כתם
Hebrew edit
| Root |
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| כ־ת־ם (k-t-m) |
Pronunciation edit
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Noun edit
כֶּתֶם • (kétem) m (plural indefinite כְּתָמִים, plural construct כִּתְמֵי־) [pattern: קֶטֶל]
- stain
- spot
- (Biblical Hebrew, literary) gold
- 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 edit
כָּתֹם • (katóm) (feminine כְּתֻמָּה, masculine plural כְּתֻמִּים, feminine plural כְּתֻמּוֹת)
- defective spelling of כתום (“orange”).
References edit
- “כתם” in the Hebrew Terms Database of the Academy of Hebrew Language
Further reading edit
כתם on the Hebrew Wikipedia.Wikipedia he
