כותב

Hebrew

Etymology

Root
כ־ת־ב (k-t-b)
16 terms

From the active participle of כתב, which evolved into a present tense under the influence of Aramaic during the lifetime of Biblical Hebrew. Compare Arabic كَاتِب (kātib).

Pronunciation

(Modern Israeli Hebrew) IPA^(key): /koˈtev/
(Ashkenazi Hebrew) IPA^(key): /koɪ̯.seɪ̯v/, /keɪ̯.seɪ̯v/
(Sephardi Hebrew) IPA^(key): /koˈt̪ev/, /koˈd̪ev/
(Yemenite Hebrew) IPA^(key): /køˈθev/, /keˈθev/
(Tiberian Hebrew) IPA^(key): /koˈθev/
(Biblical Hebrew) IPA^(key): /koːˈteːb/, [koːˈθeːv]
(Pre-Hebrew) IPA^(key): /koːˈtibu/

Noun

כּוֹתֵב • (kotév) m (plural indefinite כּוֹתְבִים, singular construct כּוֹתֵב־, plural construct כּוֹתְבֵי־, feminine counterpart כּוֹתֶבֶת)

A (male) writer or author.
Synonyms: סוֹפֵר (sofér), מְחַבֵּר (m'khabér)

Declension

Declension of **כּוֹתֵב**
	isolated forms		with possessive pronouns
Number:	State:	form	Person:	singular		plural
Number:	State:	form	Person:	m	f	m	f
singular	indefinite	כּוֹתֵב	first	כּוֹתְבִי		כּוֹתְבֵנוּ
	definite	הַכּוֹתֵב	second	כּוֹתֶבְךָ	כּוֹתְבֵךְ	כּוֹתֶבְכֶם	כּוֹתֶבְכֶן
	construct	כּוֹתֵב־	third	כּוֹתְבוֹ	כּוֹתְבָהּ	כּוֹתְבָם	כּוֹתְבָן
plural	indefinite	כּוֹתְבִים	first	כותביי / כּוֹתְבַי		כּוֹתְבֵינוּ
	definite	הַכּוֹתְבִים	second	כּוֹתְבֶיךָ	כותבייך / כּוֹתְבַיִךְ	כּוֹתְבֵיכֶם	כּוֹתְבֵיכֶן
	construct	כּוֹתְבֵי־	third	כּוֹתְבָיו	כּוֹתְבֶיהָ	כּוֹתְבֵיהֶם	כּוֹתְבֵיהֶן

Verb

כּוֹתֵב • (kotév)

Masculine singular present participle and present tense of כָּתַב (katáv).

References

“כותב” in the Hebrew Terms Database of the Academy of Hebrew Language
"כותב" in the Noun Declension Tables of the Academy of Hebrew Language