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נכתב
נכתב
Hebrew
Verb
נִכְתַּב • (nikhtáv) (nif'al construction, active counterpart כָּתַב)
- To be written: to get written, to undergo writing, to come into written existence.
- הספרים נכתבו במשך שנה וחצי. — has'farím nikht'vú b'méshekh shaná vakhétsi. — The books were written over the course of a year and a half.
- (נִכְתָּב, nikhtáv) Masculine singular present participle and present tense of נִכְתַּב.
Usage notes
- This verb refers to the event of being written. For the state of having been written, the adjective כָּתוּב (katúv, “written”) is used.
Conjugation
Conjugation of נִכְתַּב (see also Appendix:Hebrew verbs)
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| past | first | נִכְתַּבְתִּי | נִכְתַּבְנוּ | ||
| second | נִכְתַּבְתָּ | נִכְתַּבְתְּ | נִכְתַּבְתֶּם | נִכְתַּבְתֶּן | |
| third | נִכְתַּב | נִכְתְּבָה | נִכְתְּבוּ | ||
| present | נִכְתָּב | נִכְתֶּבֶת | נִכְתָּבִים | נִכְתָּבוֹת | |
| future | first | אֶכָּתֵב | ניכתב \ נִכָּתֵב | ||
| second | תיכתב \ תִּכָּתֵב | תיכתבי \ תִּכָּתְבִי | תיכתבו \ תִּכָּתְבוּ | תיכתבנה \ תִּכָּתֵבְנָה1 | |
| third | ייכתב \ יִכָּתֵב | תיכתב \ תִּכָּתֵב | ייכתבו \ יִכָּתְבוּ | תיכתבנה \ תִּכָּתֵבְנָה1 | |
| imperative | היכתב \ הִכָּתֵב | היכתבי \ הִכָּתְבִי | היכתבו \ הִכָּתְבוּ | היכתבנה \ הִכָּתֵבְנָה1 | |
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