עָטָה

vb. wrap oneself, enwrap, envelop oneself (Arabic غَطَا cover, conceal; Aramaic ܥܛܳܐ extinguish, destroy; Assyrian eṭû, be dark, eṭûtu, darkness);— Pf. 3 ms. וְע׳ (consec.) Je 43:12; 3 pl. וְעָטוּ (consec.) Mi 3:7; Impf. 3 ms. יַעְטֶה Lv 13:45 + 2 times, וַיַּ֫עַט Is 59:17; 2 ms. תַּעְטֶה Ez 24:17; 3 mpl. יַעֲטוּ (Baer יַעְ׳ ψ 71:13; 109:29; 2 mpl. תַּעְטוּ Ez 24:22; Pt. act. עֹטֶה 1 S 28:14 ψ 104:2; fs. עֹטְיָה Ct 1:7;—wrap, envelop oneself with sthg. (acc., like לבשׁ): וְהוּא עֹטֶה מְעִיל 1 S 28:14 an old man ascending, and he is enwrapped in a robe; so יַע׳ הָרֹעֶה בִּגְדוֹ Je 43:12 (sim.), and וְע׳ אֶת־אֶרֶץ מִצְרַיִם v 12 he will wrap himself in the land of Egypt (use it as a robe, fig., of Nebuchadnezzar; so completely will it be in his power, Gf); so fig. of י׳, וַיַּעַט כַּמְעִיל קִנְאָה Is 59:17 (‖ לָבַשׁ), ע׳־אוֹר כַּשַּׂלְמָה ψ 104:2; of men, כְּבֶגֶד יַע׳ 109:19 (sim. ‖ לָבַשׁ v 18), וְיַע׳ כַמְעִיל בָּשְׁתָּם v 29 (‖ id.), יַע׳ חֶרְפָּה וגו׳ 71:13; c. עַל of part covered, in phrase וְעָטוּ עַל־שָׂפָם Mi 3:7 they shall envelop themselves upon their beard (cover the beard, sign of mourning or shame Che Now BenzArch. 165 NowArch. i. 195), so Ez 24:17, 22 and (of leper) Lv 13:45 (P); pt. f. עֹטְיָה Ct 1:7 as subst., one wrapping (a veil about her), i.e. a mourner; > a harlot (cf. Gn 38:14); but preferably II עטה picked lice.—וַיַּעַט etc., v. also עיט; מְעֻטָּה, v. מדט. Pf. 2 ms. הֶעֱטִיתָ עָלָיו בּוּשָׁה ψ 89:46 (of י׳) thou hast wrapped shame upon him (enwrapped him in shame); Impf. 3 ms. בְּרָכוֹת יַעְטֶה מוֹרֶה ψ 84:7 early rain enwrappeth (it, עֵמֶק הַבָּכָא v a) with blessings (𝔊 δώσει, as if from Arabic عطو, عَطَا iii, iv. give, cf. NeMarg. 41); read prob. also יַעֲטֵנִי Is 61:10 (for MT יְעָטָ֑נִי, v. יעט) with a robe of rightness he envelopeth me, so Brd Di RyKau Du; > Qal Pf. עָטָ֑נִי Klo CheHpt.