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title: עָטַר — crown · The Tanakh dictionary
description: עָטַר (5849), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 7 times: crown. BDB 1906: vb.denom. crown. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# עָטַר

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«עָטַר» in the Tanakh dictionary: **crown** — 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:** 7 times · **Key:** 5849 · **BDB:** עָטַר²

### Glosses

crowns (2); you (2); \[were\].surrounding (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

crown [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1506/5849/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

vb.denom. crown [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1506/5849/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** vb.denom. crown;— Pf. 3 fs. שֶׁעִטְּרָה לוֹ Ct 3:11 with which his mother crowned him (v. i. עֲטָרָה 1); elsewhere fig.: 2 ms. עִטַּרְתָּ שְׁנַת טוֹבָתֶ֑ךָ ψ 65:12 thou (י׳) hast crowned the year of thy goodness; Impf. 2 ms. sf. וְכָבוֹד וְהָדָר תְּעַטְּרֵהוּ 8:6; Pt. sf. הַמְעַטְּרֵכִי חֶסֶד וְרַחֲמִים 103:4 (of י׳). Pt. f. צֹר הַמַּעֲטִירָה Is 23:8 usually Tyre the crown-bestower (Ges Ew De CheComm. Di Du GuKau Skinner), but dub.; the crown-wearer Hi Gr (after 𝔖), so Ren CheHpt. (reading הַמְּעֻטָּרָה).

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 5 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (2 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (2 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «עָטַר» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1506/5849/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Psalms 65:12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.65.12/)

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עִ֭טַּרְתָּ שְׁנַ֣ת טוֹבָתֶ֑ךָ וּ֝מַעְגָּלֶ֗יךָ יִרְעֲפ֥וּן דָּֽשֶׁן׃

*Word for word:* you.crown the.year your.goodness your and tracks your they drip fatness

*JPS 1917:* Thou crownest the year with Thy goodness; and Thy paths drop fatness.

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[Psalms 5:13](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.5.13/)

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כִּֽי־אַתָּה֮ תְּבָרֵ֪ךְ צַ֫דִּ֥יק יְהוָ֑ה כַּ֝צִּנָּ֗ה רָצ֥וֹן תַּעְטְרֶֽנּוּ׃

*Word for word:* (dm) you you.bless \[the\].righteous O.Yahweh like (the) shield favor you surround.him

*JPS 1917:* For Thou dost bless the righteous; O LORD, Thou dost encompass him with favour as with a shield.

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