"כתב" meaning in Hebrew

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Noun

IPA: /kiˈtaːb/ [Biblical-Hebrew], [kʰeˈθaːβ] [Biblical-Hebrew], /ˈkθɔːv/ [kʰaˈθɔːv] [Tiberian-Hebrew], /kəˈθɔv/ [kʰæˈθɔːv] [Yemenite-Hebrew], /keˈtab/ (note: Sephardi Hebrew), /ˈksɔv/ [Ashkenazi-Hebrew], /kəˈsɔv/ [Ashkenazi-Hebrew], /ˈktav/ [Modern-Israeli-Hebrew] Audio: LL-Q9288 (heb)-Uziel302-כתב.wav Forms: כְּתָב [canonical], k'táv [romanization], כְּתָבִים [indefinite, plural], כְּתַב־ [construct, singular], כִּתְבֵי־ [construct, plural]
Etymology: Cognate with Arabic كِتَاب (kitāb). Etymology templates: {{cog|ar|كِتَاب}} Arabic كِتَاب (kitāb) Head templates: {{he-noun|cons=כְּתַב|g=m|pat=קְטוֹל|pl=כְּתָבִים|plcons=כִּתְבֵי|tr=k'táv|wv=כְּתָב}} כְּתָב • (k'táv) m (plural indefinite כְּתָבִים, singular construct כְּתַב־, plural construct כִּתְבֵי־) [pattern: קְטוֹל]
  1. writing, script, handwriting
    Sense id: en-כתב-he-noun-R6OqAZ1p Categories (other): Hebrew entries with incorrect language header, Hebrew links with redundant alt parameters, Hebrew links with redundant wikilinks, Hebrew terms in the pattern קַטָּל, Hebrew terms in the pattern קְטוֹל Disambiguation of Hebrew entries with incorrect language header: 50 47 3 Disambiguation of Hebrew links with redundant alt parameters: 48 50 2 Disambiguation of Hebrew links with redundant wikilinks: 48 50 2 Disambiguation of Hebrew terms in the pattern קַטָּל: 49 47 4 Derived forms: אוֹת כְּתָב (ot k'táv), כתב אישום (k'táv 'ishúm), כְּתַב אִשּׁוּם (k'táv 'ishúm), כְּתָב אַשּׁוּרִי (k'tav ashuri), כְּתַב בְּרַיְל (ktav brail), כתב חרטומים (k'tav khartumím), כְּתַב חַרְטֻמִּים (k'tav khartumím), כְּתַב יָד (k'táv yád), כְּתַב יְתֵדוֹת (k'tav y'tedót), כְּתַב עֵת (k'táv 'ét), כְּתַב־סְתָ״ם (k'táv s'tam)
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Noun

IPA: /katˈtaːb/ [Biblical-Hebrew], [kʰatˈtʰaːβ] [Biblical-Hebrew], /katˈtɔːv/ [kʰatˈtʰɔːv] [Tiberian-Hebrew], /katˈtɔv/ [kʰætˈtʰɔːv] [Yemenite-Hebrew], /kaˈtab/ [West] (note: Sephardi Hebrew), /katˈtab/ [East] (note: Sephardi Hebrew), /kaˈtɔv/ [Ashkenazi-Hebrew], /kaˈtav/ [Modern-Israeli-Hebrew] Forms: כַּתָּב [canonical], katáv [romanization], כַּתָּבִים [indefinite, plural], כַּתָּבֵי־ [construct, plural], כַּתֶּבֶת [feminine]
Etymology: Occupational noun from the root כ־ת־ב. Head templates: {{he-noun|f=כַּתֶּבֶת|g=m|pat=קַטָּל|pl=כַּתָּבִים|plcons=כַּתָּבֵי|tr=katáv|wv=כַּתָּב}} כַּתָּב • (katáv) m (plural indefinite כַּתָּבִים, plural construct כַּתָּבֵי־, feminine counterpart כַּתֶּבֶת) [pattern: קַטָּל]
  1. a newspaper correspondent
    Sense id: en-כתב-he-noun-t6nhj3Xv Categories (other): Hebrew entries with incorrect language header, Hebrew links with redundant alt parameters, Hebrew links with redundant wikilinks, Hebrew terms in the pattern קַטָּל Disambiguation of Hebrew entries with incorrect language header: 50 47 3 Disambiguation of Hebrew links with redundant alt parameters: 48 50 2 Disambiguation of Hebrew links with redundant wikilinks: 48 50 2 Disambiguation of Hebrew terms in the pattern קַטָּל: 49 47 4
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 3

Verb

IPA: /kaːˈtab/ [Biblical-Hebrew], /kɔːˈθav/ [kʰɔːˈθaːv] [Tiberian-Hebrew], /kɔˈθav/ [kʰɔːˈθæːv] [Yemenite-Hebrew], /kaˈtab/ (note: Sephardi Hebrew), /kɔˈsav/ [Ashkenazi-Hebrew], /kaˈtav/ [Modern-Israeli-Hebrew]
Etymology: From Proto-West Semitic *katab-. Etymology templates: {{inh|he|sem-wes-pro|*katab-}} Proto-West Semitic *katab- Head templates: {{he-verb|pa|fut=יכתוב|futdwv=יִכְתֹּב|pass=נִכְתַּב|passp=כָּתוּב|tr=katáv|wv=כָּתַב}} כָּתַב • (katáv) (pa'al construction, future יכתוב / יִכְתֹּב, passive participle כָּתוּב, passive counterpart נִכְתַּב) Inflection templates: {{he-conj|pa|כתב}} Forms: כָּתַב [canonical], katáv [romanization], יכתוב [future], יִכְתֹּב [future], כָּתוּב [participle, passive], נִכְתַּב [passive], no-table-tags [table-tags], לכתוב [error-unrecognized-form], לִכְתֹּב [error-unrecognized-form], כְּתִיבָה [noun-from-verb], כָּתוּב [participle, passive], כָּתַבְתִּי [feminine, first-person, masculine, past, singular], כָּתַבְנוּ [feminine, first-person, masculine, past, plural], כָּתַבְתָּ [masculine, past, second-person, singular], כָּתַבְתְּ [feminine, past, second-person, singular], כְּתַבְתֶּם [masculine, past, plural, second-person], כְּתַבְתֶּן [feminine, past, plural, second-person], כָּתַב [masculine, past, singular, third-person], כָּתְבָה [feminine, past, singular, third-person], כָּתְבוּ [feminine, masculine, past, plural, third-person], כּוֹתֵב [masculine, present, singular], כּוֹתֶבֶת [feminine, present, singular], כּוֹתְבִים [masculine, plural, present], כּוֹתְבוֹת [feminine, plural, present], אכתוב [feminine, first-person, future, masculine, singular], אֶכְתֹּב [feminine, first-person, future, masculine, singular], נכתוב [feminine, first-person, future, masculine, plural], נִכְתֹּב [feminine, first-person, future, masculine, plural], תכתוב [future, masculine, second-person, singular], תִּכְתֹּב [future, masculine, second-person, singular], תִּכְתְּבִי [feminine, future, second-person, singular], תִּכְתְּבוּ [future, masculine, plural, second-person], תכתובנה [feminine, future, plural, second-person], תִּכְתֹּבְנָה [feminine, future, plural, second-person], יכתוב [future, masculine, singular, third-person], יִכְתֹּב [future, masculine, singular, third-person], תכתוב [feminine, future, singular, third-person], תִּכְתֹּב [feminine, future, singular, third-person], יִכְתְּבוּ [future, masculine, plural, third-person], תכתובנה [feminine, future, plural, third-person], תִּכְתֹּבְנָה [feminine, future, plural, third-person], כתוב [imperative, masculine, singular], כְּתֹב [imperative, masculine, singular], כִּתְבִי [feminine, imperative, singular], כִּתְבוּ [imperative, masculine, plural], כתובנה [feminine, imperative, plural], כְּתֹבְנָה [feminine, imperative, plural]
  1. to write Tags: construction-pa'al Derived forms: כָּתַב נֹחַ בְּשֶׁבַע שְׁגִיאוֹת (katáv nóakh b'shéva' shgiót) Related terms: רָשַׁם (rashám)
    Sense id: en-כתב-he-verb-GyIdbR6y
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1
{
  "etymology_number": 1,
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "he",
        "2": "sem-wes-pro",
        "3": "*katab-"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-West Semitic *katab-",
      "name": "inh"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Proto-West Semitic *katab-.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "כָּתַב",
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "katáv",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "יכתוב",
      "tags": [
        "future"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "יִכְתֹּב",
      "tags": [
        "future"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "כָּתוּב",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "passive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "נִכְתַּב",
      "tags": [
        "passive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "he-conj",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "לכתוב",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "לִכְתֹּב",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "כְּתִיבָה",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "noun-from-verb"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "כָּתוּב",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "passive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "כָּתַבְתִּי",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "first-person",
        "masculine",
        "past",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "כָּתַבְנוּ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "first-person",
        "masculine",
        "past",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "כָּתַבְתָּ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "past",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "כָּתַבְתְּ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "past",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "כְּתַבְתֶּם",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "past",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "כְּתַבְתֶּן",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "past",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "כָּתַב",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "past",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "כָּתְבָה",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "past",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "כָּתְבוּ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "masculine",
        "past",
        "plural",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "כּוֹתֵב",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "present",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "כּוֹתֶבֶת",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "present",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "כּוֹתְבִים",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "כּוֹתְבוֹת",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "אכתוב",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "first-person",
        "future",
        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "אֶכְתֹּב",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "first-person",
        "future",
        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "נכתוב",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "first-person",
        "future",
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "נִכְתֹּב",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "first-person",
        "future",
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "תכתוב",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "future",
        "masculine",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "תִּכְתֹּב",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "future",
        "masculine",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "תִּכְתְּבִי",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "future",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "תִּכְתְּבוּ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "future",
        "masculine",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "תכתובנה",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "future",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "תִּכְתֹּבְנָה",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "future",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "יכתוב",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "future",
        "masculine",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "יִכְתֹּב",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "future",
        "masculine",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "תכתוב",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "future",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "תִּכְתֹּב",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "future",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "יִכְתְּבוּ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "future",
        "masculine",
        "plural",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "תכתובנה",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "future",
        "plural",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "תִּכְתֹּבְנָה",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "future",
        "plural",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "כתוב",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "כְּתֹב",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "כִּתְבִי",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "imperative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "כִּתְבוּ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "כתובנה",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "imperative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "כְּתֹבְנָה",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "imperative",
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "pa",
        "fut": "יכתוב",
        "futdwv": "יִכְתֹּב",
        "pass": "נִכְתַּב",
        "passp": "כָּתוּב",
        "tr": "katáv",
        "wv": "כָּתַב"
      },
      "expansion": "כָּתַב • (katáv) (pa'al construction, future יכתוב / יִכְתֹּב, passive participle כָּתוּב, passive counterpart נִכְתַּב)",
      "name": "he-verb"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "pa",
        "2": "כתב"
      },
      "name": "he-conj"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Hebrew",
  "lang_code": "he",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "derived": [
        {
          "roman": "katáv nóakh b'shéva' shgiót",
          "word": "כָּתַב נֹחַ בְּשֶׁבַע שְׁגִיאוֹת"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to write"
      ],
      "id": "en-כתב-he-verb-GyIdbR6y",
      "links": [
        [
          "write",
          "write"
        ]
      ],
      "related": [
        {
          "roman": "rashám",
          "word": "רָשַׁם"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "construction-pa'al"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/kaːˈtab/",
      "tags": [
        "Biblical-Hebrew"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kɔːˈθav/ [kʰɔːˈθaːv]",
      "tags": [
        "Tiberian-Hebrew"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kɔˈθav/ [kʰɔːˈθæːv]",
      "tags": [
        "Yemenite-Hebrew"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kaˈtab/",
      "note": "Sephardi Hebrew"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kɔˈsav/",
      "tags": [
        "Ashkenazi-Hebrew"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kaˈtav/",
      "tags": [
        "Modern-Israeli-Hebrew"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "כתב"
}

{
  "etymology_number": 2,
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ar",
        "2": "كِتَاب"
      },
      "expansion": "Arabic كِتَاب (kitāb)",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Cognate with Arabic كِتَاب (kitāb).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "כְּתָב",
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "k'táv",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "כְּתָבִים",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "כְּתַב־",
      "tags": [
        "construct",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "כִּתְבֵי־",
      "tags": [
        "construct",
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "cons": "כְּתַב",
        "g": "m",
        "pat": "קְטוֹל",
        "pl": "כְּתָבִים",
        "plcons": "כִּתְבֵי",
        "tr": "k'táv",
        "wv": "כְּתָב"
      },
      "expansion": "כְּתָב • (k'táv) m (plural indefinite כְּתָבִים, singular construct כְּתַב־, plural construct כִּתְבֵי־) [pattern: קְטוֹל]",
      "name": "he-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Hebrew",
  "lang_code": "he",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "50 47 3",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Hebrew entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "48 50 2",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Hebrew links with redundant alt parameters",
          "parents": [
            "Links with redundant alt parameters",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "48 50 2",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Hebrew links with redundant wikilinks",
          "parents": [
            "Links with redundant wikilinks",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "49 47 4",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Hebrew terms in the pattern קַטָּל",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Hebrew terms in the pattern קְטוֹל",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "derived": [
        {
          "roman": "ot k'táv",
          "word": "אוֹת כְּתָב"
        },
        {
          "roman": "k'táv 'ishúm",
          "word": "כתב אישום"
        },
        {
          "roman": "k'táv 'ishúm",
          "word": "כְּתַב אִשּׁוּם"
        },
        {
          "roman": "k'tav ashuri",
          "word": "כְּתָב אַשּׁוּרִי"
        },
        {
          "roman": "ktav brail",
          "word": "כְּתַב בְּרַיְל"
        },
        {
          "roman": "k'tav khartumím",
          "word": "כתב חרטומים"
        },
        {
          "roman": "k'tav khartumím",
          "word": "כְּתַב חַרְטֻמִּים"
        },
        {
          "roman": "k'táv yád",
          "word": "כְּתַב יָד"
        },
        {
          "roman": "k'tav y'tedót",
          "word": "כְּתַב יְתֵדוֹת"
        },
        {
          "roman": "k'táv 'ét",
          "word": "כְּתַב עֵת"
        },
        {
          "roman": "k'táv s'tam",
          "word": "כְּתַב־סְתָ״ם"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "writing, script, handwriting"
      ],
      "id": "en-כתב-he-noun-R6OqAZ1p",
      "links": [
        [
          "writing",
          "writing"
        ],
        [
          "script",
          "script"
        ],
        [
          "handwriting",
          "handwriting"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/kiˈtaːb/",
      "tags": [
        "Biblical-Hebrew"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[kʰeˈθaːβ]",
      "tags": [
        "Biblical-Hebrew"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈkθɔːv/ [kʰaˈθɔːv]",
      "tags": [
        "Tiberian-Hebrew"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kəˈθɔv/ [kʰæˈθɔːv]",
      "tags": [
        "Yemenite-Hebrew"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/keˈtab/",
      "note": "Sephardi Hebrew"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈksɔv/",
      "tags": [
        "Ashkenazi-Hebrew"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kəˈsɔv/",
      "tags": [
        "Ashkenazi-Hebrew"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈktav/",
      "tags": [
        "Modern-Israeli-Hebrew"
      ]
    },
    {
      "audio": "LL-Q9288 (heb)-Uziel302-כתב.wav",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/e/e9/LL-Q9288_%28heb%29-Uziel302-%D7%9B%D7%AA%D7%91.wav/LL-Q9288_%28heb%29-Uziel302-%D7%9B%D7%AA%D7%91.wav.mp3",
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    }
  ],
  "word": "כתב"
}

{
  "etymology_number": 3,
  "etymology_text": "Occupational noun from the root כ־ת־ב.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "כַּתָּב",
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "katáv",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "כַּתָּבִים",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "כַּתָּבֵי־",
      "tags": [
        "construct",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "כַּתֶּבֶת",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "f": "כַּתֶּבֶת",
        "g": "m",
        "pat": "קַטָּל",
        "pl": "כַּתָּבִים",
        "plcons": "כַּתָּבֵי",
        "tr": "katáv",
        "wv": "כַּתָּב"
      },
      "expansion": "כַּתָּב • (katáv) m (plural indefinite כַּתָּבִים, plural construct כַּתָּבֵי־, feminine counterpart כַּתֶּבֶת) [pattern: קַטָּל]",
      "name": "he-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Hebrew",
  "lang_code": "he",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "50 47 3",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Hebrew entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "48 50 2",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Hebrew links with redundant alt parameters",
          "parents": [
            "Links with redundant alt parameters",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "48 50 2",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Hebrew links with redundant wikilinks",
          "parents": [
            "Links with redundant wikilinks",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "49 47 4",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Hebrew terms in the pattern קַטָּל",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "a newspaper correspondent"
      ],
      "id": "en-כתב-he-noun-t6nhj3Xv",
      "links": [
        [
          "newspaper",
          "newspaper"
        ],
        [
          "correspondent",
          "correspondent"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/katˈtaːb/",
      "tags": [
        "Biblical-Hebrew"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[kʰatˈtʰaːβ]",
      "tags": [
        "Biblical-Hebrew"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/katˈtɔːv/ [kʰatˈtʰɔːv]",
      "tags": [
        "Tiberian-Hebrew"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/katˈtɔv/ [kʰætˈtʰɔːv]",
      "tags": [
        "Yemenite-Hebrew"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kaˈtab/",
      "note": "Sephardi Hebrew",
      "tags": [
        "West"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/katˈtab/",
      "note": "Sephardi Hebrew",
      "tags": [
        "East"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kaˈtɔv/",
      "tags": [
        "Ashkenazi-Hebrew"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kaˈtav/",
      "tags": [
        "Modern-Israeli-Hebrew"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "כתב"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "Hebrew entries with incorrect language header",
    "Hebrew lemmas",
    "Hebrew links with redundant alt parameters",
    "Hebrew links with redundant wikilinks",
    "Hebrew masculine nouns",
    "Hebrew noun entries missing singular construct forms",
    "Hebrew nouns",
    "Hebrew pa'al verbs",
    "Hebrew terms derived from Proto-West Semitic",
    "Hebrew terms in the pattern קַטָּל",
    "Hebrew terms inherited from Proto-West Semitic",
    "Hebrew verbs",
    "Pages with 2 entries",
    "Pages with entries"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "roman": "katáv nóakh b'shéva' shgiót",
      "word": "כָּתַב נֹחַ בְּשֶׁבַע שְׁגִיאוֹת"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_number": 1,
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "he",
        "2": "sem-wes-pro",
        "3": "*katab-"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-West Semitic *katab-",
      "name": "inh"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Proto-West Semitic *katab-.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "כָּתַב",
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "katáv",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "יכתוב",
      "tags": [
        "future"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "יִכְתֹּב",
      "tags": [
        "future"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "כָּתוּב",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "passive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "נִכְתַּב",
      "tags": [
        "passive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "he-conj",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "לכתוב",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "לִכְתֹּב",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "כְּתִיבָה",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "noun-from-verb"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "כָּתוּב",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "passive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "כָּתַבְתִּי",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "first-person",
        "masculine",
        "past",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "כָּתַבְנוּ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "first-person",
        "masculine",
        "past",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "כָּתַבְתָּ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "past",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "כָּתַבְתְּ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "past",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "כְּתַבְתֶּם",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "past",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "כְּתַבְתֶּן",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "past",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "כָּתַב",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "past",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "כָּתְבָה",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "past",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "כָּתְבוּ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "masculine",
        "past",
        "plural",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "כּוֹתֵב",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "present",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "כּוֹתֶבֶת",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "present",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "כּוֹתְבִים",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "כּוֹתְבוֹת",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "אכתוב",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "first-person",
        "future",
        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "אֶכְתֹּב",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "first-person",
        "future",
        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "נכתוב",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "first-person",
        "future",
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "נִכְתֹּב",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "first-person",
        "future",
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "תכתוב",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "future",
        "masculine",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "תִּכְתֹּב",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "future",
        "masculine",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "תִּכְתְּבִי",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "future",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "תִּכְתְּבוּ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "future",
        "masculine",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "תכתובנה",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "future",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "תִּכְתֹּבְנָה",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "future",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "יכתוב",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "future",
        "masculine",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "יִכְתֹּב",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "future",
        "masculine",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "תכתוב",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "future",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "תִּכְתֹּב",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "future",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "יִכְתְּבוּ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "future",
        "masculine",
        "plural",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "תכתובנה",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "future",
        "plural",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "תִּכְתֹּבְנָה",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "future",
        "plural",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "כתוב",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "כְּתֹב",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "כִּתְבִי",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "imperative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "כִּתְבוּ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "כתובנה",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "imperative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "כְּתֹבְנָה",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "imperative",
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "pa",
        "fut": "יכתוב",
        "futdwv": "יִכְתֹּב",
        "pass": "נִכְתַּב",
        "passp": "כָּתוּב",
        "tr": "katáv",
        "wv": "כָּתַב"
      },
      "expansion": "כָּתַב • (katáv) (pa'al construction, future יכתוב / יִכְתֹּב, passive participle כָּתוּב, passive counterpart נִכְתַּב)",
      "name": "he-verb"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "pa",
        "2": "כתב"
      },
      "name": "he-conj"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Hebrew",
  "lang_code": "he",
  "pos": "verb",
  "related": [
    {
      "roman": "rashám",
      "word": "רָשַׁם"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "to write"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "write",
          "write"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "construction-pa'al"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/kaːˈtab/",
      "tags": [
        "Biblical-Hebrew"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kɔːˈθav/ [kʰɔːˈθaːv]",
      "tags": [
        "Tiberian-Hebrew"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kɔˈθav/ [kʰɔːˈθæːv]",
      "tags": [
        "Yemenite-Hebrew"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kaˈtab/",
      "note": "Sephardi Hebrew"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kɔˈsav/",
      "tags": [
        "Ashkenazi-Hebrew"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kaˈtav/",
      "tags": [
        "Modern-Israeli-Hebrew"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "כתב"
}

{
  "categories": [
    "Hebrew entries with incorrect language header",
    "Hebrew lemmas",
    "Hebrew links with redundant alt parameters",
    "Hebrew links with redundant wikilinks",
    "Hebrew masculine nouns",
    "Hebrew noun entries missing singular construct forms",
    "Hebrew nouns",
    "Hebrew terms in the pattern קְטוֹל",
    "Hebrew terms in the pattern קַטָּל",
    "Pages with 2 entries",
    "Pages with entries"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "roman": "ot k'táv",
      "word": "אוֹת כְּתָב"
    },
    {
      "roman": "k'táv 'ishúm",
      "word": "כתב אישום"
    },
    {
      "roman": "k'táv 'ishúm",
      "word": "כְּתַב אִשּׁוּם"
    },
    {
      "roman": "k'tav ashuri",
      "word": "כְּתָב אַשּׁוּרִי"
    },
    {
      "roman": "ktav brail",
      "word": "כְּתַב בְּרַיְל"
    },
    {
      "roman": "k'tav khartumím",
      "word": "כתב חרטומים"
    },
    {
      "roman": "k'tav khartumím",
      "word": "כְּתַב חַרְטֻמִּים"
    },
    {
      "roman": "k'táv yád",
      "word": "כְּתַב יָד"
    },
    {
      "roman": "k'tav y'tedót",
      "word": "כְּתַב יְתֵדוֹת"
    },
    {
      "roman": "k'táv 'ét",
      "word": "כְּתַב עֵת"
    },
    {
      "roman": "k'táv s'tam",
      "word": "כְּתַב־סְתָ״ם"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_number": 2,
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ar",
        "2": "كِتَاب"
      },
      "expansion": "Arabic كِتَاب (kitāb)",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Cognate with Arabic كِتَاب (kitāb).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "כְּתָב",
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "k'táv",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "כְּתָבִים",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "כְּתַב־",
      "tags": [
        "construct",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "כִּתְבֵי־",
      "tags": [
        "construct",
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "cons": "כְּתַב",
        "g": "m",
        "pat": "קְטוֹל",
        "pl": "כְּתָבִים",
        "plcons": "כִּתְבֵי",
        "tr": "k'táv",
        "wv": "כְּתָב"
      },
      "expansion": "כְּתָב • (k'táv) m (plural indefinite כְּתָבִים, singular construct כְּתַב־, plural construct כִּתְבֵי־) [pattern: קְטוֹל]",
      "name": "he-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Hebrew",
  "lang_code": "he",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "writing, script, handwriting"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "writing",
          "writing"
        ],
        [
          "script",
          "script"
        ],
        [
          "handwriting",
          "handwriting"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/kiˈtaːb/",
      "tags": [
        "Biblical-Hebrew"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[kʰeˈθaːβ]",
      "tags": [
        "Biblical-Hebrew"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈkθɔːv/ [kʰaˈθɔːv]",
      "tags": [
        "Tiberian-Hebrew"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kəˈθɔv/ [kʰæˈθɔːv]",
      "tags": [
        "Yemenite-Hebrew"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/keˈtab/",
      "note": "Sephardi Hebrew"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈksɔv/",
      "tags": [
        "Ashkenazi-Hebrew"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kəˈsɔv/",
      "tags": [
        "Ashkenazi-Hebrew"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈktav/",
      "tags": [
        "Modern-Israeli-Hebrew"
      ]
    },
    {
      "audio": "LL-Q9288 (heb)-Uziel302-כתב.wav",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/e/e9/LL-Q9288_%28heb%29-Uziel302-%D7%9B%D7%AA%D7%91.wav/LL-Q9288_%28heb%29-Uziel302-%D7%9B%D7%AA%D7%91.wav.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/e/e9/LL-Q9288_%28heb%29-Uziel302-%D7%9B%D7%AA%D7%91.wav/LL-Q9288_%28heb%29-Uziel302-%D7%9B%D7%AA%D7%91.wav.ogg"
    }
  ],
  "word": "כתב"
}

{
  "categories": [
    "Hebrew entries with incorrect language header",
    "Hebrew lemmas",
    "Hebrew links with redundant alt parameters",
    "Hebrew links with redundant wikilinks",
    "Hebrew masculine nouns",
    "Hebrew noun entries missing singular construct forms",
    "Hebrew nouns",
    "Hebrew terms in the pattern קַטָּל",
    "Pages with 2 entries",
    "Pages with entries"
  ],
  "etymology_number": 3,
  "etymology_text": "Occupational noun from the root כ־ת־ב.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "כַּתָּב",
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "katáv",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "כַּתָּבִים",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "כַּתָּבֵי־",
      "tags": [
        "construct",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "כַּתֶּבֶת",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "f": "כַּתֶּבֶת",
        "g": "m",
        "pat": "קַטָּל",
        "pl": "כַּתָּבִים",
        "plcons": "כַּתָּבֵי",
        "tr": "katáv",
        "wv": "כַּתָּב"
      },
      "expansion": "כַּתָּב • (katáv) m (plural indefinite כַּתָּבִים, plural construct כַּתָּבֵי־, feminine counterpart כַּתֶּבֶת) [pattern: קַטָּל]",
      "name": "he-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Hebrew",
  "lang_code": "he",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "a newspaper correspondent"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "newspaper",
          "newspaper"
        ],
        [
          "correspondent",
          "correspondent"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/katˈtaːb/",
      "tags": [
        "Biblical-Hebrew"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[kʰatˈtʰaːβ]",
      "tags": [
        "Biblical-Hebrew"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/katˈtɔːv/ [kʰatˈtʰɔːv]",
      "tags": [
        "Tiberian-Hebrew"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/katˈtɔv/ [kʰætˈtʰɔːv]",
      "tags": [
        "Yemenite-Hebrew"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kaˈtab/",
      "note": "Sephardi Hebrew",
      "tags": [
        "West"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/katˈtab/",
      "note": "Sephardi Hebrew",
      "tags": [
        "East"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kaˈtɔv/",
      "tags": [
        "Ashkenazi-Hebrew"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kaˈtav/",
      "tags": [
        "Modern-Israeli-Hebrew"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "כתב"
}

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  "called_from": "inflection/735",
  "msg": "inflection table: unrecognized header: 'to-infinitive'",
  "path": [
    "כתב"
  ],
  "section": "Hebrew",
  "subsection": "verb",
  "title": "כתב",
  "trace": ""
}

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