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ktb (a/u) vb. to write
GDCGt
Gpəˁalto write2 senses▶
1
to write
Common Aramaic
AssOstr.12↗ šmy ktb ˁl ydhẏhm : my name is written on their arms ; TAD B2.3 R.17↗ לא אנה כתבתה‏ : it is not I who wrote it ; Ezra 5:7↗ וְכִדְנָה כְּתִיב בְּגַוֵּהּ‏ : and thus was written in it ; Trf 1.1.4↗ ˀšrt mdy ktyb mn ltḥt : it affirmed from the law that which is written below ; 4QEnc5.2.27↗ וחזית כתיב בהון‏ : and I saw written in them ; TgO Ex31:18↗ תְרֵין לוּחֵי סָהְדוּתָא לוּחֵי אַבנָא כְתִיבִין בְאַצבְעָא דַיוי‏ : the two tablets of testimony: stone tablets written by the finger of the Lord ; OS MtCur3:3↗ ܗܢܘ ܓܝܪ ܕܟܬܝܒ ܥܠܘܗܝ ܒܐܫܥܝܐ ܢܒܝܐ‏ : for that is what is written about him in the prophet Isaiah ; BT BB 171b(30)↗ כי כתביתו תברא אי ידעיתו זמנא דשטרא כתובו ואי לא כתובו סתמא‏ : when you write a receipt, if you know the date of the document, write (it). If not, write without qualification ; ATS 1.1:182↗ halin ḏkadbin ˁngirta lmalka rba ; PJ Ex32:32↗ מחיני כדון מן ספר צדיקיא דכתבתא שמי בגויה‏ : wipe me out now from the book of the righteous in which You have written my name
2
to authorize by preparing a legal document
(1)
to assign someone the status of a child for oneself or for another
Syr
Rechtsb1 164:4 ܐܢ ܕܝܢ ܢܟܬܘܒ ܒܪܐ ܢܘܟܪܝܐ ܠܢܦܫܗ ܢܡܘܣܐܝܬ‏ ; Syr-RomLaw.48.6↗ ܐܢ ܐܢܫ ܢܟܬܘܒ ܒܪܐ ܠܓܒܪܐ ܢܘܟܪܝܐ ܢܡܘܣܐܝܬ‏
(2)
to leave by will
Gal, Syr
PTBB 16.b:62[2]↗ כההיא אחתיה דר׳ חונייא כתבת ניכסה לר׳ חונייא‏ : like that sister of PN, she left her property to PN ; apap ܩܣܕ:1 ܘܟܠ ܡܕܡ ܕܐܝܬ ܠܝ݂ ܐܟܬܘܒ ܠܟܝ‏ : I will bequeath everything I have to you
Dpaˁˁelto enroll, register : see s.v. kwtb1 sense▶
to enroll, register : see s.v. kwtb
Syr
Cˀafˁelto dictate3 senses▶
1
to dictate
Syr
P Ju8:14↗ ܘܐܟܬܒ ܠܗ ܪ̈ܘܪܒܢܐ ܕܣܟܘܬ ܘܩܫܝܫ̈ܝܗ‏ : he recited to him the leaders of GN and its elders
(1)
to allow to be written, have recorded
Syr
P Is44:5↗ ܢܟܬܒ ܐܝܕܗ ܠܡܪܝܐ‏
2
to compose
Syr
P Lk1:1↗ ܨܒ݂ܲܘ܃ ܕ݁ܢܲܟ݂ܬ݁ܒ݂ܘ݂ܢ ܬ݁ܲܫܥܝܵܬ݂ܵܐ̈‏
(1)
p.p. : written, composed
LJLA
TgPs139:16↗ ועל ספר דכרנך כולהון יומי מכתבן ביומא דאתברי עלמא מן שירויא‏ : all my days were written in Your record book on the day that the world was created in the beginning
3
to dedicate
Syr
IshGen 108:11↗ ܐܟܬܒ ܢܦܫܗ ܠܐܠܗܐ‏ ; JSBhom 61:226↗ ܐܲܟܬܸܒ ܢܲܦܫܸܗ ܕܥܲܒܕܸܗ ܐܼܝܬܲܘܗ̄ܝ‏ : he dedicated himself [or perhaps: indicated of himself?] that he was His servant
Gtˀeṯpəˁelto be written2 senses▶
1
to be written
Common Aramaic
Trf 1.1.5↗ whww mtgbyn mn ˁydˀ bmdˁn dy hwˀ mtktb bˀgwryˀ dy mksˀ : they were customarily collected according to the instruction that was written in the duty contracts ; 5/6Hev 7..:24↗ כחליקת מתנתא ובראוניא די מתכתבין לעלם‏ : according to the standards for gifts and quittances written forever ; JMP 14.1.R(3)↗ אתכתב הדן שטר פרנה‏ : this marriage contract was written ; Syr-RomLaw.44.23↗ ܘܡܬܟܬܒܝܢ ܥܘܗ̈ܕܢܐ ܕܡܬܩܪܝܢ ܗܘܦܡ̈ܢܡܛܐ‏ : the memorial records called "memoirs" are written down ; BT Meg 7a(38)↗ אי כת׳ ודאי בעי לא איכתב‏ : if (Solomon) desired it was written. If he desired, it was not written ; BT Git 18a(38)↗ כתובתיה דחייא בר רב איכתבה ביממא ואיחתמה בליליא‏ : PN's ketubbah was written during the day and finished at night ; ATS 1.2:1187↗ ušumẖ ḏhanatẖ nišimta ˁkdib ˁlẖ : that soul's name was written on it ; TgEsth2 8:10↗ ואיכתב בשמא דמל׳ אחש׳ ואיחתם בעזקתיה דמלכא‏ : it was written in the name of king RN and sealed with the king's sealing ring
2
to have one's name recorded, to be enrolled
JLAtg, CPA, Syr, LJLA
TgJ Ez13:9↗ וֻבִכתָב חַיֵי עָלְמַא דִכתִיב לְצַדִיקֵי בֵית יִשרָאֵל לָא יִתכַתבוּן‏ ; CPA Luke2:5↗ ܕܝܬܟܬܒ ܥܡ ܡܪܝܡ ܗܕܐ ܕܡܪܣܐ ܠܗ݀‏ ; OS LkSin2:1↗ ܦܩܕ ܗܘܐ ܐܓܘܣܛܘܣ ܩܣܪ ܕܢܬܟܬܒܘܢ ܟܘܠܗ ܐܪܥܐ‏ ; P Je17:13↗ ܡܪ̈ܘܕܐ݂ ܒܐܪܥܐ ܢܬܟܬܒܘܢ‏ : the rebels shall be written down on the earth [MT: בָּאָרֶץ יִכָּתֵבוּ] (i.e., permanently?) ; P Lk2:3↗ ܕ݁ܢܸܬ݂ܟ݁ܬ݂ܸܒ݂ ܒ݁ܲܡܕ݂ܼܝܢܼܬܸ݁ܗ‏ ; TgPs69:29↗ יתמחון מספר דוכרן חייא ועם צדיקיא לא יתכתבון‏ : may they be wiped from the record of life and not written down with the righteous
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Some authorities argue that the C stem in Syriac can mean the same as the G stem. Although it may often be translated that way, especially in reference to authority figures such as God or Moses, we doubt that the intention of the C stem was ever to refer to the physical act of writing itself.
Page refs. in other dictionaries: LS2: 660[351]DJPA: 271bDJBA: 607aJastrow: 679Drower/Macuch: 204aJ. Payne-Smith: 230aLevy Ch-W: 1:394Tal Sam: 414DNWSI: 540DISO: 128Audo: 1:489DCPA[Schulthess]: 186[98]BarBahlul: 928:1DJA: 57bQumran: 120

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