כתם
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Noun
[edit]כֶּתֶם • (kétem) m (plural indefinite כְּתָמִים, plural construct כִּתְמֵי־) [pattern: קֶטֶל]
- stain
- spot
- (Biblical Hebrew, literary) gold
- Tanach, Job 28:16, with translation of the King James Version:
- לֹא-תְסֻלֶּה בְּכֶתֶם אוֹפִיר, בְּשֹׁהַם יָקָר וְסַפִּיר.
- lo-təsullé bəchétem ofír, bəšóham yaqár vəsappír.
- It cannot be valued with the gold of Ophir, with the precious onyx, or the sapphire.
Adjective
[edit]כָּתֹם • (katóm) (feminine כְּתֻמָּה, masculine plural כְּתֻמִּים, feminine plural כְּתֻמּוֹת)
- defective spelling of כתום (“orange”).
References
[edit]- “כתם” in the Hebrew Terms Database of the Academy of Hebrew Language
Further reading
[edit]כתם on the Hebrew Wikipedia.Wikipedia he