Word Study · Strong's H5848 · Hebrew
עָטַף
ataph
aw-taf'
Strong's 1890 spelling: ʻâṭaph
“to shroud, i.e. clothe (whether transitive or reflex.)”
Strong's Dictionary · 1890 · public domain
to shroud, i.e. clothe (whether transitive or reflex.); hence (from the idea of darkness) to languish
Rendered in the KJV as
cover (over), fail, faint, feebler, hide self, be overwhelmed, swoon.
- 15occurrencesin the Old Testament
- 6 of 39Old Testament bookswhere the word stands
- 15inflected formsdistinct spellings
Across 15 occurrences
The word itself
Inflected forms · 15
- בְּהִתְעַטֵּ֬ף1
- בְּהִתְעַטֵּ֤ף1
- בְּהִֽתְעַטְּפָ֤ם1
- בֵּֽעָטֵ֤ף1
- בַּעֲטֹ֣ף1
- הָעֲטוּפִ֥ים1
- הָעֲטֻפִים֙1
- וּבְהַעֲטִ֥יף1
- וְתִתְעַטֵּ֖ף1
- וַתִּתְעַטֵּ֣ף1
- יַֽעֲט֔וֹף1
- יַעְטֹ֥ף1
and 3 more spellings in the ledger below.
How it is rendered · 15
- and it has fainted away1
- and when was feeble1
- because faint1
- for it may faint away1
- he turns1
- it covers1
- it was fainting away1
- it will grow faint1
- the enfeebled ones1
- the ones enfeebled1
- they cover themselves1
- when faint away they1
The sense the word carries at each spot — how the translators read it there, not a fixed translation.
How it parses · 12
- verb · simple (qal), ongoing or future action · 3rd person masculine singular3
- preposition + verb · reflexive (hithpael), infinitive (“to…”)2
- conjunction (“and”) + preposition + verb · causative (hiphil), infinitive (“to…”)1
- HC/Vtu3fs1
- Hc/Vtw3fs1
- preposition + verb · passive or reflexive (niphal), infinitive (“to…”)1
- preposition + verb · simple (qal), infinitive (“to…”)1
- preposition + verb · reflexive (hithpael), infinitive (“to…”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine plural1
- the definite article (“the”) + adjective · masculine plural1
- the definite article (“the”) + verb · simple (qal), passive participle · masculine plural1
- verb · simple (qal), ongoing or future action · 3rd person masculine plural1
- verb · reflexive (hithpael), ongoing or future action · 3rd person feminine singular1
Show the grammar codes as tagged
- HVqi3ms · 3
- HR/Vtcc · 2
- HC/R/Vhcc · 1
- HC/Vtu3fs · 1
- Hc/Vtw3fs · 1
- HR/VNcc · 1
- HR/Vqcc · 1
- HR/Vtcc/Sp3mp · 1
- HTd/Aampa · 1
- HTd/Vqsmpa · 1
- HVqi3mp · 1
- HVti3fs · 1
All 15, in canonical order
The ledger of occurrences
Where this word lives
Psalms carries the most and opens below; every other book is one click.
Genesis2 occurrences
- Genesis 30:42וּבְהַעֲטִ֥יףuvehaatifconjunction (“and”) + preposition + verb · causative (hiphil), infinitive (“to…”)But if the animals were weak, he did not set out the branches. So the weaker animals went to Laban and the stronger ones to Jacob.here: and when was feeble
- Genesis 30:42הָעֲטֻפִים֙haatufimthe definite article (“the”) + adjective · masculine pluralBut if the animals were weak, he did not set out the branches. So the weaker animals went to Laban and the stronger ones to Jacob.here: the enfeebled ones
Psalms7 occurrences
- Psalms 61:2בַּעֲטֹ֣ףbaatofpreposition + verb · simple (qal), infinitive (“to…”)From the ends of the earth I call out to You whenever my heart is faint. Lead me to the rock that is higher than I.here: when grows faint
- Psalms 65:13יַֽעַטְפוּ־yaatfu-verb · simple (qal), ongoing or future action · 3rd person masculine pluralThe pastures are clothed with flocks, and the valleys are decked with grain. They shout in triumph; indeed, they sing.here: they cover themselves
- Psalms 73:6יַעֲטָף־yaatafo-verb · simple (qal), ongoing or future action · 3rd person masculine singularTherefore pride is their necklace; a garment of violence covers them.here: it covers
- Psalms 77:3וְתִתְעַטֵּ֖ףvetitatefHC/Vtu3fsI remembered You, O God, and I groaned; I mused and my spirit grew faint. Selahhere: for it may faint away
- Psalms 107:5תִּתְעַטָּֽף׃titatafverb · reflexive (hithpael), ongoing or future action · 3rd person feminine singularThey were hungry and thirsty; their soul fainted within them.here: it was fainting away
- Psalms 142:3בְּהִתְעַטֵּ֬ףbehitatefpreposition + verb · reflexive (hithpael), infinitive (“to…”)Although my spirit grows faint within me, You know my way. Along the path I travel they have hidden a snare for me.here: when faints away
- Psalms 143:4וַתִּתְעַטֵּ֣ףvatitatefHc/Vtw3fsMy spirit grows faint within me; my heart is dismayed inside me.here: and it has fainted away
Lamentations3 occurrences
- Lamentations 2:11בֵּֽעָטֵ֤ףbeatefpreposition + verb · passive or reflexive (niphal), infinitive (“to…”)My eyes fail from weeping; I am churning within. My heart is poured out in grief over the destruction of the daughter of my people, because children and infants faint in the streets of the city.here: because faint
- Lamentations 2:12בְּהִֽתְעַטְּפָ֤םbehitatefampreposition + verb · reflexive (hithpael), infinitive (“to…”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine pluralThey cry out to their mothers: “Where is the grain and wine?” as they faint like the wounded in the streets of the city, as their lives fade away in the arms of their mothers.here: when faint away they
- Lamentations 2:19הָעֲטוּפִ֥יםhaatufimthe definite article (“the”) + verb · simple (qal), passive participle · masculine pluralArise, cry out in the night from the first watch of the night. Pour out your heart like water in the presence of the Lord. Lift up your hands to Him for the lives of your children who are fainting from hunger on the corner of every street.here: the ones enfeebled