כְּתִיב, כְּתִיבָא f. (כְּתַב I) 1) written; it is written, v. כְּתַב I.—[Targ. II Esth. VII, 10 כְּתִיבֵי some ed., read כִּתְבֵי, v. כְּתַב II]. —2) (Massorah) כְּתִיב K’thib, the traditional spelling of Biblical words, opp. to קרי, K’ri, the Massoretic instruction for reading, e.g. Gen. VIII, 17: K’thib (הוֹצֵא) הוצא, K’ri הַיְצֵא; v. Treat. Sof’rim VI, 5; VII, 4. Ab. Zar. 24ᵇ (ref. to I Sam. VII, 9) ויעלה כ׳ the K’thib allows the reading וַיַּעֲלֶהָ (with feminine suffix). Snh. 20ᵃ, v. כָּרָה; a. v. fr.—Pl. כְּתִיבָן. Ned. 37ᵇ קריין ולא כ׳ וכ׳ ולא קריין וכ׳ the rules about reading words not written (omitted in the text) and such as are written but not read (marked as superfluous) are a Mosaic (ancient, traditional) halakhah (v. הֲלָכָה). Ib. הלין קדיין ולא כְתִבָן those (quoted) are those read but not written; וכְתִבָן ולא קריין וכ׳ and those written but not read are &c.; v. Treat. Sof’rim VI, 8—9.