Strong's Lexicon

H6272

H6272 — עָתַם

Hebrew / Aramaic entry for Bible study and original-language reference.

Hebrewathamverb-stemOccurrences: 1TWOT: 1720

Definition / Gloss

Strong's Number:	H6272
Word:	עָתַם
Part of Speech:	verb-stem
Etymology:	a primitive root
Language:	Hebrew
Occurrences:	1
Transliteration:	atham
Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation:	`atham (aw-tham) v.
Meaning:	1. probably to glow, i.e. (figuratively) be desolated
KJV Renderings:	be darkened.

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Brown-Driver-Briggs Enhanced

BDB6486

[עָתַם] verb dubious;

Niph`al Perfect 3 masculine singular נֶעְתַּם אָ֑רֶץ Isa 9:18 ( [untranscribed source text 4142] is be clogged in speech, [untranscribed source text 4143] suffocating heat, [untranscribed source text 4144] burned by heat; hence Thes scorched, but derived sense dubious; see RS^{JPhil. xiii.
61 f.}); — read perhaps נִצְּתָה (√ יָצַת) is burned up, compare RS^l.c., Krochm Kit Che^Hpt.

Other Resources

Theological Wordbook of the Old Testament
R. Laird Harris, Gleason L. Archer, and Bruce K. Waltke