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ketib

ketib 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 ketib

pluralketibs

Questions about ketib

What is ketib the alternative form of?
Ketib is the alternative form of ketiv.

Words near ketib in the dictionary

  1. kethibhs
  2. kethibs
  3. kethiv
  4. kethivs
  5. kethoxal
  6. ketib
  7. ketibs
  8. ketide
  9. ketides
  10. ketidic
  11. ketimide

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Adapted from Wiktionary: ketib (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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