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Root k-t-b

Hebrew ↔ Ugaritic

Both languages share identical consonants at this root —k-t-b↔ 𐎋-𐎚-𐎁. No Proto-Semitic sound change separates them here.

Hebrew

he
root: k-t-b
  • כּוֹתֵבkotévnoun• m. Shev. 10:5
    A (male) writer or author.
  • כּוֹתֵבkotévverb• m. Shev. 10:5
    Masculine singular present participle and present tense of כָּתַב (katáv).
  • כַּתָּבָהkatavánoun📜 Isa.30.8
    A news article, a report.
  • כָּתוּבkatúvadj📜 Deut.28.61
    written
  • כָּתוּבkatúvnoun📜 Deut.28.61
    Biblical verse, passage
  • כִּתּוּבkitúvnoun📜 Deut.28.61
    defective spelling of כיתוב
  • מִכְתָּבmikhtávnoun📜 Exod.32.16
    letter (written message)
  • נִכְתַּבnikhtávverb📜 Ezra.5.10
    to be written: to get written, to undergo writing, to come into written existence

Ugaritic

ug
root: 𐎋-𐎚-𐎁
  • 𐎋𐎚𐎁ktbverb
    to write
  • 𐎋𐎚𐎁ktbnoun
    document
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Canonical root family: k-t-b