H3793 H3793
A writing or inscription; marks tattooed or printed on the skin
This construct noun appears only in Leviticus 19:28, in the prohibition 'You shall not put tattoo marks on yourselves.' The phrase literally reads 'writing of imprintment,' suggesting permanent marking of the skin through cutting, pricking, or burning. The practice likely related to mourning customs or cultic identification with pagan deities. Israel's holiness code forbade such bodily modification as incompatible with being God's consecrated people.
Sentidos
1. sense 1 — A writing or inscription permanently marked on the body, likely referring to tattooing. The Levitical prohibition pairs this with cutting the flesh for the dead, suggesting funerary or cultic contexts. Spanish 'escritura de' (writing of) and the literal translations across languages reflect the difficulty of precisely identifying the ancient practice. The 'imprintment' terminology indicates forcible marking that remains visible, distinguishing it from temporary painting or cosmetic decoration. 1×
AR["وَ-كِتَابَةَ"]·ben["এবং-উল্কি"]·DE["und-writing-von"]·EN["and-writing-of"]·FR["et-writing-de"]·heb["ו-כתבת"]·HI["और-लिखना"]·ID["dan-tulisan"]·IT["e-writing-di"]·jav["lan-rajah"]·KO["그리고-마크-의"]·PT["e-escrita-de"]·RU["и-накольных-написей"]·ES["y-escritura-de"]·SW["na-alama-ya-"]·TR["ve-yazı"]·urd["اور-لکھائی"]
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Referencia BDB / Léxico
† כְּתֹ֫בֶת n.f. only cstr. וּכְתֹבֶת קַעֲקַע לֹא תִתְּנוּ בָּכֶם Lv 19:28 i.e. a writing (mark or sign) of imprintment, scriptio stigmatis, perhaps of tattooing, cf. Di (v. also BaNB 61).