מִכְתָּב

«מִכְתָּב» in the Tanakh dictionary: writing — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 2 verses in layers.

Used: 9 times · Key: 4385 · BDB: מִכְתָּב

Glosses

writing (4); a.writing (2); [was].the.writing (1)

Meaning (OSHB)

writing tree →

Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.m. writing tree →

The whole BDB entry

n.m. 2 Ch 21:12 writing;—abs. מ׳ Dt 10:4 + 5 times; cstr. מִכְתַּב Ex 32:16 + 2 times;— = hand-writing וְהַמִּכְתָּב מִכְתַּב אֱלֹהִים הוּא Ex 32:16. = thing written, Ex 39:30 (acc. cogn. c. כָּתַב), Dt 10:4; specif. a royal enactment or edict (= כְּתָב 4), 2 Ch 35:4 (‖ כְּתָב), 36:22 = Ezr 1:1; a prophetic writing 2 Ch 21:12. in a title, מ׳ לְחִזְקִיָּהוּ Is 38:9 Writing of Hezekiah.

Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 8 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (2 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (1 candidates)

Trees and pragmatics

Every English meaning of «מִכְתָּב» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

In the verses

Isaiah 38:9

מִכְתָּ֖ב לְחִזְקִיָּ֣הוּ מֶֽלֶךְ־יְהוּדָ֑ה בַּחֲלֹת֕וֹ וַיְחִ֖י מֵחָלְיֽוֹ׃

Word for word: a.writing of Hezekiah the.king of.Judah when he was.sick and he.lived from sickness his

JPS 1917: The writing of Hezekiah king of Judah, when he had been sick, and was recovered of his sickness.

Exodus 32:16

וְהַ֨לֻּחֹ֔ת מַעֲשֵׂ֥ה אֱלֹהִ֖ים הֵ֑מָּה וְהַמִּכְתָּ֗ב מִכְתַּ֤ב אֱלֹהִים֙ ה֔וּא חָר֖וּת עַל־הַלֻּחֹֽת׃

Word for word: and the tablets [were].the.work of.God they and the writing [was].the.writing of.God it engraved on the tablets

JPS 1917: And the tables were the work of God, and the writing was the writing of God, graven upon the tables.

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