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ktb, ktbˀ (kṯāḇ, kṯāḇā) v.n. writing
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writing, text
Common Aramaic
Ezra 6:18↗ כִּכְתָב סְפַר מֹשֶׁה‏ : according to the text of the Book of Moses ; SamTgJ Lev19:28↗ וכתב קביע לא תתנון בכון‏ : you may not place a permanently inscribed text on you ; BT BM 19b(19)↗ וניהדרו לי כתבא‏ : let them return the document to me
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inscription
BADan, Syr
Dan 5:17↗ בְּרַם כְּתָבָא אֶקְרֵא לְמַלְכָּא וּפִשְׁרָא אֲהוֹדְעִנֵּהּ‏ : but I shall read the inscription to the king and inform him of the interpretation ; P Mk12:16↗ ܨܲܠܡܵܐ ܗܵܢܵܐ ܘܲܟ݂ܬ݂ܵܒ݂ܵܐ‏
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handwriting, script
Common Aramaic
TgO Ex28:11↗ כְתָב מְפָרַש כִגלָף דְעִזקָא‏ : distinct writing like inscription of a ring ; P Is8:1↗ ܘܟܬܘܒ ܥܠܘܗܝ ܒܟܬܒܐ ܕܐܢܫܐ‏ : write on it with human writing ; P Esth1:22↗ ܠܡܕܝܢܬܐ ܐܝܟ ܟܬܒܗ݂‏ : to each province according to its script ; PJ Ex32:16↗ וכתבא כתבא דייי הוא חקיק ומפרש על לוחיא‏
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ktb yd: handwriting, signature, manuscript
Common Aramaic
PAT1624:1.3↗ ˀšˀlt ktb ydy lywlys br ˀwrlys ˁgylw brˀprḥt br ḥry zbdbwl bdyldy lˀ ydˁ spr : I 'lent' my handwriting to PN because he is illiterate ; Masada 515 [[̇̇] ktbydh ; BT Ber 56b(44)↗ והני מילי דחזא בכתבי‏ : this refers to where he saw it in writing ; GY 291:29 ↗ kdab ˁdẖ ḏram šilai br daimir : the manuscript of PN ; AM 105:33↗ ktaba ḏˁda ḏrbai : my teacher's handwritten manuscript
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superscription
Syr
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written agreement, contract
Syr
Sind 1:19 text not cited
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marriage contract
LJLA
PJ Gen48:9↗ בדין כתבא דעליה נסיבית ית אסנת ברת דינה ברתך לאינתו‏ : by virtue of the legality of the contact by which I have taken PN daughter of PN2 your daughter in marriage
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דִּי־לָא כְתָב : unlimited
BAEzra
Ezra 7:22↗ text not cited
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amulet
JBAmb
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book
Qumran, Gal, CPA, Syr
P Ez13:9↗ ܒܟܬܒܐ ܕܒܝܬ ܐܝܣܪܝܠ ܠܐ ܢܬܟܬܒܘܢ‏
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scripture
Gal, PTA, CPA, Syr, LJLA
GT C Gen35:9↗ דְּכֵן כתָּבה מְפָרֵש וַאמר‏ : for thus Scripture says explicitly ; CPA Mark14:49↗ ܕܝܬܡܠܘܢ ܟܬܒ̈ܝܐ‏ : that the scriptures may be fulfilled ; CPA John7:38↗ ܡܢ ܕܡܗܝܡܢ ܒܝ ܗܝܟܡܐ ܕܐܡܪ ܟܬܒܐ‏ : whoever believes in me as the Scripture has said ; BHMQ7 2.1.2 ܠܗܘܢܐ ܕܟܬ̈ܒܐ ܩ̈ܕܝܫܐ‏ : the sense of the holy scriptures ; TgEsth2sup02.1-01:2↗ וכלכל הוא יוסף דהכין כתבא מפרש וזן יוסף ית אבוי וית אחוי וית כל ביתא דאבוי‏ : Joseph sustained them for thus Scripture says explicitly: "Joseph fed hi father and his brothers and all his father's household"
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guidebook
Syr
EphPar 5:5.4↗ ܫܪܝܬ ܕܐܦܗܐ ܒܗ ܕܠܐ ܟܬܒ‏ : I began to wander in it without guidebook
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ܟܬܒܐ ܕܝܘ̈ܡܬܐ : chronicle
Syr
IMac7a1 16:24↗ ܗܐ ܗܠܝܢ ܟܘܠܗܝܢ ܟܬܝ̈ܒܢ ܒܟܬܒܐ ܕܝܘܡ̈ܬܐ ܕܪܒܘܬ ܟܗܢܘܬܗ‏ : now all these things are written in the chronicle of his high-priesthood
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Nab also ktp in unvoiced contexts.
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Page refs. in other dictionaries: LS2: 660[351]DJPA: 271bDJBA: 608bJastrow: 679Drower/Macuch: 203bJ. Payne-Smith: 230Levy Ch-W: 1:395Tal Sam: 415DNWSI: 546DCPA[Schulthess]: 187[98]DJA: 58aQumran: 120

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