Hebrew verb · H5844
עָטָה
atahaw-taw'
to enwrap; to grasp
17 uses in the Hebrew text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key
Concordance spelling: ʻâṭâh
Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's H5844is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.
- 8 of 39Old Testament books
- 16spellings
- 2meanings
The definition in full
Strong's key (1890) · H5844
to wrap, i.e. cover, veil, cloth, or roll
The King James renders it: array self, be clad, (put a) cover (-ing, self), fill, put on, [idiom] surely, turn aside.
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
atah is rendered "to enwrap; to grasp". It stands 17 times in the Hebrew text, across eight books.
- Six of the uses stand in Psalms, more than in any other book.
- The lexicon lists two meanings for it, beginning with "to enwrap".
- Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.Leviticus 13:45A diseased person must wear torn clothes and let his hair hang loose, and he must cover his mouth and cry out, ‘Unclean, unclean!’
- The Greek text spells it sixteen different ways.
The first use
A diseased person must wear torn clothes and let his hair hang loose, and he must cover his mouth and cry out, ‘Unclean, unclean!’
Leviticus 13:45יַעְטֶ֑ה
The first use, in the order of the Old Testament's books.
Where the word stands
Six of the word's seventeen uses are in Psalms.
What the word means
The word carries two meanings: to enwrap, and to grasp.
Each meaning, and the words it is translated by
| Meaning | Tagged as | Where |
|---|---|---|
| to enwrapStrong's entry A | Tagged aslisted under the table | WhereLeviticus 13:45A diseased person must wear torn clothes and let his hair hang loose… |
| to graspStrong's entry B | Tagged aslisted under the table | Wherein the ledger below |
How the Greek text is glossed, word by word
- you must cover2
- and about to grasp you1
- and he will delouse1
- and he wrapped himself1
- and may they be wrapped1
- and they will cover1
- completely to grasp1
- he delouses1
- he will cover1
- he wraps himself1
- it covers1
- like a veiled1
and 4 more, 17 uses in all
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.
All 17, in canonical order
Every use, in order
Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.
16 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
- יַעְטֶ֑ה2
- הֶֽעֱטִ֨יתָ1
- וַיַּ֥עַט1
- וְיַעֲט֖וּ1
- וְעָטָה֩1
- וְעָט֥וּ1
- וְעֹטְךָ֖1
- יַעְטֶ֥ה1
- יַעְטֶ֤ה1
- יַֽעֲט֣וּ1
- כְּעֹ֣טְיָ֔ה1
- עֹטֶ֖ה1
and 4 more spellings in the ledger below.
The grammar of each form
- verb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine singular3HVqi3ms
- verb · simple (qal), participle · masculine singular2HVqrmsa
- Hc/Vqq3cp1Hc/Vqq3cp
- Hc/Vqq3ms1Hc/Vqq3ms
- conjunction (“and”) + verb · simple (qal), participle · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person masculine singular1HC/Vqrmsc/Sp2ms
- HC/Vqu3mp1HC/Vqu3mp
- Hc/Vqw3ms1Hc/Vqw3ms
- preposition + verb · simple (qal), participle · feminine singular1HR/Vqrfsa
- verb · causative (hiphil), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine singular1HVhi3ms
- verb · causative (hiphil), qatal (perfect) · 2nd person masculine singular1HVhp2ms
- verb · simple (qal), infinitive absolute1HVqaa
- verb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 2nd person masculine plural1HVqi2mp
Leviticus
one use
A diseased person must wear torn clothes and let his hair hang loose, and he must cover his mouth and cry out, ‘Unclean, unclean!’
- יַעְטֶ֑הya'tehverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: he will cover
1 Samuel
one use
“What does he look like?” asked Saul. “An old man is coming up,” she replied. “And he is wearing a robe.” So Saul knew that it was Samuel, and he bowed facedown in reverence.
- עֹטֶ֖הʾotehverb · simple (qal), participle · masculine singulartagged: wrapped
Psalms
six uses
May the accusers of my soul be ashamed and consumed; may those who seek my harm be covered with scorn and disgrace.
- יַֽעֲט֣וּyaatuverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine pluraltagged: may they cover themselves
As they pass through the Valley of Baca, they make it a place of springs; even the autumn rain covers it with pools.
- יַעְטֶ֥הya'tehverb · causative (hiphil), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: it covers
You have cut short the days of his youth; You have covered him with shame. Selah
- הֶֽעֱטִ֨יתָheetitaverb · causative (hiphil), qatal (perfect) · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: you have wrapped
He wraps Himself in light as with a garment; He stretches out the heavens like a tent,
- עֹֽטֶה־ʾoteh-verb · simple (qal), participle · masculine singulartagged: wrapping yourself
May it be like a robe wrapped about him, like a belt tied forever around him.
- יַעְטֶ֑הya'tehverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: he wraps himself
May my accusers be clothed with disgrace; may they wear their shame like a robe.
- וְיַעֲט֖וּveyaatuHC/Vqu3mptagged: and may they be wrapped
Song of Solomon
one use
Tell me, O one I love, where do you pasture your sheep? Where do you rest them at midday? Why should I be like a veiled woman beside the flocks of your companions?
- כְּעֹ֣טְיָ֔הkeoteyahpreposition + verb · simple (qal), participle · feminine singulartagged: like a veiled
Isaiah
three uses
Look, O mighty man! The LORD is about to shake you violently. He will take hold of you,
- וְעֹטְךָ֖veotekhaconjunction (“and”) + verb · simple (qal), participle · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: and about to grasp you
- עָטֹֽה׃ʾatohverb · simple (qal), infinitive absolutetagged: completely to grasp
He put on righteousness like a breastplate, and the helmet of salvation on His head; He put on garments of vengeance and wrapped Himself in a cloak of zeal.
- וַיַּ֥עַטvaiyaatHc/Vqw3mstagged: and he wrapped himself
Jeremiah
two uses
I will kindle a fire in the temples of the gods of Egypt, and Nebuchadnezzar will burn those temples and take their gods as captives. So he will wrap himself with the land of Egypt as a shepherd wraps himself in his garment, and he will depart from there unscathed.
- וְעָטָה֩veatahHc/Vqq3mstagged: and he will delouse
- יַעְטֶ֤הya'tehverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: he delouses
Ezekiel
two uses
Groan quietly; do not mourn for the dead. Put on your turban and strap your sandals on your feet; do not cover your lips or eat the bread of mourners.”
- תַעְטֶה֙ta'tehverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: you must cover
Then you will do as I have done: You will not cover your lips or eat the bread of mourners.
- תַעְט֔וּta'tuverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 2nd person masculine pluraltagged: you must cover
Micah
one use
Then the seers will be ashamed and the diviners will be disgraced. They will all cover their mouths because there is no answer from God.”
- וְעָט֥וּveatuHc/Vqq3cptagged: and they will cover
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.