ketubah

Pronunciations

ketubah	(keh-TOO-bah)
kehtubah	(keh-too-BAH)

Definitions

• n. "The Jewish marriage contract, traditionally written in Aramaic." (JPS)
  

Example Sentences

• "My sister designed a beautiful ketubah for her impending wedding."
  

Languages of Origin

• Aramaic

Etymology

• כתובה
  

Who Uses This

• Jews: Jews of diverse religious backgrounds and organizational involvements

Regions

• North America

Dictionaries

• The JPS Dictionary of Jewish Words, by Joyce Eisenberg and Ellen Scolnic, (Philadelphia, 2001).
• The Joys of Hebrew, by Lewis Glinert (New York, 1992).

Alternative Spellings

ksuva, kesuva, ketuba, k'tubah, k'tuba