ktb / Semitic roots

Examples of words with the root ktb: ketubah, Tanakh.

ktb

West Semitic root, to prick, cut; later, to write.

a. ketubah, from Mishnaic Hebrew kətubbâ, writing, writ, (marriage) contract;;
b. Tanakh, from Hebrew kətûbôt, the Writings, from plural of kətûbâ, feminine of kətûb, written (passive participle). Botha and b from Hebrew kātab, to write.
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