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Where does “כ־ת־ב” come from?

כ־ת־ב (Hebrew) comes from Proto-West Semitic *katab-.

כ־ת־ב (Hebrew): forming words pertaining to writing

Definitions

  1. forming words pertaining to writing

Ancestry of “כ־ת־ב”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-West Semitic*katab-—

Words derived from “כ־ת־ב”

  • התכתב
  • הכתיב
  • נכתב
  • כתב
  • כָּתַב
  • מכתב
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