כתם

Hebrew

Root
כ־ת־ם (k-t-m)

Pronunciation

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Noun

כֶּתֶם • (kétem) m (plural indefinite כְּתָמִים, plural construct כִּתְמֵי־) [pattern: קֶטֶל]

1. stain
2. spot
3. (Biblical Hebrew, literary) gold

   Synonyms: זָהָב, פַּז, סְגוֹר, חָרוּץ, בֶּצֶר, אוֹפִיר

   • Tanach, Job 28:16, with translation of the King James Version:

     לֹא-תְסֻלֶּה בְּכֶתֶם אוֹפִיר, בְּשֹׁהַם יָקָר וְסַפִּיר.

     lo-təsullé bəchétem ofír, bəšóham yaqár vəsappír.

     It cannot be valued with the gold of Ophir, with the precious onyx, or the sapphire.

Adjective

כָּתֹם • (katóm) (feminine כְּתֻמָּה, masculine plural כְּתֻמִּים, feminine plural כְּתֻמּוֹת)

1. defective spelling of כתום (“orange”).

References

• “כתם” in the Hebrew Terms Database of the Academy of Hebrew Language

Further reading

• כתם on the Hebrew Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^he