שָׁתַם

[שָׁתַם] verb dubious; if text correct, open (Late Hebrew Aramaic שׁתם open [vessel]); — only Qal Passive participle construct הַגֶּבֶר שְׁתֻם הְעָ֑יִן Num 24:3; Num 24:15 (poems in J E) the man opened of [mental] eye, so ᵑ6 Ki Ew and others RVm; ᵑ9 Rö Ke Di and others render closed of [bodily] eye, reading then implicity שְׂתֻם (compare סָתַם, שָׂתַם Lam 3:8); see further Gray.

[שׁתן, הִשְׁתִּין] see שִׁין.