Word Study · Strong's H2857 · Hebrew

חֲתַם

chatham

khath-am'

Strong's 1890 spelling: chătham

“to seal”

Strong's Dictionary · 1890 · public domain

to seal

Rendered in the KJV as

seal.

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occurrencein the Old Testament
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Old Testament bookswhere the word stands
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inflected formdistinct spellings

Across 1 occurrences

The word itself

Inflected forms · 1

וְחַתְמַ֨הּ1

How it is rendered · 1

and he sealed it1

The sense the word carries at each spot — how the translators read it there, not a fixed translation.

How it parses · 1

conjunction (“and”) + verb · simple (qal), completed action · 3rd person masculine singular + pronoun suffix · 3rd person feminine singular1

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AC/Vqp3ms/Sp3fs · 1

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Daniel1 occurrence

Daniel 6:17וְחַתְמַ֨הּvechatmahconjunction (“and”) + verb · simple (qal), completed action · 3rd person masculine singular + pronoun suffix · 3rd person feminine singularA stone was brought and placed over the mouth of the den, and the king sealed it with his own signet ring and with the rings of his nobles, so that nothing concerning Daniel could be changed.here: and he sealed it

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