כתם

כתם

Hebrew

Root
כ־ת־ם‎ (k-t-m)

Noun

כֶּתֶם • (kétem) m (plural indefinite כְּתָמִים‎, plural construct כִּתְמֵי־‎) [pattern: קֶטֶל]

1. stain
2. spot
3. (Biblical Hebrew, literary) gold
   • 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.

   Synonyms: זָהָב‎, פַּז‎, סְגוֹר‎, חָרוּץ‎, בֶּצֶר‎, אוֹפִיר‎

Adjective

כָּתֹם • (katóm) (feminine כְּתֻמָּה‎, masculine plural כְּתֻמִּים‎, feminine plural כְּתֻמּוֹת‎)

1. defective spelling of כתום‎ ('katóm, “orange”).

References

• “כתם” in the Hebrew Terms Database of the Academy of Hebrew Language

Further reading

• כתם on the Hebrew Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^he