Etymology

ketiv

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Today it means: The traditional written form of a word in the Masoretic text of the Tanakh, especially as distinguished from a divergent pronunciation (a qere). Full definition →

Aramaic כְּתִיב
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  1. Aramaic · borrowed fromכְּתִיב
  2. English todayketiv

Borrowed from Aramaic כְּתִיב (kəṯîḇ).

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