English
ketiv
Ketiv comes from Aramaic כְּתִיב.
- Aramaicc. 1000 BCE–700 CEכְּתִיבkəṯîḇ
- Englishtodayketiv
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Aramaicc. 1000 BCE–700 CEכְּתִיבkəṯîḇ
- Englishtodayketiv
Every English word from Aramaic כְּתִיב
Today it means
noun The traditional written form of a word in the Masoretic text of the Tanakh, especially as distinguished from a divergent pronunciation (a qere).
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Aramaic כְּתִיב / ketiv