Ktiv och qre

'ktiv och qre kommer av arameiskans q're, קְרֵי ("[det som] läses") and ketiv, or ketib, kethib, kethibh, kethiv, כְּתִיב ("[det som är] skrivet"). De två begreppen markerar skillnader mellan det skrivna ordet och det lästa i Tanach, den hebreiska bibeln.

Qere and Ketiv, from the Aramaic qere or q're, Mall:Script/Hebrew ("[what is] read") and ketiv, or ketib, kethib, kethibh, kethiv, Mall:Script/Hebrew ("[what is] written"), also known as "q're uchsiv" or "q're uchtiv," refers to a system for marking differences between what is written in the consonantal text of the Hebrew Bible, as preserved by scribal tradition, and what is read. In such situations, the Qere is the technical orthographic device used to indicate the pronunciation of the words in the Masoretic text of the Hebrew language scriptures (Tanakh), while the Ketiv indicates their written form, as inherited from tradition.