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

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«עָצַם» in the Tanakh dictionary: **shut the eyes** — 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:** 2 times · **Key:** lemma:עָצַם · **BDB:** עָצַם²

### Glosses

\[one.who\].shuts (1); he.has.shut (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

shut the eyes [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1506/lemma_3a_5e2_5b8_5e6_5b7_5dd/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

vb. shut the eyes [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1506/lemma_3a_5e2_5b8_5e6_5b7_5dd/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** vb. shut the eyes (NH Hiph.; poss. connex. with Syriac ܥܡܰܨ = id., Arabic غَمَضَ, غَمُضَ, ii, iv (on ض = ܨ v. NöZMG xxxii (1878), 406); NH עִמֵּץ close eyes of dead; cf. BaES 5 f.);— Pt. וְעֹצֵם עֵינָיו מִן Is 33:15 shutteth his eyes from seeing. Impf. 3 ms. וַיְעַצֵּם אֶת־עֵינֵיכֶם Is 29:10 he hath tightly shut your eyes (cf. I. עצה).

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 2 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses (8 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 2 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (6 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «עָצַם» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1506/lemma_3a_5e2_5b8_5e6_5b7_5dd/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Isaiah 29:10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/ISA.29.10/)

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כִּֽי־נָסַ֨ךְ עֲלֵיכֶ֤ם יְהוָה֙ ר֣וּחַ תַּרְדֵּמָ֔ה וַיְעַצֵּ֖ם אֶת־עֵֽינֵיכֶ֑ם אֶת־הַנְּבִיאִ֛ים וְאֶת־רָאשֵׁיכֶ֥ם הַחֹזִ֖ים כִּסָּֽה׃

*Word for word:* (dm) he.has.poured.out on you Yahweh a.spirit of.deep.sleep and he.has.shut (et) eyes your (et) the prophets and (et) heads your the seers he.has.covered

*JPS 1917:* For the LORD hath poured out upon you the spirit of deep sleep, and hath closed your eyes; the prophets, and your heads, the seers, hath He covered.

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[Isaiah 33:15](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/ISA.33.15/)

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הֹלֵ֣ךְ צְדָק֔וֹת וְדֹבֵ֖ר מֵֽישָׁרִ֑ים מֹאֵ֞ס בְּבֶ֣צַע מַעֲשַׁקּ֗וֹת נֹעֵ֤ר כַּפָּיו֙ מִתְּמֹ֣ךְ בַּשֹּׁ֔חַד אֹטֵ֤ם אָזְנוֹ֙ מִשְּׁמֹ֣עַ דָּמִ֔ים וְעֹצֵ֥ם עֵינָ֖יו מֵרְא֥וֹת בְּרָֽע׃

*Word for word:* \[one.who\].walks righteousness(es) and \[one.who\].speaks uprightness(es) \[one.who\].rejects (in).unjust gain of.extortion(s) \[one.who\].shakes palms his from taking.hold on (the) bribe \[one.who\].shuts ear his from hearing blood(s) and \[one.who\].shuts eyes his from looking on evil

*JPS 1917:* He that walketh righteously, and speaketh uprightly; he that despiseth the gain of oppressions, that shaketh his hands from holding of bribes, that stoppeth his ears from hearing of blood, and shutteth his eyes from looking upon evil;

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