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

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«שָׂתַם» in the Tanakh dictionary: **stop 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:** lemma:שָׂתַם · **BDB:** שָׂתַם

### Glosses

he.has.shut.out (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

stop up [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/lemma_3a_5e9_5b8_5c2_5ea_5b7_5dd/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

vb. stop up [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/lemma_3a_5e9_5b8_5c2_5ea_5b7_5dd/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** vb. usually stop up, in sense of shut out, shut ears against (late ‖ form of סָתַם; yet awkward; BaES 9 cp. Arabic شَمَّتَ frustrate, disappoint);— Pf. 3 ms. שׂ׳ תְּפִלָּתִי La 3:8 (\> van d. H. שָׂתָם) he (י׳) hath shut out my prayer (Bu שׂ׳ מִתּ׳ shut up \[himself\] from).

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses (3 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (2 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «שָׂתַם» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/lemma_3a_5e9_5b8_5c2_5ea_5b7_5dd/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Lamentations 3:8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/LAM.3.8/)

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גַּ֣ם כִּ֤י אֶזְעַק֙ וַאֲשַׁוֵּ֔עַ שָׂתַ֖ם תְּפִלָּתִֽי׃

*Word for word:* also (dm) I.will.cry.out and I.will.cry.for.help he.has.shut.out prayer my

*JPS 1917:* Yea, when I cry and call for help, He shutteth out my prayer.

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