ke.tav denotes putting a decree, message, names, dream, or record into written form.

The attested use concerns setting material down in writing: a hand writes on a wall, Daniel writes down a dream, officials write a letter and names, and documents or a record are described as written.

1. Setting words or records down in writing · dominant

   Active forms occur where writing is performed: in Daniel 5:5 the APB renders a hand that “wrote” on the palace wall; in Daniel 7:1 it renders Daniel writing the dream; and in Ezra 4:8 and Ezra 5:10 it presents a letter and names being written. Passive forms describe written material already present: in Ezra 5:7 a message is “written in its midst,” and in Ezra 6:2 a scroll contains a written record; Daniel 6:26 places the perfect form in the king's declaration, rendered “I have made a decree.”

   Daniel 5:5Daniel 6:26Daniel 7:1Ezra 4:8Ezra 5:10Ezra 5:7

In the Anselm Project Bible: The APB commonly presents the action with “wrote” or “write,” while passive forms appear as “was written.” In Daniel 6:26 it instead renders the surrounding decree clause “I have made a decree”; That wording does not isolate the term's precise English equivalent.