Ketuvim

or Ke·tu·bim

[ Sephardic Hebrew kuh-too-veem; Ashkenazic Hebrew, English kuh-too-vim ]

nounHebrew.
  1. the Hagiographa.: Compare Tanakh.

Origin of Ketuvim

1
From Hebrew kĕthûvîm: literally, “writings,” plural of kāthûv “text, writing”; cf. ketubah

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How to use Ketuvim in a sentence

  • The last group of sacred writings, what the Jews call the Ketubim, was kept open for additions to a very late day.

    Who Wrote the Bible? | Washington Gladden
  • So they tore the book in two, and put the last part of it into the growing collection of "Ketubim," or "Writings."

    Who Wrote the Bible? | Washington Gladden
  • It is found, instead, among the Ketubim,--the later and supplementary writings of the Hebrew Bible.

    Who Wrote the Bible? | Washington Gladden
  • By and by there were requests that this first part--the Chronicles--be admitted to the Ketubim.

    Who Wrote the Bible? | Washington Gladden