אָטַםʼâṭam

shut, shut up

Pronunciation: aw-tam' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H331

Meanings

Qal: shut, stop (Proverbs 17:28; 1 Kings 6:4; Ezekiel 40:16)

Hiph`il: of adder, stopping ears, simile of wicked (Psalms 58:5)

Where it appears

Appears 8 times in the Bible.

  • 1 Kings 6:4 Solomon also made narrow recessed windows throughout the Temple.
  • Psalms 58:4 They spit venom like deadly snakes; they are like cobras that refuse to listen,
  • Proverbs 17:28 Even fools are thought wise when they keep silent; with their mouths shut, they seem intelligent.
  • Proverbs 21:13 Those who shut their ears to the cries of the poor will be ignored in their own time of need.
  • Isaiah 33:15 Those who are honest and fair, who refuse to profit by fraud, who stay far away from bribes, who refuse to listen to those who plot murder, who shut their eyes to all enticement to do wrong—
  • Ezekiel 40:16 There were recessed windows that narrowed inward through the walls of the guard alcoves and their dividing walls. There were also windows in the entry room. The surfaces of the dividing walls were decorated with carved palm trees.
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Source: Brown, Driver and Briggs, Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain; markup by unfoldingWord, CC BY (github.com/unfoldingWord/Brown-Driver-Briggs-Enhanced).