Strong’s H4387 · Hebrew
מִכְתָּם
miktâm
mik-tawm'
Definition
an engraving, i.e. (techn.) a poem
Etymology
from H3799 (כָּתַם);
Where the KJV renders it
- Michtam
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What the first audience heard
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