BDB355 [H331]

[אטם] verb shut, shut up (Mishna אטם, compare אוֺטֶם stoppage, Aramaic אֲטַם; Arabic contract, stop, fortress; Assyrian a‰amu, in list of headgear, etc. = turban? Dl^{W, No. 155}) —

Qal Participle active אֹטֵם Prov 17:28 + 2 t.; passive אֲטֻמִים 1Kgs 6:4 אֲטֻמוֺת Ezek 40:16 + 2 t.; — shut, stop, object lips Prov 17:28 ears Prov 21:13; Isa 33:15 passive = closed (i.e. narrowed, narrowing, compare ᵑ6 in Co) ׳חַלּוֺנוֺת א Ezek 40:16; Ezek 41:16; Ezek 41:26 compare חַלּוֺנֵי שְׁקֻפִים אֲטֻמִים 1Kgs 6:4. Hiph`il Imperfect id quod Qal יַאְטֵם Ps 58:5 (jussive with sense of indicative, compare Dr^{§ 173 obs}.) of adder, stopping ears, simile of wicked.

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