נכתב

Passive of כָּתַב (katáv, “to write”).

• (Modern Israeli Hebrew) IPA^(key): /niχˈtav/

נִכְתַּב • (nikhtáv) (nif'al construction, active counterpart כָּתַב)

1. to be written: to get written, to undergo writing, to come into written existence

   הספרים נכתבו במשך שנה וחצי. ― has'farím nikht'vú b'méshekh shaná vakhétsi. ― The books were written over the course of a year and a half.

   • 1170 CE, Maimonides, Mishneh Torah:

     אַף עַל פִּי שֶׁלֹּא נִכְתְּבָה תּוֹרָה שֶׁבְּעַל פֶּה, לִמְּדָהּ מֹשֶׁה רַבֵּנוּ כֻּלָּהּ בְּבֵית דִּינוֹ לְשִׁבְעִים זְקֵנִים; וְאֶלְעָזָר וּפִינְחָס וִיהוֹשׁוּעַ, שְׁלָשְׁתָּן קִבְּלוּ מִמֹּשֶׁה.

     af al pi sheló nikhtevá torá shebe'al pé, lim'dáh moshé rabénu kuláh bevét dinó leshiv'ím z'kením; ve'el'azár ufinkhás vihoshúa', sh'lashtán kib'lú mimoshé

     Although the Oral Torah was not written down, Moses taught all of it in his tribunal to seventy elders; and Eliezer and Phinehas and Joshua all received it from Moses.

• This verb refers to the event of being written. For the state of having been written, the adjective כָּתוּב (katúv, “written”) is used.