עָטָהʻâṭâh

עָטָה: wrap oneself, enwrap envelop oneself

Pronunciation: aw-taw' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H5844

Meanings

Qal: active (Jeremiah 43:12; Micah 3:7; Leviticus 13:45)

1. wrap, envelop oneself with something (1 Samuel 28:14; Jeremiah 43:12; Isaiah 59:17)

Hiph`il: enwrappeth (Psalms 89:46; Psalms 84:7; Isaiah 61:10)

עָטָה: grasp

Qal: he shall grasp thee forcibly, he shall wrap, roll thee tight together (Isaiah 22:17)

Same root

Where it appears

Appears 17 times in the Bible.

  • Leviticus 13:45 “Those who suffer from a serious skin disease must tear their clothing and leave their hair uncombed. They must cover their mouth and call out, ‘Unclean! Unclean!’
  • 1 Samuel 28:14 “What does he look like?” Saul asked. “He is an old man wrapped in a robe,” she replied. Saul realized it was Samuel, and he fell to the ground before him.
  • Psalms 71:13 Bring disgrace and destruction on my accusers. Humiliate and shame those who want to harm me.
  • Psalms 84:6 When they walk through the Valley of Weeping, it will become a place of refreshing springs. The autumn rains will clothe it with blessings.
  • Psalms 89:45 You have made him old before his time and publicly disgraced him. Interlude
  • Psalms 104:2 You are dressed in a robe of light. You stretch out the starry curtain of the heavens;
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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).