כתוב
Hebrew
Pronunciation
- (Tiberian Hebrew) IPA(key): /kɔːˈθuv/
- (Sephardi Hebrew) IPA(key): /kaˈtuv/, /kaˈθuv/ (eastern), /kaˈtub/, /kaˈðuβ/ (western)
- (Ashkenazi Hebrew) IPA(key): /kɔˈsuːv/ (Lithuanian), /kuˈsiːv/ (Galician)
- (Modern Israeli Hebrew) IPA(key): /kaˈtuv/
Etymology
Passive participle of כָּתַב (katáv).
Adjective
כָּתוּב • (katúv) (feminine כְּתוּבָה, masculine plural כְּתוּבִים, feminine plural כְּתוּבוֹת) [pattern: קָטוּל]
Noun
כָּתוּב • (katúv) m
- Biblical verse, passage
- a. 500 C.E., Babylonian Talmud. Chagigah, 18a:
- במה הכתוב מדבר
- of what does the text speak?
Noun
כִּתּוּב • (kitúv) m
- defective spelling of כיתוב
References
- Jastrow, Marcus (1903), A Dictionary of the Targumim, the Talmud Babli and Yerushalmi, and the Midrashic Literature[1], London, New York: Luzac & Co., G.P. Putnam's Sons, page 680