Atah עָטָה
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| עָטָה | |
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| Transliteration | atah |
| Strong's number | H5844 (H5844A, H5844B) |
| Language | Hebrew |
| Part of speech | verb |
| Gloss | to enwrap |
| Occurrences | 17 in 15 verses |
| Most frequent in | Psalms (6) |
Atah (Hebrew עָטָה, Strong's H5844) is a Hebrew verb meaning “to enwrap”. It occurs 17 times in 15 verses of the Old Testament.
Definition
H5844A: to enwrap
1) to cover, enwrap, wrap oneself, envelop oneself
1a) (Qal)
1a1) to wrap, envelop oneself
1a2) to cover (the beard in mourning)
1a3) mourner, one who covers (participle)
1b) (Hiphil) to cover, enwrap, envelop
1a) (Qal)
1a1) to wrap, envelop oneself
1a2) to cover (the beard in mourning)
1a3) mourner, one who covers (participle)
1b) (Hiphil) to cover, enwrap, envelop
H5844B: to grasp
1) to grasp
1a) (Qal) to grasp
1a) (Qal) to grasp
From the STEPBible Brief Lexicon of Hebrew (based on the abridged Brown-Driver-Briggs), STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
Translated as
| KJV | cover (4), covered (3), covering (1), filleth (1), coverest (1), covereth (1), aside (1), surely cover (1), clad (1), array (1) |
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| BSB | cover (3), he must cover (1), wearing (1), be covered (1), covers it (1), you have covered (1), he wraps himself (1), wrapped about him (1), may they wear (1), like a veiled woman (1), he will take hold (1), you (1), and 1 other rendering |
Verses
Every verse with Atah, with the English words that translate it highlighted (KJV or BSB; other translations show the KJV here).
Leviticus
- Leviticus 13:45And the leper in whom the plague is, his clothes shall be rent, and his head bare, and he shall put a covering upon his upper lip, and shall cry, Unclean, unclean.A diseased person must wear torn clothes and let his hair hang loose, and he must cover his mouth and cry out, ‘Unclean, unclean!’
1 Samuel
- 1 Samuel 28:14And he said unto her, What form is he of? And she said, An old man cometh up; and he is covered with a mantle. And Saul perceived that it was Samuel, and he stooped with his face to the ground, and bowed himself.“What does he look like?” asked Saul. “An old man is coming up,” she replied. “And he is wearing a robe.” So Saul knew that it was Samuel, and he bowed facedown in reverence.
Psalms
- Psalm 71:13Let them be confounded and consumed that are adversaries to my soul; let them be covered with reproach and dishonour that seek my hurt.May the accusers of my soul be ashamed and consumed; may those who seek my harm be covered with scorn and disgrace.
- Psalm 84:6Who passing through the valley of Baca make it a well; the rain also filleth the pools.As they pass through the Valley of Baca, they make it a place of springs; even the autumn rain covers it with pools.
- Psalm 89:45The days of his youth hast thou shortened: thou hast covered him with shame. Selah.You have cut short the days of his youth; You have covered him with shame. Selah
- Psalm 104:2Who coverest thyself with light as with a garment: who stretchest out the heavens like a curtain:He wraps Himself in light as with a garment; He stretches out the heavens like a tent,
- Psalm 109:19Let it be unto him as the garment which covereth him, and for a girdle wherewith he is girded continually.May it be like a robe wrapped about him, like a belt tied forever around him.
- Psalm 109:29Let mine adversaries be clothed with shame, and let them cover themselves with their own confusion, as with a mantle.May my accusers be clothed with disgrace; may they wear their shame like a robe.
Song of Solomon
- Song of Solomon 1:7Tell me, O thou whom my soul loveth, where thou feedest, where thou makest thy flock to rest at noon: for why should I be as one that turneth aside by the flocks of thy companions?Tell me, O one I love, where do you pasture your sheep? Where do you rest them at midday? Why should I be like a veiled woman beside the flocks of your companions?
Isaiah
- Isaiah 22:17Behold, the Lord will carry thee away with a mighty captivity, and will surely cover thee.Look, O mighty man! The LORD is about to shake you violently. He will take hold of you,
- Isaiah 59:17For he put on righteousness as a breastplate, and an helmet of salvation upon his head; and he put on the garments of vengeance for clothing, and was clad with zeal as a cloke.He put on righteousness like a breastplate, and the helmet of salvation on His head; He put on garments of vengeance and wrapped Himself in a cloak of zeal.
Jeremiah
- Jeremiah 43:12And I will kindle a fire in the houses of the gods of Egypt; and he shall burn them, and carry them away captives: and he shall array himself with the land of Egypt, as a shepherd putteth on his garment; and he shall go forth from thence in peace.I will kindle a fire in the temples of the gods of Egypt, and Nebuchadnezzar will burn those temples and take their gods as captives. So he will wrap himself with the land of Egypt as a shepherd wraps himself in his garment, and he will depart from there unscathed.
Ezekiel
- Ezekiel 24:17Forbear to cry, make no mourning for the dead, bind the tire of thine head upon thee, and put on thy shoes upon thy feet, and cover not thy lips, and eat not the bread of men.Groan quietly; do not mourn for the dead. Put on your turban and strap your sandals on your feet; do not cover your lips or eat the bread of mourners.”
- Ezekiel 24:22And ye shall do as I have done: ye shall not cover your lips, nor eat the bread of men.Then you will do as I have done: You will not cover your lips or eat the bread of mourners.
Micah
- Micah 3:7Then shall the seers be ashamed, and the diviners confounded: yea, they shall all cover their lips; for there is no answer of God.Then the seers will be ashamed and the diviners will be disgraced. They will all cover their mouths because there is no answer from God.”
Notes
- Definition and verse list from STEPBible's tagged Hebrew Old Testament (TAHOT) and Greek New Testament (TAGNT) and Brief Lexicons, STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
- English renderings from the public-domain KJV with Strong's numbers (eBible.org) and the Berean Standard Bible interlinear (public domain).