nikhtáv)

References

H3789 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible

Noun

כְּתָב • (k'táv) m (plural indefinite כְּתָבִים‎, singular construct כְּתַב־, plural construct כִּתְבֵי־‎)

writing, script, handwriting

Derived terms

כְּתָב אַשּׁוּרִי‎ (k'tav ashuri)
כְּתַב בְּרַיְל‎ (ktav brail)
כְּתַב יָד‎ (k'táv yád)
כְּתַב יְתֵדוֹת‎ (k'tav y'tedót)
כְּתַב עֵת‎ (k'táv 'ét)
כְּתַב־סְתָ״ם‎ (k'táv s'tam)

References

H3791 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible

Noun

כַּתָּב • (katáv) m (plural indefinite כַּתָּבִים‎, plural construct כַּתָּבֵי־‎, feminine counterpart כַּתֶּבֶת‎) [pattern: קַטָּל]

a newspaper correspondent

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