כְּתִיבָה f. (כָּתַב) 1) writing. Sabb. 104ᵇ כ׳ היא אלא וכ׳ it is a writing, and what is needed to make it one word is bringing the two ends of the papers close together. Men. 34ᵃ כ׳ הנוהגת לדורות a mode of writing used at all times (not stone inscriptions). Sabb. 103ᵃ אין דרך כ׳ בכך this (using the left hand) is not the way of writing. Ib.ᵇ (ref. to וכ̇ת̇ב̇ת̇ם̇, Deut. VI, 9) שתהא כ̇ת̇יב̇ה ת̇מ̇ה that the writing must be perfect. Ib. 105ᵃ (expl. א̇נ̇כ̇י̇, Ex. XX, 2, v. אָנֹכִי) א̇מירה נ̇עימה כ̇' י̇היבה a sweet proclamation, a writing, a gift; Yalk. Gen. 81. Gitt. 17ᵇ משעת כ׳ ועד וכ׳ from the time the letter of divorce was written to the time of its delivery. Ib. 45ᵇ (ref. to Deut. VI, 8—9) כל שישנו בקשירה ישנו בכ׳ only he who is under the obligation of binding (the T’fillin on his arm), is fit for writing (the scrolls of the Law &c.). Keth. 102ᵇ וקרי ליה לאמירה כ׳ and is ‘saying’ (verbal declaration) called ‘writing’ (consignment)?; a. fr. —2) the word כתב in Biblical texts. Ber. 16ᵃ בין כ׳ לכ׳ וכ׳ if a person in reading the Sh’ma is in doubt as to whether he is at וכתבתם (of Deut. VI, 9) or at וכתבתם (of ib. XI, 20), he must go back to the first וכתבתם; Y. ib. II, 5ᵃ כתיבת (corr. acc.).