אָטַם

«אָטַם» in the Tanakh dictionary: shut — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 2 verses in layers.

Used: 8 times · Key: 331 · BDB: אטם

Glosses

closed (4); [one.who].shuts (3); [which].it.shuts (1)

Meaning (OSHB)

shut tree →

Meaning (BDB 1906)

vb. shut, shut up tree →

The whole BDB entry

vb. shut, shut up (Mish. אטם, cf. אוֹטֶם stoppage, Aramaic אֲטַם; Ar. أَطَمَ contract, stop, أُطُمٌ fortress; As. aṭamu, in list of headgear, etc. = turban? DlW, No. 155)— Pt. act. אֹטֵם Pr 17:28 + 2 textual; pass. אֲטֻמִים 1 K 6:4; אֲטֻמוֹת Ez 40:16 + 2 times;—shut, stop, obj. lips Pr 17:28; ears 21:13 Is 33:15; pass. = closed (i.e. narrowed, narrowing, cf. 𝔖 in Co) חַלּוֹנוֹת א׳ Ez 40:16; 41:16, 26; cf. חַלּוֹנֵי שְׁקֻפִים אֲטֻמִים 1 K 6:4. Impf. i.q. Qal יַאְטֵם ψ 58:5 (juss. with sense of indic., cf. Dr§ 173 obs.) of adder, stopping ears, sim. of wicked.

Why these entries: BDB: same consonants, part of speech agrees, 8 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses (1 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (1 candidates)

Trees and pragmatics

Every English meaning of «אָטַם» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

In the verses

1 Kings 6:4

וַיַּ֣עַשׂ לַבָּ֔יִת חַלּוֹנֵ֖י שְׁקֻפִ֥ים אֲטֻמִֽים׃

Word for word: and he.made for the house windows of.frames closed

JPS 1917: And for the house he made windows broad within, and narrow without.

Proverbs 17:28

גַּ֤ם אֱוִ֣יל מַ֭חֲרִישׁ חָכָ֣ם יֵחָשֵׁ֑ב אֹטֵ֖ם שְׂפָתָ֣יו נָבֽוֹן׃

Word for word: also a.fool [who].keeps.silent a.wise.[person] he.is.considered [one.who].shuts lips his [one.who].has.understanding

JPS 1917: Even a fool, when he holdeth his peace, is counted wise; and he that shutteth his lips is esteemed as a man of understanding.

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