H0331

אָטַם

a.tamH:V

to shutter

1) to shut, shut up, close 1a) (Qal) to shut, stop (of lips) 1b) (Hiphil) of the wicked stopping their ears (fig.)

The KJV translates H0331 in the following manner:

narrow (8x), stoppeth (6x), shutteth (2x)

Full Brown-Driver-Briggs lexicon entry

[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.

6 occurrences

Proverbs (2), Isaiah (1), Ezekiel (3)