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ketiv

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Aramaic כְּתִיב (kəṯîḇ).

Noun

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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).