כְּתַת ch. same 1) to join closely, be grouped. Targ. Job XXX, 7 בתתין Ms. Var., read: כָּתְתִין (ed. מתחברין, h. text יְסֻפָּחוּ).—Denom. כָּתָא, כִּתָּא. —2) to strike, v. infra.
Pa. - כַּתֵּת 1) to pound, crush. Ab. Zar. 44ᵃ בדין הוא דכַתּוּתֵי לא וכ׳ by law it was necessary to grind it (the bronze serpent) to powder, v. preced. —2) to ally, form into factions. Targ. Y. I Num. XXIV, 23 (play on כִּתִּים, ib. 24) מְכַתֵּת וכ׳ causes nations … to form alliances and incites them against one another.—Part. pass. מְכַתַּת, v. infra.
Ithpa. - אִיכַּתֵּת 1) to be powdered, crushed. Succ. 31ᵇ כַּתּוּתֵי מִיכַּתַּת שיעוריה the size which the Lulab must have, is (in the eyes of the law) crushed to powder (as an object of idolatry); Ḥull. 89ᵇ כתותי מִכַּתַּת שיעורא (or מְכַתַּת. v. supra). Ib. כל מה דמכ׳ וכ׳ the more it is crushed to powder, the better it is fitted (for covering the blood). Yeb. 103ᵇ כִּדְמִכַּתֵּת דמי (or כִּדְמְכַתַּת) the house doomed to destruction (Lev. XIV, 45) is to be considered as crushed to powder. —2) to come in contact (hostile or friendly, cmp. זווג). Gen. R. s. 78 (ref. to פגש, Gen. XXXIII, 8) א"ל מִיכַּתֵּת אנא גביהון א"ל וכ׳ said he (Esau), I had a meeting with them. Said he (Jacob) they came to find grace &c. Said he, I have had enough blows; Yalk. ib. 133.