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כְּתֹ˜בֶת S 3793 TWOT 1053b GK 4182 n.f. only cstr. בָּכֶם וּכְתֹבֶת קַעֲקַע לֹא תִתְּנוּ Lv 19:28 i.e. a writing (mark or sign) of imprintment , scriptio stigmatis, perhaps of tattooing, cf. Di ( v. also Ba NB 61) .

מִכְתָּב S 4385 TWOT 1053c GK 4844 n.m. 2 Ch 21:12 writing ;— abs. מ׳ Dt 10:4 + 5 times; cstr. מִכְתַּב Ex 32:16 + 2 times;— 1. = hand-writing וְהַמִּכְתָּב מִכְתַּב אֱלֹהִים הוּא Ex 32:1 6. 2. = thing written, Ex 39:30 ( acc. cogn. c. כָּתַב ), Dt 10:4 ; specif. a royal enactment or edict ( = כְּתָב 4 ), 2 Ch 35:4 ( || כְּתָב ), 36:22 = Ezr 1: 1; a prophetic writing 2 Ch 21:12 . 3. in a title, מ׳ לְחִזְקִיָּהוּ Is 38:9 Writing of Hezekiah .

[ כִּתִּי ] adj. gent. always pl. כִּתִּים , כִּתִּיִּים ; usually as n. gent. = Cypriotes ( cf. Ph. n.pr.loc. כת , כתי , Citium; on a connexion with Kheta, Ḫ-tā, Ḫattê , חִתִּי , v. WMM Asien u. Europa, 345 ;—on Citium v. Cesnola Cyprus 46 ff. ) ;— אֶרֶץ כִּתִּים Is 23: 1, כִּתִּיי˜ם v 1 2; כִּתִּים (as son of Yawan) Gn 10:4 = 1 Ch 1: 7; מִיַּד כ׳ וְצִים Nu 24:24 ships from the side (direction) of kittim; more generally, of coast-lands of Mediterranean, אִיֵּי כִּתִּיִּים Je 2:10 , אִיֵּי כִּתִּיִּם Ez 27: 6; even of Macedonian Greece, צִיִּים כִּתִּים Dn 11:30 (only here as adj. , cf. Be v) i.e. Grecian ships.

כָּתִית S 3795 TWOT 1062a GK 4184 v. sub כתת .

כתל TWOT 1054 ( of foll.; cf. Arabic كَتَلَ (katala) make into firm lumps or blocks, make compact; Frey also bind, imprison , كَتِلَ ( katila ) be joined together ) .

[ כֹּ˜תֶל S 3796 TWOT 1054a GK 4185 ] n. [ m. ] wall of house ( NH כֹּותֶל , Aramaic כֹּותְלָא ) ;—only sf. כָּתְלֵנוּ Ct 2: 9.

כִּתְלִישׁ S 3798 GK 4186 n.pr.loc. a city of Judah Jos 15:40 , site unknown; Ö B Μααχως , A Χαθλως , Ö L Καθαλεις .


WMM W. Max Müller. Bev A. A. Bevan. Frey G. W. Freytag, Lex. Arab.;


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