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title: אָטַר — shut up · The Tanakh dictionary
description: אָטַר (332), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 1 times: shut up. BDB 1906: vb. shut up, close, bind. With 1 verse in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# אָטַר

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«אָטַר» in the Tanakh dictionary: **shut up** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 1 verse in layers.

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**Used:** 1 times · **Key:** 332 · **BDB:** אָטַר

### Glosses

let.it.close (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

shut up [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/332/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

vb. shut up, close, bind [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/332/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** vb. shut up, close, bind (Arabic أَطَرَ bend, curve, إِطَارٌ what surrounds, encloses) Impf. 3 fs. תֶּאְטַר ψ 69:16 (אַל תּ׳ עָלַי בְּאֵר פִּיהָ).

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (3 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (3 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «אָטַר» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/332/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Psalms 69:16](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.69.16/)

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אַל־תִּשְׁטְפֵ֤נִי ׀ שִׁבֹּ֣לֶת מַ֭יִם וְאַל־תִּבְלָעֵ֣נִי מְצוּלָ֑ה וְאַל־תֶּאְטַר־עָלַ֖י בְּאֵ֣ר פִּֽיהָ׃

*Word for word:* not let it.overflow.me a.flood of.water and not let it.swallow.me.up \[the\].deep and not let.it.close over me \[the\].pit mouth its

*JPS 1917:* Let not the waterflood overwhelm me, neither let the deep swallow me up; and let not the pit shut her mouth upon me.

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