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kethib

kethib is the alternative form of ketiv.

Meaning of ketiv

Noun

ketiv (plural ketivs)

  1. The traditional written form of a word in the Masoretic text of the Tanakh, especially as distinguished from a divergent pronunciation (a qere).

Forms of kethib

pluralkethibs

Questions about kethib

What is kethib the alternative form of?
Kethib is the alternative form of ketiv.

Words near kethib in the dictionary

  1. Ketenjians
  2. ketenyl
  3. Keter
  4. ketes
  5. Kether
  6. kethib
  7. kethibh
  8. kethibhs
  9. kethibs
  10. kethiv
  11. kethivs

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Adapted from Wiktionary: kethib (page history and authors); ketiv (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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