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title: מִכְתָּב — writing · The Tanakh dictionary
description: מִכְתָּב (4385), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 9 times: writing. BDB 1906: n.m. writing. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# מִכְתָּב

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«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.

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

### Glosses

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

### Meaning (OSHB)

writing [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4385/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.m. writing [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4385/#m2)

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**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.

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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](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4385/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Isaiah 38:9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/ISA.38.9/)

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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.

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[Exodus 32:16](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/EXO.32.16/)

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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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