Word

עָטָה

ʻâṭâh · H5844 · Hebrew · 17 occurrences

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Meanings

to cover

Causative action by which someone puts an object on top of or in front of something else

Examples
Leviticus 13:45 “As for the person who has the leprous infection, his clothes shall be torn and the hair of his head shall be uncovered, and he shall cover his mustache and call out, ‘Unclean! Unclean!’
Psalm 84:6 Passing through the Valley of Baca they make it a spring; The early rain also covers it with blessings.
Ezekiel 24:17 “Groan silently; do no mourning for the dead. Bind on your turban and put your sandals on your feet, and do not cover your mustache, and do not eat the bread of other people.”
to wear

State in which humans wear a piece of clothing wrapped around their body

Examples
1 Samuel 28:14 He said to her, “How does he appear?” And she said, “An old man is coming up, and he is wrapped in a robe.” Then Saul knew that it was Samuel, and he bowed with his face to the ground and paid homage.
Psalm 71:13 May those who are enemies of my soul be put to shame and consumed; May they be covered with disgrace and dishonor, who seek to injure me.
Psalm 104:2 Covering Yourself with light as with a cloak, Stretching out heaven like a tent curtain.
to put on

Action by which humans put on a piece of clothing by wrapping it around their body

Examples
Isaiah 22:17 ‘Behold, the LORD is about to hurl you violently, you strong man. And He is about to grasp you firmly
Isaiah 59:17 He put on righteousness like a breastplate, And a helmet of salvation on His head; And He put on garments of vengeance for clothing And wrapped Himself with zeal as a cloak.
Jeremiah 43:12 “And I shall set fire to the temples of the gods of Egypt, and he will burn them and take them captive. So he will wrap himself with the land of Egypt as a shepherd wraps himself with his garment, and he will depart from there safely.
to cover with shame

Causative action by which deities cause humans to be humiliated, as if covering them with a layer of shame

Examples
Psalm 89:45 You have shortened the days of his youth; You have covered him with shame. Selah

How it’s used In 5 roles

Every occurrence, grouped by the words it is grammatically related to.

the word studied the word it goes with

Who or what does itSubject

15 occurrences in 9 groups

Not stated: he, she or it 4
Other words · 8 groups that occur once or twice (11) 11

What it acts on, or what is saidObject

10 occurrences in 11 groups

Other words · 11 groups that occur once or twice (11) 11

With prepositionsPrepositional phrases

9 occurrences in 5 groups

עַלon, upon, over, against+ שָׂפָםmustache 4
כlike/as+ מְעִילrobe 2
עַלon, upon, over, against+ וֹhim 1
כlike/as+ עָטָהto cover 1
כlike/as+ שַׂלְמָהmantle 1

With adverbsAdverbs

2 occurrences in 1 groups

לֹאnot 2

After prepositionsPrepositional phrases

2 occurrences in 1 groups

כlike/as 3

When two words share a role, as in “Paul and Barnabas said”, the verse appears under each, so a section’s counts can add up to more than the number of occurrences.

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Near synonyms 3 words

לָבַשׁ lâbash · H3847 · dressed, arrayed, to put on (oneself): עָטָה (ʻâṭâh, H5844) (“array self, put on, clad”) and לָבַשׁ (“clothe, put on, wear”) both denote putting on garments.
כָּסָה kâçâh · H3680 · to cover, to be covered, to cover oneself: עָטָה (ʻâṭâh, H5844) and כָּסָה both denote covering or clothing actions.
אָזַר ʼâzar · H247 · to be girded, to wear, to gird oneself: Both words denote acts of putting on or wrapping clothing or covering. אָזַר (ʼâzar, H247) focuses on binding or girding, while עָטָה (ʻâṭâh, H5844) focuses on covering or clothing oneself, and they overlap in the sense of dressing.

Semantic domains 3 entries

Cover002003001005: עָטָה describes covering oneself, as in Leviticus 13:45's leper who must "cover his mustache" and Psalm 71:13's enemies who "may they be covered with disgrace."
Dress002003001007: The word also describes being clad or wrapped in a garment, as in 1 Samuel 28:14's apparition "wrapped in a robe."
Bear002003003003: This domain reflects the word's "fill/put on" shading, part of its broader range beyond the covering/dressing-sense citations shown here.

Word family 2 words

Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.

עָטָהʻâṭâh · H5844מַעֲטֶה maʻăṭeh · H4594 · garment, mantle · 1×

Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon H5844. atah I. עָטָה verb wrap oneself, enwrap envelop oneself (Arabic cover, conceal;…

H5844. atah
I. עָטָה verb wrap oneself, enwrap envelop oneself (Arabic cover, conceal; Aramaic extinguish, destroy; Assyrian e‰û, be dark, e‰ûtu, darkness); —
Qal Perfect3masculine singular ׳וְע (consecutive) Jer 43:12; Jer 43:3plural וְעָטוּ (consecutive) Mic 3:7; Imperfect3masculine singular יַעְטֶה Lev 13:45 Lev 13:2t., וַיַּ֫עַט Isa 59:17; Isa 59:2masculine singular תַּעְטֶה Eze 24:17; Eze 24:3masculine plural יַעֲטוּ (Baer ׳יַעְ) Psa 71:13; Psa 109:29; Psa 109:2masculine plural תַּעְטוּ Eze 24:22 Participle active עֹטֶה 1Sa 28:14; Psa 104:2; feminine singular עֹטְיָה Son 1:7; —
1 wrap, envelop oneself with something (accusative, like לבשׁ): מְעִיל עֹטֶה וְהוּא 1Sa 28:14 an old man ascending, and he is enwrapped in a robe; so ׳יַע בִּגְדוֺ הָרֹעֶה Jer 43:12 (sim), and מִצְרֵיִם ׳וְע אֶתאֶֿרֶץ Jer 43:12 he will wrap himself in the land of Egypt (use it as a robe, figurative, of Nebuchadnezzar; so completely will it be in his power, Gf); so figurative of קִנְאָה כַּמְעִיל וַיַּעַטַ ׳י, Isa 59:17 ׅ || כַּשַּׁלְמָה׳ע אֿוֺר (לָבַשׁ, Psa 104:2; of men, יַע ׳כְּבֶגֶד Psa 109:19 (simile || לָבַשׁ Psa 109:18), ׳וְיַע בָּשְׁתָּם כַמְעִיל Psa 109:29 (|| id.), וגי ׳חָרְמָּה ׳יַע Psa 71:13; with עַל of part covered, in phrase עַלשָֿׂפָם וְעָטוּ Mic 3:7 they shall envelop themselves upon their beard (cover the beard, sign of mourning or shame Che Now BenzArchaeology 165 NowArchaeology i. 195), so Eze 24:17, Eze 24:22 (of leper) Lev 13:45 (P); participle feminine עֹטְיָה Son 1:7 as substantive, one wrapping ( a veil about her), i.e. a mourner; > a harlot (compare Gen 38:14); but read perhaps טֹעֲיָה wandering woman, see טעה. — וַיַּעַט etc., see עיט; מְעֻטָּה etc., see also עיט.
Hiph`il Perfect2masculine singular כּוּשָׁה עָלָיו הֶעֲטִיתָ Psa 89:46 (of ׳י) thou hast wrapped shame upon him (enwrapped him in shame); Imperfect3masculine singular מוֺרֶה יַעְטֶה בְּרָכוֺת Psa 84:7 early rain enwrappeth (it, הַבָּכָא עֵמֶק va) with blessings (ᵐ5 δώσει, as if from Arabic , III, IV. give, compare NeMarg.41); read probably also יַעֲטֵנִי Isa 61:10 (for יְעָטָ֑נִי ᵑ0, see יעט) with a robe of rightness he envelopeth me,, so Brd Di RyKau Du; >
Qal Perfect עָטָ֑נִי Klo CheHpt.
II. [עָטָה] verb grasp (Arabic , I, VII. take with hands); —
Qal Infinitive absolute + Participle active suffix עָטֹה וְעֹטְךָ Isa 22:17 he shall grasp thee forcibly, compare GesComm. Hi Ew De CheComm. Di GuKau; > Thes Rob-Ges BuhlLex (13) from I. טְה (he shall wrap, roll thee tight together) for this verb not transitive

Brown, Driver and Briggs, A Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain

Topical studies with this word 3 entries

Cover5 occurrences Dress10 occurrences Bear1 occurrence

Meanings adapted from the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament, © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0 and the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew (from the Semantic Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew), © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0; MACULA Greek Linguistic Datasets, available at https://github.com/Clear-Bible/macula-greek/, licensed CC BY 4.0; MACULA Hebrew Linguistic Datasets © 2022-2024 by Biblica, Inc., CC BY 4.0. Westminster Leningrad Codex (tanach.us). OpenScriptures Hebrew Bible morphology (hb.openscriptures.org), CC BY 4.0.

Sources

eRhema lexical overview, based on the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew and the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament (© United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Macula Hebrew and Greek (Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0); released under CC BY-SA 4.0