כתב

From Proto-West Semitic *katab-.

כְּתַב • (kəṯaḇ)

1. to write
   • Tanach, Ezra 4:8, with translation of the Jewish Publication Society:

     רְחוּם בְּעֵל־טְעֵם וְשִׁמְשַׁי סָפְרָא כְּתַבוּ אִגְּרָה חֲדָה עַל־יְרוּשְׁלֶם לְאַרְתַּחְשַׁשְׂתְּא מַלְכָּא כְּנֵמָא׃

     rəḥūm bəʿēl-ṭəʿēm wəšimšay sāp̄ərā kəṯáḇū ʾiggərā ḥăḏā ʿal-yərūšəlem ləʾartaḥšaśt malkā kənḗmā.

     Rehum the commander and Shimshai the scribe wrote a letter against Jerusalem to Artaxerxes the king in this sort--

Root
כ־ת־ב (k-t-b)

From the root כ־ת־ב (k-t-b), from Proto-West Semitic *katab-; compare Arabic كَتَبَ (kataba, “to write”) and كِتَاب (kitāb, “book”).

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כָּתַב • (katáv) (pa'al construction, future יכתוב / יִכְתֹּב, passive participle כָּתוּב, passive counterpart נִכְתַּב)

1. to write

• כָּתַב נֹחַ בְּשֶׁבַע שְׁגִיאוֹת (katáv nóakh b'shéva' shgiót)
• כָּתוּב (katúv)
• כְּתִיבָה (k'tivá)
• נִכְתַּב (nikhtáv)

• רָשַׁם (rashám) to make a note of something, to write down something

H3789 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible

כְּתָב • (k'táv) m (plural indefinite כְּתָבִים, singular construct כְּתַב־, plural construct כִּתְבֵי־)

1. writing, script, handwriting

• אוֹת כְּתָב (ot k'táv)
• כתב אישום / כְּתַב אִשּׁוּם (k'táv 'ishúm)
• כְּתָב אַשּׁוּרִי (k'tav ashuri)
• כְּתַב בְּרַיְל (ktav brail)
• כתב חרטומים / כְּתַב חַרְטֻמִּים (k'tav khartumím)
• כְּתַב יָד (k'táv yád)
• כְּתַב יְתֵדוֹת (k'tav y'tedót)
• כְּתַב עֵת (k'táv 'ét)
• כְּתַב־סְתָ״ם (k'táv s'tam)

• H3791 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible

כַּתָּב • (katáv) m (plural indefinite כַּתָּבִים, plural construct כַּתָּבֵי־, feminine counterpart כַּתֶּבֶת) [pattern: קַטָּל]

1. a newspaper correspondent