לוּטlûwṭ
wrap closely, tightly, enwrap, envelope
Pronunciation: loot · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H3874
Meanings
Qal: active, wrapped up in a garment (2 Samuel 19:15; Isaiah 25:7; 1 Samuel 21:10)
Hiph`il: envelope, wrap (1 Kings 19:13)
Same root
- לָאטlâʼṭ · H3814properly, muffled, i.e. silently
- לוּזlûwz · H3868to turn aside , i.e. (literally) to depart, (figuratively) be perverse
- לוֹטlôwṭ · H3875a veil
- לָטlâṭ · H3909properly, covered, i.e. secret; by implication, incantation; also secrecy or (adverb) covertly
- לֹטlôṭ · H3910a gum (from its sticky nature), probably ladanum
Where it appears
Appears 3 times in the Bible.
- 1 Samuel 21:9 “I only have the sword of Goliath the Philistine, whom you killed in the valley of Elah,” the priest replied. “It is wrapped in a cloth behind the ephod. Take that if you want it, for there is nothing else here.” “There is nothing like it!” David replied. “Give it to me!”
- 1 Kings 19:13 When Elijah heard it, he wrapped his face in his cloak and went out and stood at the entrance of the cave. And a voice said, “What are you doing here, Elijah?”
- Isaiah 25:7 There he will remove the cloud of gloom, the shadow of death that hangs over the earth.
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).