ψ 87:6
י׳
shall reckon, when he registers
(note absence of suffix)
the peoples
, etc.
4.
=
decree
,
תִּכְתֹּב עָלַי מְרֹרֹות
Jb 13:26
thou
(
י׳
)
decreest against me bitter things
.
•
Niph.
(chiefly late, especially Est.),
Impf.
יִכָּתֵב
Est 1:19
+, 3
fs.
תִּכָּ˜תֶב זֹאת
ψ 102:19
;
3
mpl.
יִכָּתֵ˜בוּ
Je 17:13
+
3 times,
יִכָּֽתְבוּן
Jb 19:2
3;
Pt.
נִכְתָּב
Est 3:12
+
2 times;—
1.
be written
, subj. words,
Jb 19:23
, book
Mal 3:16
;
be written
בְּסֵפֶר
Est 2:2
3;
9:23
,
in
, or
among
(
ב
) the laws
Est 1:19
; once,
c.
עַל־
,
עַל־סִפְרְךָ כֻּלָּם יִכָּתֵ˜בוּ
ψ 139:16
in thy
(
י׳
’s)
book all of them
(my members)
are written
, i.e.
written down, recorded
(
v. infr.
);
abs.
בְּשֵׁם הַמֶּלֶךְ כְּתָב אֲשֶׁר נִכְתָּב
Est 8:8
a writing which is written in the king’s name
,
cf.
(impers.)
3:12
; impers. also
וַיִּכָּתֵב כְּכָל־אֲשֶׁר צִוָּה
Est 3:1
2;
8:9
;
יִכָּ׳
sq.
לְ
=
for
ψ 102:19
;
sq.
לְ
+ inf.
(really
=
a subject-cl.,—the contents of the letter)
Est 3:9
;
8:5
.
2.
be written down, recorded
,
Ezr 8:34
;
enrolled
,
בית ישׂראל לֹא יִכָּתֵ˜בוּ בִּכְתָב
Ez 13:9
in the enrolment of the house of Israel they are not enrolled
(eschatolog.);
וְעִם־צַדִּיקִים אַל־יִכָּתֵ˜בוּ ψ 69:29 ( || חַיִּים יִמָּחוּ מִסֵּפֶר ).—
בָּאָרֶץ יִכָּתֵ˜בוּ Je 17:13 is difficult; Gie reads, plausibly, מֵאֶרֶץ יִכָּרֵ˜תוּ ( cf. ψ 34:17 ; 101:8 , etc.) • Pi. frequent., Pf. and Pt. , only כִּתֵּ˜בוּ וּמְכַתְּבִים עָמָל Is 10:1 and busy writers that make a business of writing oppression (i.e. register unjust sentences, cf. Qal 4 ; || הַחֹקֲקִים חִקֲקֵי־אָוֶן ).
• כְּתָב S 3791, 3792 TWOT 1053a, 2805a GK 4181 n.m. Ezr 4:7 writing (late Aramaic; Biblical Aramaic כְּתָב , Syriac ܟܬܳܒ ( ktob ));— כ׳ abs. 1 Ch 28:19 + 4 times; cstr. Ez 13:9 + 4 times; sf. כְּתָבָהּ Est 1:22 + 2 times; כְּתָבָם Ezr 2:62 + 3 times;— writing: 1. register, enrolment , Ez 13:9 Ezr 2:62 = Ne 7:6 4. 2. = mode of writing, character, letter , וּכ׳ הַנִּשְׁתְּוָן כָּתוּב אֲרָמִית Ezr 4:7 and the writing of the document was written in Aramaic (characters; so prob., v. B e -Ry Ryle, cf. NH Hoffm ZAW i. (1881), 334 ff. ); cf. Est 1:2 2; 3:12 ; 8:9 (×2). 3. = letter , 2 Ch 2:10 Est 9:2 7. 4. of a royal enactment, edict 2 Ch 35:4 ( || מִכְתָּב ), Est 3:14 ; 8:8 , 13 ; more fully כְּתָב־הַדָּת 4: 8. 5. of a writing with divine authority 1 Ch 28:19 ; כ׳ אֱמֶת Dn 10:2 1; i.e. a book of truth.
Be E. Bertheau. Ry V. Ryssel. Hoffm G. Hoffmann.