כתב (ktⱱ) — to write down / to write / to inscribe

Notes: Passage: OET EZE 24:2
MT-K כתוב | MT-Q כְּתָב; Passage: OET HOS 8:12
MT-K אכתוב | MT-Q אֶכְתָּב; Passage: OET JER 17:13
RSV ESV "written in the earth" NIV "written in the dust" REB "inscribed in the dust" NJPS "be doomed" NRSV "recorded in the underworld" = [1c] | GNT "disappear like names written in the dust" CEV "be swept away like names written in the dust" = [1e]

Form 1

Part of speech: vb

Related lemmas: כְּתָב · כְּתֹבֶת · מִכְתָּב

Sense 1: to write down, to write, to inscribe, to incise

Semantic domains: Write (002001001069)

Core domains: Communication (041)

Definition: = action by which humans or deities mark letters, words or other symbols on a surface, such as clay, stone, skin, or papyrus, usually with a pointed stylus or reed

Forms: vbqal-; vbpeal; vbnif- (passive)

Synonyms: חקק

Show passage in OET: EXO 17:14

OET-RV EXO 17:14

14 Then Yahweh told Mosheh, “Write this event in the book and read it aloud to Yehoshua, because I will certainly blot out the memory of Amalek from off the earth.”

OET-LV EXO 17:14

14 And_ YHWH _he/it _said to Mosheh write this memorial in_book and_put_it in_the _ears _of Yəhōshūˊa if/because _that completely _(wipe _out) I _will _wipe _out DOM the _remembrance _of ˊAmālēq from_under the_heavens.

Show passage in OET: EXO 24:4

OET-RV EXO 24:4

4 So Mosheh wrote down everything that Yahweh had instructed. Then he got up early in the morning and built an altar at the bottom of the mountain and set up twelve stone pillars for the twelve tribes of Yisrael (Israel),

OET-LV EXO 24:4

4 And_ Mosheh _he _wrote DOM all _of the _words/messages _of YHWH and_he _rose _early in_morning and_he/it _built an _altar under the_mountain and_two _plus ten pillar[s] for_two _plus ten the _tribes _of Yisrā^ʼēl/(Israel).

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All 181 recorded passages for this sense

EXO: OET EXO 17:14 · OET EXO 24:4 · OET EXO 24:12 · OET EXO 31:18 · OET EXO 32:15 · OET EXO 34:1 · OET EXO 34:27–28 · OET EXO 39:30

NUM: OET NUM 5:23 · OET NUM 17:2–3 · OET NUM 33:2

DEU: OET DEU 4:13 · OET DEU 5:22 · OET DEU 6:9 · OET DEU 9:10 · OET DEU 10:2 · OET DEU 10:4 · OET DEU 11:20 · OET DEU 17:18 · OET DEU 27:3 · OET DEU 27:8 · OET DEU 28:58 · OET DEU 28:61 · OET DEU 29:20–21 · OET DEU 29:27 · OET DEU 30:10 · OET DEU 31:9 · OET DEU 31:24

JOS: OET JOS 1:8 · OET JOS 8:31–32 · OET JOS 8:34 · OET JOS 10:13 · OET JOS 18:4 · OET JOS 18:6 · OET JOS 18:8–9 · OET JOS 23:6 · OET JOS 24:26

JDG: OET JDG 8:14

SA1: OET SA1 10:25

SA2: OET SA2 1:18 · OET SA2 11:15

KI1: OET KI1 2:3 · OET KI1 11:41 · OET KI1 14:19 · OET KI1 14:29 · OET KI1 15:7 · OET KI1 15:23 · OET KI1 15:31 · OET KI1 16:5 · OET KI1 16:14 · OET KI1 16:20 · OET KI1 16:27 · OET KI1 21:9 · OET KI1 21:11 · OET KI1 22:39 · OET KI1 22:45

KI2: OET KI2 1:18 · OET KI2 8:23 · OET KI2 10:34 · OET KI2 12:19 · OET KI2 13:8 · OET KI2 13:12 · OET KI2 14:6 · OET KI2 14:15 · OET KI2 14:18 · OET KI2 14:28 · OET KI2 15:6 · OET KI2 15:11 · OET KI2 15:15 · OET KI2 15:21 · OET KI2 15:26 · OET KI2 15:31 · OET KI2 15:36 · OET KI2 16:19 · OET KI2 17:37 · OET KI2 20:20 · OET KI2 21:17 · OET KI2 21:25 · OET KI2 22:13 · OET KI2 23:3 · OET KI2 23:21 · OET KI2 23:24 · OET KI2 23:28 · OET KI2 24:5

CH1: OET CH1 9:1 · OET CH1 16:40 · OET CH1 29:29

CH2: OET CH2 9:29 · OET CH2 12:15 · OET CH2 13:22 · OET CH2 16:11 · OET CH2 20:34 · OET CH2 23:18 · OET CH2 24:27 · OET CH2 25:4 · OET CH2 25:26 · OET CH2 26:22 · OET CH2 27:7 · OET CH2 28:26 · OET CH2 30:5 · OET CH2 30:18 · OET CH2 31:3 · OET CH2 32:32 · OET CH2 33:19 · OET CH2 34:21 · OET CH2 34:24 · OET CH2 34:31 · OET CH2 35:12 · OET CH2 35:25–27 · OET CH2 36:8

EZR: OET EZR 3:2 · OET EZR 3:4 · OET EZR 4:7 · OET EZR 5:7 · OET EZR 6:2

NEH: OET NEH 6:6 · OET NEH 7:5 · OET NEH 8:14–15 · OET NEH 9:38 · OET NEH 10:34 · OET NEH 10:36 · OET NEH 12:23 · OET NEH 13:1

EST: OET EST 1:19 · OET EST 2:23 · OET EST 3:9 · OET EST 6:2 · OET EST 9:20 · OET EST 9:32 · OET EST 10:2

JOB: OET JOB 19:23

PSA: OET PSA 40:7 · OET PSA 102:18 · OET PSA 139:16

PRO: OET PRO 3:3 · OET PRO 7:3 · OET PRO 22:20

ECC: OET ECC 12:10

ISA: OET ISA 8:1 · OET ISA 30:8 · OET ISA 44:5 · OET ISA 65:6

JER: OET JER 17:1 · OET JER 25:13 · OET JER 30:2 · OET JER 31:33 · OET JER 32:10 · OET JER 32:12 · OET JER 32:44 · OET JER 36:2 · OET JER 36:4 · OET JER 36:6 · OET JER 36:17–18 · OET JER 36:27–29 · OET JER 36:32 · OET JER 45:1 · OET JER 51:60

EZE: OET EZE 2:10 · OET EZE 24:2 · OET EZE 37:16 · OET EZE 37:20 · OET EZE 43:11

DAN: OET DAN 5:5 · OET DAN 7:1 · OET DAN 9:11 · OET DAN 9:13 · OET DAN 12:1

HOS: OET HOS 8:12

HAB: OET HAB 2:2

MAL: OET MAL 3:16

Sense 2: to register, to record, to enroll, to list

Semantic domains: Write (002001001069)

Core domains: Communication (041)

Definition: = causative action by which humans write down names or other information for record keeping purposes, without an explicit reference to a scroll or other writing materials

Forms: vbqal-; vbpeal; vbnif- (passive)

Show passage in OET: NUM 11:26

OET-RV NUM 11:26

26 Two of the men who were listed (named Eldad and Medad), had remained in the main camp (not going to the sacred tent), and the spirit had also rested on them and they prophesied in the camp.

OET-LV NUM 11:26

26 And_ two _of men _they _had _remained in_camp the _name _of the_one was_ʼEldād and_name _of the_second was_Mēydād and_it _rested on_them the_spirit and_they were_among_written and_not they _had _gone _out to_the_tent and_they _prophesied in_camp.

Show passage in OET: CH1 4:41

OET-RV CH1 4:41

41 Those listed by name went there in the days of Yehudah’s (Judah’s) King Hizkiyah (Hezekiah) and struck down the tents of the Meunim who were found there. They completely annihilated them (to this day), and they lived there in their place because there was pasture for their flocks there.

OET-LV CH1 4:41

41 And_ these who_were_written by_names _they _came in_the _days _of Ḩizqiy^yāh the _king _of Yəhūdāh/(Judah) and_they _attacked DOM tents _of_their and_DOM the who they _were _found there_(to) and_they_totally _destroyed _them until the_day the_this and_they _lived in_place _of _them if/because pasture for_flock[s]_of_their was_there.

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All 12 recorded passages for this sense

NUM: OET NUM 11:26

CH1: OET CH1 4:41 · OET CH1 24:6

EZR: OET EZR 5:10 · OET EZR 8:34

NEH: OET NEH 12:22

PSA: OET PSA 69:28 · OET PSA 87:6

ISA: OET ISA 4:3 · OET ISA 10:19

JER: OET JER 22:30

EZE: OET EZE 13:9

Sense 3: to be written in the earth

Semantic domains: Dead (002001001019)

Core domains: Life and Death (099)

Definition: exact meaning unsure; literally: to be written in the earth; hence, possibly: = process by which humans die, with the possible implication of going down to the underworld

Forms: vbnif- (passive)

Collocations: כתב בָּאֶרֶץ

Show passage in OET: JER 17:13

OET-RV JER 17:13

13 You, Yahweh are the one that Yisrael (Israel) puts their hope in.
⇔ All who abandon you will be put to shame.
⇔ ≈ Those who turn away from you will be written on the ground,
⇔ because they’ve forsaken Yahweh—the fountain of living waters.

OET-LV JER 17:13

13 Oh _hope _of Yisrā^ʼēl/(Israel) Oh_YHWH all _of those _of_who_abandon _you they _will _be _ashamed mmm on _the_earth they _will _be _written _down if/because they _have _abandoned the_spring _of water living DOM YHWH.

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Sense 4: to write, to issue

Semantic domains: Exist (002002002005)

Core domains: Communication (041)

Definition: = causative action by which humans create a written document, such as a letter, book, or song

Forms: vbqal-; vbpeal; vbpiel; vbnif- (passive)

Synonyms: חקק

Show passage in OET: EXO 32:32

OET-RV EXO 32:32

32 But now, maybe you’ll forgive their sin, but if not, please blot me out of your book that you’ve written.”

OET-LV EXO 32:32

32 And_now if you _will _forgive sin _of_their and_if not wipe_me _out please from_book _of_your which you _have _written.

Show passage in OET: DEU 24:1

OET-RV DEU 24:1

24 When a man marries a woman, then further on he decides he doesn’t want her because of something he found out about her, then he must write a divorce notice and give it to her, and send her out of his house.

OET-LV DEU 24:1

24 If/because a _man he _will _take a _woman and_he_will _marry _her and_it _was if not she _will _find favour in_eyes _of_his if/because he _has _found in_her the_nakedness _of a _thing and_he _will _write to/for_her/it a _document _of divorce and_he/it _gave in_hand _of_her and_he_will _send _her _away from_house _of_his.

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All 26 recorded passages for this sense

EXO: OET EXO 32:32

DEU: OET DEU 24:1 · OET DEU 24:3 · OET DEU 31:19 · OET DEU 31:22

SA2: OET SA2 11:14

KI1: OET KI1 21:8

KI2: OET KI2 10:1 · OET KI2 10:6

CH2: OET CH2 30:1 · OET CH2 32:17

EZR: OET EZR 4:6–8

EST: OET EST 3:12 · OET EST 8:5 · OET EST 8:8–10 · OET EST 9:23 · OET EST 9:29

JOB: OET JOB 13:26 · OET JOB 31:35

PSA: OET PSA 149:9

ISA: OET ISA 10:1

DAN: OET DAN 6:25

Sense 5: to be written in the earth > to be soon forgotten

Semantic domains: Non-Know (002004002008)

Core domains: Mind (106); Permanence (120)

Definition: exact meaning unsure; literally: to be written in the earth; hence, possibly: = process by which the names of humans are soon forgotten, as words written in the sand which are soon wiped out

Forms: vbnif-

Collocations: כתב בָּאֶרֶץ

Show passage in OET: JER 17:13

OET-RV JER 17:13

OET-LV JER 17:13

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UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew

כתב

Form 1

Sense 1: to write down, to write, to inscribe, to incise

Sense 2: to register, to record, to enroll, to list

Sense 3: to be written in the earth

Sense 4: to write, to issue

Sense 5: to be written in the earth > to be soon forgotten