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kethiv

kethiv 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 kethiv

pluralkethivs

Questions about kethiv

What is kethiv the alternative form of?
Kethiv is the alternative form of ketiv.

Words near kethiv in the dictionary

  1. Kether
  2. kethib
  3. kethibh
  4. kethibhs
  5. kethibs
  6. kethiv
  7. kethivs
  8. kethoxal
  9. ketib
  10. ketibs
  11. ketide

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