Hebrew verb · H331
אָטַם
atamaw-tam'
to shutter
8 uses in the Hebrew text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key
Concordance spelling: ʼâṭam
Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's H331is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.
- 5 of 39Old Testament books
- 8spellings
The definition in full
Strong's key (1890) · H331
to close (the lips or ears); by analology to contract (a window by bevelled jambs)
The King James renders it: narrow, shut, stop.
James Strong, The Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890), public domain. Strong indexed the King James text, and this site quotes his entry as that index.
Summary
atam is rendered "to shutter". It stands 8 times in the Hebrew text, across five books.
- Three of the uses stand in Ezekiel, more than in any other book.
- Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.1 Kings 6:4He also had narrow windows framed high in the temple.
- The Greek text spells it eight different ways.
The first use
He also had narrow windows framed high in the temple.
1 Kings 6:4אֲטֻמִֽים׃
The first use, in the order of the Old Testament's books.
Where the word stands
What the word means
Each meaning, and the words it is translated by
How the Greek text is glossed, word by word
- shuts3
- closed2
- it shuts1
- shut1
- the closed1
The words built on the same word-part
Each word below begins with the same letters this one begins with. A shared word-part shows a family. It does not settle what any one of them means, so each word carries its own uses on its own page. Scholars call that shared part the stem.
| Word | Written | Meaning | Uses |
|---|---|---|---|
| אָטַר | atar | to shut | Uses1 |
All 8, in canonical order
Every use, in order
Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.
8 spellings and their grammar
STEP Bible tags every word of the Hebrew and Greek text with its spelling and its grammar. Both lists below count the rows printed underneath, written out in English, with the code beside each one as it was tagged.
How it is spelled
- אֹטֵ֖ם1
- אֹטֵ֣ם1
- אֹטֵ֤ם1
- אֲטֻמ֣וֹת1
- אֲטֻמ֤וֹת1
- אֲטֻמִֽים׃1
- הָ֠אֲטֻמוֹת1
- יַאְטֵ֥ם1
The grammar of each form
- verb · simple (qal), participle · masculine singular3HVqrmsa
- verb · simple (qal), passive participle · feminine plural2HVqsfpa
- the definite article (“the”) + verb · simple (qal), passive participle · feminine plural1HTd/Vqsfpa
- verb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine singular1HVqi3ms
- verb · simple (qal), passive participle · masculine plural1HVqsmpa
1 Kings
one use
He also had narrow windows framed high in the temple.
- אֲטֻמִֽים׃ʾatumimverb · simple (qal), passive participle · masculine pluraltagged: shut
Psalms
one use
Their venom is like the venom of a snake, like a cobra that shuts its ears,
- יַאְטֵ֥םya'temverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: it shuts
Proverbs
two uses
Even a fool is considered wise if he keeps silent, and discerning when he holds his tongue.
- אֹטֵ֖םʾotemverb · simple (qal), participle · masculine singulartagged: shuts
Whoever shuts his ears to the cry of the poor, he too shall cry out and receive no answer.
- אֹטֵ֣םʾotemverb · simple (qal), participle · masculine singulartagged: shuts
Isaiah
one use
He who walks righteously and speaks with sincerity, who refuses gain from extortion, whose hand never takes a bribe, who stops his ears against murderous plots and shuts his eyes tightly against evil—
- אֹטֵ֤םʾotemverb · simple (qal), participle · masculine singulartagged: shuts
Ezekiel
three uses
The gate chambers and their side pillars had beveled windows all around the inside of the gateway. The porticos also had windows all around on the inside. Each side pillar was decorated with palm trees.
- אֲטֻמ֣וֹתʾatumotverb · simple (qal), passive participle · feminine pluraltagged: closed
as well as the thresholds and the beveled windows and the galleries all around with their three levels opposite the threshold, were overlaid with wood on all sides. They were paneled from the ground to the windows, and the windows were covered.
- הָ֠אֲטֻמוֹתhaatumotthe definite article (“the”) + verb · simple (qal), passive participle · feminine pluraltagged: the closed
There were beveled windows and palm trees on the sidewalls of the portico. The side rooms of the temple also had canopies.
- אֲטֻמ֤וֹתʾatumotverb · simple (qal), passive participle · feminine pluraltagged: closed
The letters
Gematria 50· 610 mispar gadol
Where it leads
How the numbers are counted
Every count on this page comes from STEP Bible's tagged Hebrew and Greek text, the same text the ledger prints. A use is counted once each time the tagging marks a word with this key.
Spellings are counted as the Greek text spells them, with the sentence's own punctuation taken off the word first, so a form that ends a clause is not counted as a second spelling.
The family is read from the lexicon by the stem the two words share, with the accents off, and a person or a place named on the stem is left out.