BDB4239
כָּתַב223
verb
write (Late Hebrew id.; Phoenician כתב; Aramaic
כְּתַב,
[untranscribed source text 2678] Nabataean כתב, see especially Nö in
EutNab. p. 43; thence Arabic
[untranscribed source text 2679] Ethiopic
[untranscribed source text 2680]
book, DiLex. 852 (as loan-words, Frä249
DHMVOJ i (1887), 29); MV
Buhl compare Arabic
[untranscribed source text 2681]
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 cognate
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 (
N.B.
עלֿ
׳
כ not used with סֵפֶר = letter, and בְּ
׳
כ not used with לוּחַ, אבן or עֵץ).
c. other uses of perp. with ׳
כ are: — בְּ instrumental, בְּחֶרֶט אֱנוֺשׁ
׳
כ
Isa 8:1,
בְּעֵט בַּרְזֶל
׳
כ
Jer 17:1
כְּתֻבִים
בְּאֶצְבַּע אֱלֹהִים
Deut 9:10;
Exod 31:18
אֶלֿ
׳
כ
unto, of person to whom letter, etc., is addressed 2Sam 11:14; 2Kgs 10:6;
Esth 9:13
עַלֿ substantive for אֶלֿ (late) 2Chr 30:1; Ezra 4:7; Esth 8:8 the fuller construction is
ספר וישׁלח
(אֶלֿׅ
׳
כ
2Kgs 10:1
; Esth 8:10
; Esth
9:20 +;
אֶלֿ
׳
כ
write down for the benefit or use of some one, Judg 8:14
לְ
to or for, Deut 17:18; Deut 24:1 +; note especially אֶכְתָּו֯בלֿוֺ רֻבֵּו֯
תּוֺרָתִי
Hos 8:12,
i.e.
either, I write (keep writing) for them ever so many (
We
, רֹב, compare
[untranscribed source text 2682]
Ew and most רִבּוֺ(אׅ a myriad) of my
directions
, or 'Though I write,' 'Were I to write,' etc.; ׳
כ followed by ל with infinitive of purpose 2Chr 32:17; Esth 8:5 with
מִן in phrase
׳
מִפִּי פ
׳
כ
write from the mouth of any one i.e. from dictation, Jer 36:2; Jer 36:32; Jer 38:6;
Jer 38:17
; Jer
38:27; Jer 45:1.
2. = write down, describe in writing, אֶתהָֿאָרֶץ
׳
כ
Judg 18:4;
Judg 18:6;
Judg 18:8
(3 t. in
verse); Judg 18:9
.
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
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 Dan 5:5, subject אֶצְבְּעָן.
Pe`il (
WCG 224) Perfect 3 masculine singular
כִּדְנָה
כְּ תִּיב
Ezra 5:7
thus (it) was written, so ׳
כֵּן כ
Ezra 6:2.