חָתַם

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חָתַם verb seal, affix seal, seal up (Late Hebrew id.; Aramaic חֲתַם, ; Ethiopic Arabic (whence ) is loan-word according to Frä252) —
Qal Imperfect3masculine singular יַחְתֹּם Job 9:7; Job 33:6, יַחְתּוֺם Job 37:7, וַיַּחְתֹּם Est 8:10, etc.; Imperative חֲתֹם Dan 12:4, חֲתוֺם Isa 8:16, חִתְמוּ Est 8:8; Infinitive absolute חָתוֺם Jer 32:44; construct לַחְתֹּם Dan 9:24, + Dan 9:24 Kt (Qr לְהָתֵם); Participle active חוֺתֵם Eze 28:12; pass. חָתוּם Deu 32:24 Deu 32:2t., etc.; —
1 seal, affix one's seal, in attestation; seal with king's seal (בְּחֹתָמוֺ) 1Ki 21:8, המלך בְּטַבַּעַת Est 8:8, Est 8:10; of covenant with ׳י, attested by seal (passive) Neh 10:1; Neh 10:2; figurative, of ׳י putting his seal upon (בְּ) discipline, i.e. ratifying it, Job 33:16; perhaps also upon hand of man (that man may know ׳יs ways) Job 37:7 see De; Di below
2 seal up hand of man, so that he cannot work with it (in winter).
2 seal up, fasten up by sealing, a deed of sale Jer 32:10-11,(opposed to הַגָּלוּי that which was left open,), Jer 32:14; Jer 32:44, a book of prophecy Dan 12:4 (|| הַדְּבָרים סְתֹם), compare Dan 12:9 (|| id.), Dan 9:24 b; so in simileof unintelligible prophecy Isa 29:11 (twice in verse); בְּלְמֻּדָ֑י תּוֺרָה חֲתֹם Isa 8:16 seal up the teaching among my disciples, i.e. keep it securely (|| צוֺר); of ׳יs remembrance of offences בְּאוֺצְרֹתָ֑י חָתוּם Deu 32:34 (|| עְמָּדִי כָּמֻס), so מִּשְׁעִי בִּצְרוֺר חָתוּם Job 14:17 (|| עַלעֲֿוֺנִי וַתִּטְמֹּל); חָתוּם מַעְיָן Son 4:12 a fountain sealed up, metaphor of chaste woman (|| נָעוּל (גַּל) גַּן); יַח כּוֺכָבִים ׳וּבְעַד Job 9:7 and about the stars he putteth a seal (|| of forbidding sun to rise). — תָּכְנִית חוֺתֵם אַתָּה Eze 28:12 is obscure: thou wast one sealing proportion, i.e. perfection, — wast complete perfection, Ges Sm.; wast a sealer of symmetry see Da; wast a seal (ring) — i.e. חוֺתַם construct — of proportion Manuscripts ᵑ9 ᵐ5 Hi compare Ew; text perhaps corrupt, see suggestions in Co. — Dan 9:24 a read Qr לְהָתֵם (see תמם). Job 33:16; Job 37:7 see below
1. Niph`al Perfect3masculine singular [or Participle?] וְנֶחְתָּ֖ם נִכְתָּ֔ב Est 3:12 (it was) written and sealed הַמֶּלֶךְ בְּטַבַּעַת; Infinitive absolute וְנַחְתּוֺם Est 8:8 (continuing participle נִכְתָּ֣ב) also + הַמּ ׳בְּטַבַּעַת; both passive of
Qal 1. Pi`el Perfect3plural חִתְּמוּלָֿמוֺ יוֺמָם Job 24:16 literally by day they seal up for themselves, i.e. according to most, they shut themselves up, do not shew themselves (|| אוֺר יָדְעוּ לֹא); ᵐ5 C has ἡμέρας ἐσφράγισαν εἀυτοῖ ς (B and others εἁυτους), whence Siegf conjecture plausibly ח ׳יָמִים ׳ל they seal up the days unto themselves, i.e. daytime is for them sealed up and unused.
Hiph`il Perfect3masculine singular מִזּוֺבוֺ בְּשָׁרוֺ אוֺהֶֿחְתִּים Lev 15:3 or hath his flesh (genital organ) shewn stoppage by reason of his flux.
[חֲתַם] verb seal (see Biblical Hebrew); —
Pe`al Perfect3masculine singular suffix (of stone) חַתְמֶהּ Dan 6:18 (ב instrumental).