The meaning of “אָטַם”
Understanding ʼâṭam reveals the original theological depth often simplified in translation.
narrow, shut, stop. - to close (the lips or ears) - by analology to contract (a window by bevelled jambs) 1) to shut, sh...
אָטַם
narrow, shut, stop. - to close (the lips or ears) - by analology to contract (a window by bevelled jambs) 1) to shut, shut up, close 1a) (Qal) to shut, stop (of lips) 1b) (Hiphil) of the wicked stopping their ears (fig.)
Occurrences in the Bible
| Reference | Text | |
|---|---|---|
| 1 Kings 6:4 | “And for the house he made windows of narrow lights.” Word: אָטַם (ʼâṭam) | |
| Psalms 58:4 | “Their poison is like the poison of a serpent: they are like the deaf adder that stoppeth her ear;” Word: אָטַם (ʼâṭam) | |
| Proverbs 21:13 | “Whoso stoppeth his ears at the cry of the poor, he also shall cry himself, but shall not be heard.” Word: אָטַם (ʼâṭam) | |
| Isaiah 33:15 | “He that walketh righteously, and speaketh uprightly; he that despiseth the gain of oppressions, that shaketh his hands from holding of bribes, that stoppeth his ears from hearing of blood, and shutteth his eyes from seeing evil;” Word: אָטַם (ʼâṭam) | |
| Ezekiel 41:16 | “The door posts, and the narrow windows, and the galleries round about on their three stories, over against the door, cieled with wood round about, and from the ground up to the windows, and the windows were covered;” Word: אָטַם (ʼâṭam) |
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