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ketiv

The English word “ketiv” has 1 meaning listed here.

noun

  1. The traditional written form of a word in the Masoretic text of the Tanakh, especially as distinguished from a divergent pronunciation (a qere).

Etymology

Borrowed from Aramaic כְּתִיב (kəṯîḇ).

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