Lexical Definition

‎חוֹתָם‎ chôwthâm (kho-thawm') signet ^H:N-M
or חֹתָם chôthâm (khothawm'); from ‎חָתַם‎

seal, signet.

• a signature-ring

1) seal, signet, signet-ring

See Greek: σφραγίς

Brown-Driver-Briggs

I. ‎חֹתָם‎, ‎חוֺתָם‎ noun masculine^{Job 41:7*} seal, signet-ring (Aramaic ; Ethiopic — see Lag^{BN 116}) — absolute ‎חֹתָם‎ Exod 28:11 + 2 t.; ‎חוֺתָם‎ Jer 22:24 + 8 t.; suffix ‎חֹתָֽמְךָ‎ Gen 38:18, ‎חֹתָמוֺ‎ 1Kgs 21:8 — on supposed construct ‎חוֺתַם‎ see foregoing; — seal, signet-ring, hung by a cord (‎פָּתִיל‎) about the neck Gen 38:18 (J; = ‎חֹתֶמֶת‎ vGen 38:25), or (later ?) worn on (finger of) right hand Jer 22:24, (Benz^{Archäol. 106}); the two customs apparently combined Song 8:6 (‎עַללִֿבֶֹּךָ‎, ‎עַלזְֿרוֺעֶךָ‎); used to attest a royal missive 1Kgs 21:8 (instrumental of verb ‎חתם‎); a precious article Hag 2:23 (simile of Zerubbabel); ‎׳‎‎פִּתּוּחֵי ח‎ engravings of a seal, as model for cutting names and inscription on precious stones and gold plate Exod 28:11; Exod 28:21; Exod 28:26; Exod 39:6; Exod 39:14; Exod 39:30 (all P; see Benz^{258 ff.}); ‎׳‎‎חֹמֶר ח‎ Job 38:14 = clay of (under) a signet; ‎צָ֑ר‎ ‎׳‎‎ח‎ Job 41:7* a close signet, i.e. one that is closely pressed down, simile of closely joined (‎סָגוּר‎) scales of crocodile.

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