Senses
1. writing, written document — An Aramaic noun meaning writing, a written document, or a decree. Found predominantly in Daniel 5-6 (the writing on the wall at Belshazzar's feast and Darius's written decree) and in Ezra 6:18 and 7:22 (written prescriptions and regulations). All occurrences -- whether emphatic state (כְּתָבָא, the writing), absolute (כְתָב, writing), construct with preposition (כִּכְתָב, as written/prescribed), or with conjunction (וּכְתָבָא, and the writing) -- refer to the same fundamental concept of written text or an official written document. Multilingual glosses are highly consistent: Arabic الكتابة (the writing), German Schrift (writing/scripture), Hindi लेख (writing/article), Korean 글/문서 (writing/document), Spanish escritura/documento (writing/document), French ecrit/ecriture (writing). 12×
AR["الْكِتَابَةَ","الْكِتَابَةُ","كَ-كِتابَة","مَكْتُوب","وَ-الْكِتَابَةُ"]·ben["এবং-লেখা","লেখা","লেখা-অনুসারে"]·DE["Schrift","[ככתב]","schrieb","und-die-Schrift"]·EN["and-writing","as-written","prescribing","the-writing","writing"]·FR["comme-elle-viendra","et-écrit","écrit","écriture"]·heb["ה-כתב","ו-ה-כתב","כ-כתב","כתב"]·HI["और-लेख","जैसा-लिखा-है","निर्धारित-सीमा","लेख"]·ID["dan-tulisan","seperti-yang-tertulis","terbatas","tulisan"]·IT["e-la-scrittura","scrittura"]·jav["cacah","kados-katulis","lan-seratan","seratan"]·KO["그리고-글-","글-","글-을","글-이니","기록된","문서-가","문서-를","에-기록된대로"]·PT["a-escrita","conforme-escrito-em","e-esta-escrita","esta-escrita","o-escrito","prescrito"]·RU["документ","и-написанное","как-написано","написанное","написано"]·ES["como-está-escrito","el-documento","la-escritura","límite","y-la-escritura"]·SW["andiko","kama-ilivyoandikwa","kuandikwa","maandishi","na-maandishi","ndiyo-maandishi"]·TR["belge","belgeyi","ve-yazı","yazildigi-gibi","yazili","yazıdır","yazıyı"]·urd["اور-لکھاوٹ","تحریر","تحریر-پر","حد","لکھاوٹ","لکھاوٹ-کو","لکھاوٹ-ہے","کے-لکھا-ہوا"]
BDB / Lexicon Reference
† כְּתָב n.m. Dn 5:7 writing;—abs. כְּתָ֑ב Ezr 7:22 (Baer כְּתַב, but v. K§ 57 ad fin. Str); cstr. כ׳ 6:18; emph. כְּתָכָא Dn 5:8 +, ה—ָ 5:7, 15;— 1. writing, inscription (on wall) Dn 5:7, 8, 15, 16, 17, 24, 25. 2. a. written decree 6:9, 10, 11. b. written requirement Ezr 6:18; 7:22.