BDB355
[אטם] verb shut, shut up (Mishna אטם, compare אוֺטֶם stoppage, Aramaic אֲטַם; Arabic [untranscribed source text 163] contract, stop, [untranscribed source text 164] fortress; Assyrian a‰amu , in list of headgear, etc. = turban? DlW, 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.