"הכתיב" meaning in Hebrew

See הכתיב in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

IPA: /(h)iχˈtiv/ [Modern-Israeli-Hebrew]
Etymology: Causative of כָּתַב (katáv, “to write”): "to cause someone to write". Etymology templates: {{he-rootbox|כ־ת־ב}}, {{glossary|causative|Causative}} Causative Head templates: {{he-verb|hif|sort=כתב|tr=hikhtív|wv=הִכְתִּיב}} הִכְתִּיב • (hikhtív) (hif'il construction) Inflection templates: {{he-conj|hif|כתב}} Forms: הִכְתִּיב [canonical], hikhtív [romanization], no-table-tags [table-tags], לְהַכְתִּיב [error-unrecognized-form], הַכְתָּבָה [noun-from-verb], הִכְתַּבְתִּי [feminine, first-person, masculine, past, singular], הִכְתַּבְנוּ [feminine, first-person, masculine, past, plural], הִכְתַּבְתָּ [masculine, past, second-person, singular], הִכְתַּבְתְּ [feminine, past, second-person, singular], הִכְתַּבְתֶּם [masculine, past, plural, second-person], הִכְתַּבְתֶּן [feminine, past, plural, second-person], הִכְתִּיב [masculine, past, singular, third-person], הִכְתִּיבָה [feminine, past, singular, third-person], הִכְתִּיבוּ [feminine, masculine, past, plural, third-person], מַכְתִּיב [masculine, present, singular], מַכְתִּיבָה [feminine, present, singular], מַכְתִּיבִים [masculine, plural, present], מַכְתִּיבוֹת [feminine, plural, present], אַכְתִּיב [feminine, first-person, future, masculine, singular], נַכְתִּיב [feminine, first-person, future, masculine, plural], תַּכְתִּיב [future, masculine, second-person, singular], תַּכְתִּיבִי [feminine, future, second-person, singular], תַּכְתִּיבוּ [future, masculine, plural, second-person], תַּכְתֵּבְנָה [feminine, future, plural, second-person], יַכְתִּיב [future, masculine, singular, third-person], תַּכְתִּיב [feminine, future, singular, third-person], יַכְתִּיבוּ [future, masculine, plural, third-person], תַּכְתֵּבְנָה [feminine, future, plural, third-person], הַכְתֵּב [imperative, masculine, singular], הַכְתִּיבִי [feminine, imperative, singular], הַכְתִּיבוּ [imperative, masculine, plural], הַכְתֵּבְנָה [feminine, imperative, plural]
  1. to dictate Tags: construction-hif'il
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      "source": "conjugation",
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      "form": "לְהַכְתִּיב",
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        "plural",
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        "second-person"
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        "past",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
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        "present"
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    },
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        "plural",
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      ]
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        "first-person",
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        "singular"
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        "singular"
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        "second-person"
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      "form": "תַּכְתֵּבְנָה",
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        "future",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
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        "singular",
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        "future",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
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        "third-person"
      ]
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        "plural",
        "third-person"
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    },
    {
      "form": "הַכְתֵּב",
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      "tags": [
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        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
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        "imperative",
        "singular"
      ]
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        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "הַכְתֵּבְנָה",
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        "feminine",
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        "plural"
      ]
    }
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        "sort": "כתב",
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  "lang_code": "he",
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          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Hebrew links with redundant alt parameters",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
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          "parents": [],
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        },
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      "id": "en-הכתיב-he-verb-FFwFGAID",
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          "dictate"
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  ],
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}
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        "past",
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        "past",
        "plural"
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    },
    {
      "form": "הִכְתַּבְתָּ",
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        "past",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "הִכְתַּבְתְּ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "past",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "הִכְתַּבְתֶּם",
      "source": "conjugation",
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        "masculine",
        "past",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "הִכְתַּבְתֶּן",
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        "feminine",
        "past",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "הִכְתִּיב",
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        "past",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "הִכְתִּיבָה",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "past",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "הִכְתִּיבוּ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "masculine",
        "past",
        "plural",
        "third-person"
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    },
    {
      "form": "מַכְתִּיב",
      "source": "conjugation",
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        "present",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "מַכְתִּיבָה",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "present",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "מַכְתִּיבִים",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "מַכְתִּיבוֹת",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "אַכְתִּיב",
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        "first-person",
        "future",
        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "נַכְתִּיב",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "first-person",
        "future",
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "תַּכְתִּיב",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
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        "masculine",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "תַּכְתִּיבִי",
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        "feminine",
        "future",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "תַּכְתִּיבוּ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "future",
        "masculine",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "תַּכְתֵּבְנָה",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "future",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "יַכְתִּיב",
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        "masculine",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "תַּכְתִּיב",
      "source": "conjugation",
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        "future",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "יַכְתִּיבוּ",
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        "masculine",
        "plural",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "תַּכְתֵּבְנָה",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "future",
        "plural",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "הַכְתֵּב",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
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        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "הַכְתִּיבִי",
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      "tags": [
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        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "הַכְתִּיבוּ",
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        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "הַכְתֵּבְנָה",
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        "imperative",
        "plural"
      ]
    }
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      },
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        "Hebrew lemmas",
        "Hebrew links with redundant alt parameters",
        "Hebrew terms belonging to the root כ־ת־ב",
        "Hebrew terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys",
        "Hebrew verbs",
        "Pages with 1 entry",
        "Pages with entries"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to dictate"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "dictate",
          "dictate"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "construction-hif'il"
      ]
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  ],
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    {
      "ipa": "/(h)iχˈtiv/",
      "tags": [
        "Modern-Israeli-Hebrew"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "הכתיב"
}

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  "msg": "inflection table: unrecognized header: 'to-infinitive'",
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  "section": "Hebrew",
  "subsection": "verb",
  "title": "הכתיב",
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