Ketuvim

or Ke·tu·bim

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

noun

, Hebrew.

1. the Hagiographa. Compare Tanakh ( def ).

Word History and Origins

Origin of Ketuvim¹

From Hebrew kĕthûvîm: literally, “writings,” plural of kāthûv “text, writing”; ketubah ( def )