kethib

noun

ke·​thib

variants or kethibh or less commonly kethiv or ketib or k'thib or kthib or k'thibh or kthibh

kəˈt(h)ēv

plural -s

: a reading in the consonantal text of the Jewish Scriptures for which in traditional Jewish practice there is substituted a different reading whose consonants are usually given in the margin compare kere

Word History

Etymology

Hebrew kĕthībh, from Aramaic, written

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