is the author of his book, the chapter of Balaam, and the
Book of Job;a. v. fr. -- Part. pass. כתיב, f. כתובה; pl. כתובים,
כתובין כתובות. Meg. 31a וכ׳ בתורה כ׳ זה דבר this is written
in the Law, and repeated in the Prophets &c. Ib. 7a כבר
וכ׳ אני כ׳ I am already recorded in the chronicles of &c.
Y.Shek. VI, 49d bot. כ׳ הלוחות היו כיצד how was the writ-
ing on the tablets arranged -- Gitt. 54b לשמן כ׳ . .. ס״ת כל
any scroll of the Law in which the Divine names are
not written with full consciousness, v. שם; a. fr. -- V. כתוב.
Nif. נכתב to be written, be reduced to writing; to be
written upon. Meg. I, 8לשו נכתביםבכל הספרים the Biblical
books may be written in (translated into) any language
(v. ib. 9a); ib. וכ׳ שיכתבו התירו לא they permitted them
to be translated only into Greek. Ib. 7a ליכתב נאמרה was iin-
dited(by the divine spirit) for the purpose of being written
(as a book); Yoma 29a ליכתב נתנה (some ed. לכתוב); a. v. fr.
Hif. הכתיב 1) to cause to be written or recorded, to
dictate, indite. Gen. R. s. 22 וכ׳ לך הכתבתי כבר I have
already ordered to be written in the Law &c. Ruth R.
to II, 14 וכ׳ עליו מכתיב שהק״בה יודע ראובן היה אילו if R.
had known that the Lord would cause to be written about
him (Gen. XXXVII, 21) &c.; a. fr. -- Lev. R. s. 24 פרשיות ג׳
וכ׳ לנו ה׳ (Pesik. R. s. 15; Yalk. Ex. 307 כתכ) there are
three sections that Moses indited for us in the Law. --
2) to consign, enlist in the army, levy. Ex. R. s. 15 (מלך)
וכ׳ לו מכתיב ב״וד a human king levies soldiers for himself,
strong &c.; Tanh. Haye 3 מסביב (corr. acc.). Cant. R. to
II, 8, a. e. מכתבת, v. טירוניא. - Part. pass. מוכתב recorded;
levied. Kidd. IV, 5, v. אסטרטיא II. - Tosef. B. Bath. IV, 7;
B. Bath. 92b; Keth. 58a למלכות מ׳ levied for royal service
(comment.; sentenced to death); Kidd. 11a נכתב. -- Gen. R.
s. 89 (Yalk. ib. 147 כתיב), v. סקררין.
כתב I, כתוב ch. same. Targ. Deut. VI, 9 (v. Berl. Targ. O. II, p. 51). Ib. XXXI, 24. Targ. Josh. XVIII, 4; a. v. fr. -- Part. pass. כתיב (כתוב). Targ. Ex. XXXI, 18. Targ. O. Num. XI, 26 (Y. כתוביא); a. fr. -- B. Kam. 88abot. וכ׳ לניכסי כתבתינהו she willed her property to &c. Gitt. 20a ליה כתבה קא איהי she (the wife) had it written (at her expense). B. Bath. 168b וכ׳ מר לן וליכתוב write for us another document (copy) in addition to this; a. v. fr. -- Sabb. 115b וכ׳ תרגום דכתיבי היכא when the books are written in Chaldaic or any other tongue (than Hebrew); a. fr. -- Esp. (in arguments on Biblical texts) כ׳ or רחמנא כ׳ the Lord has written, the tegxt reads. Pes.21bדכרחמנא טעמא וכ׳ this is so because the textreads יאבל לא (passive voice), but if it did not read so &c. Ib. וכ׳ רחמנא לכתוב it ought to read &c. Ber. 3b וכ׳ מהנשת לכתוב א״ה if this were so (that נשף invariably means evening), it ought to read (ISam. XXX, 17) הנשף ועד מהנשף; a. v. fr. -- כתיב it is written, it reads (used also in Hebr. diction). Ib. 13b דכ׳ בם לדבר for it says (Deut. XI, 19) 'to speak thereof'; ה״נ בם ודברת כ׳ הא here, too, (in the first part of the Sh'ma) it says (VI, 7), and thou shalt speak thereofl-- Meg. 10b ויהי התם וכ׳ . . . ויהי הכא כ׳ here (Lev. IX, 1) vayhi is used, and there (Gen. I, 5) vayhi is used. Ib. והכ׳, כ׳ והא but does it not also read &c. -- Gen. R. s. 1 אחריו כ׳ ומאי and what do we read after this? -- דכ׳ הוא הדא, v. דא lI -- Snh. 71a, a. e. כדכ׳ קרא בעינן we must construe the Bib. lical text as it is written (literally, e. g. Mish. ib. VIII, 4. as an interpretation ofDeut. XXI,19); a. v. fr. -- B. Kam. 66a כ׳ ותנינא כתיבה קונה שינוי thata change of form of a stolen object gives possession (compelling the thief to restore in value) is written (intimated in the Biblical text) and has been taught in the Mishnah. -- V. כתיב. Ithpe. אתכתיב, איכתיב to be written, recorded &c. Targ. Esth. I, 19. Targ. Ps. XXL, 8. Ib. LXXXVII, 6 דמכתבין Ms. (ed. דמכתבין Pa.); a. fr. -- Meg. 7a וכ׳ איכתיב דאיבעי (Ms. M. כתיב דבעי מאי, v. Rabb. D. S. a. l. note; Rashi; דאי כתב בעי) thatwhich was liked was written down &c.; a. fr.
כתב m. (b. h.; preced.) writing, writ; character. Ab. V, 6; Pes. 54a; Sifre Deut. 355 (of things created in the last hour of the sixth day) והמכתב הכתב the art of writ- ing and the writing on the tablets (Ex. XXXII, 16; Rashi to Pes. l. c. והמכתב and the pencil); Mekh. B'shall., Vay- assa, s. 5 only כתב. Ab. Zar. 10a לשון ולא כ׳ לא להם אין they (the Romans) have neither (original) tyypes nor language; Gitt. 80a (of פרסיים ). Y. Meg. I, 71b bot., v. אשורי. Snh. 21b; Meg. 8b (עברי(ת כ׳, v. ליבונאה. [Ib. עד אשורית בכתב שיכתבנו, strike out בכתב, v. Rabb. D. S. a. l., a. Meg. 9a.] - שבכ׳ תורה written Law, opp. פה שבעל. Yoma 28b; a. fr. -- Meg. 18b הכ׳ מן שלא without a written copy, from memory. -- Pes. 21b, a. e. וכ׳ וכ׳ ככתבן דברים construe the Biblical words as they are written (Deut. XIV, 21), to the resident stranger give it as a present, to the foreigner sell it. --- יד כתב signature. Keth. II, 3 sq.; a. fr. -- Tosef. B. Kam. VII, 4 שלו יד היכר כ׳. -- Gen. R. s. 48 וכ׳ הכ׳ את דורש אתה הנקודה על רבה הכ׳. . . מקום בכל wherever you find in the Biblical text the plain writing, i. e. the uumber of undotted letters in a word, prevailing over the number of the dotted, you must interpret the undotted (ignoring the dotted); where the dotted prevail, you must interpret the dotted, e. g. אליו (Gen. XVIII, 9) read איו, where is he (Abraham)?; ib. s. 78; Cant. R. to VII, 5. -- Tosef. Meg. 1V (III), 41 (ref. to II Kings X, 27 מחראות) ככתבו אותו קורין we read it as it is written (not as emended in the K'ri); a. fr. -- Pl. כתבים, כתבין. Tanh. Mase 1; Num. R. s. 23, beg. המלכות מן רעים כ׳ govern- ment papers containing orders of hard measures against the Jews. Esth. R. introd. מלך של כתביו royal decrees. Ex. R. s. 20 כ׳ בני שילמוד עד (some ed. בתובין) until my son shall have studied documents; a. e.
כתב II, כתבא, כת׳ ch. same. Targ. Y. Lev. XIX. 28 (h. text כתבת). -- Targ. Y. Gen. XLVIII, 9 (marriage contract, v. כתובה). Targ. Ex. XXXII, 16 (h. text מכתב); a. fr. -- Lev. R. s. 28, end כתבכון דאמר מה what your sacred writ says. - Pl. כתבין (כתבין), כתבי, כתבי. Targ. II Esth. IV, 12. Ib. VII, 10; a. e. -- Gen. R. s. 10; Lev. R. s. 22 כ׳ וכ׳ בישין evil decrees against the Jews of Caesarea (v. preced.); Tanh. Huck. 1.
כתבן, v. כתיב.
כתבן m. ch. = h. כותבן, writer, copyist (of Biblical books). Koh. R. to II, 18 R. Mer was מובחר טב כ׳ an exceedingly skillful copyist, v. לבלר.
