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title: אָטַם — shut · The Tanakh dictionary
description: אָטַם (331), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 8 times: shut. BDB 1906: vb. shut, shut up. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# אָטַם

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«אָטַם» in the Tanakh dictionary: **shut** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 2 verses in layers.

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**Used:** 8 times · **Key:** 331 · **BDB:** אטם

### Glosses

closed (4); \[one.who\].shuts (3); \[which\].it.shuts (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

shut [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/331/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

vb. shut, shut up [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/331/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** vb. shut, shut up (Mish. אטם, cf. אוֹטֶם stoppage, Aramaic אֲטַם; Ar. أَطَمَ contract, stop, أُطُمٌ fortress; As. aṭamu, in list of headgear, etc. = turban? DlW, No. 155)— Pt. act. אֹטֵם Pr 17:28 + 2 textual; pass. אֲטֻמִים 1 K 6:4; אֲטֻמוֹת Ez 40:16 + 2 times;—shut, stop, obj. lips Pr 17:28; ears 21:13 Is 33:15; pass. = closed (i.e. narrowed, narrowing, cf. 𝔖 in Co) חַלּוֹנוֹת א׳ Ez 40:16; 41:16, 26; cf. חַלּוֹנֵי שְׁקֻפִים אֲטֻמִים 1 K 6:4. Impf. i.q. Qal יַאְטֵם ψ 58:5 (juss. with sense of indic., cf. Dr§ 173 obs.) of adder, stopping ears, sim. of wicked.

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Why these entries: BDB: same consonants, part of speech agrees, 8 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses (1 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (1 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «אָטַם» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/331/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[1 Kings 6:4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/1KI.6.4/)

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וַיַּ֣עַשׂ לַבָּ֔יִת חַלּוֹנֵ֖י שְׁקֻפִ֥ים אֲטֻמִֽים׃

*Word for word:* and he.made for the house windows of.frames closed

*JPS 1917:* And for the house he made windows broad within, and narrow without.

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[Proverbs 17:28](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PRO.17.28/)

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גַּ֤ם אֱוִ֣יל מַ֭חֲרִישׁ חָכָ֣ם יֵחָשֵׁ֑ב אֹטֵ֖ם שְׂפָתָ֣יו נָבֽוֹן׃

*Word for word:* also a.fool \[who\].keeps.silent a.wise.\[person\] he.is.considered \[one.who\].shuts lips his \[one.who\].has.understanding

*JPS 1917:* Even a fool, when he holdeth his peace, is counted wise; and he that shutteth his lips is esteemed as a man of understanding.

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