Lexical Definition

‎חָתַם‎ châtham (khaw-tham') to seal ^H:V
a primitive root

make an end, mark, seal (up), stop.

• to close up
• especially to seal

1) to seal, seal up, affix a seal
1a) (Qal)
1a1) to seal, affix one's seal
1a2) to seal up, fasten up by sealing
1b) (Niphal) to seal
1c) (Piel) to lock up
1d) (Hiphil) to be stopped

See Greek: ἐπάγω · κατασφραγίζω · συνιστάω · συντελέω · σφραγίζω

Extended Information

• Aramaic equivalent: cha.tam (‎ח‎ֲ‎ת‎ַ‎ם‎ "to seal" חֲתַם)

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Aramaic form: חֲתַם
‎חָתַם‎ verb seal, affix seal, seal up (Late Hebrew id.; Aramaic ‎חֲתַם‎, ; Ethiopic Arabic (whence ) is loan-word according to Frä²⁵²) —

Qal Imperfect 3 masculine singular ‎יַחְתֹּם‎ Job 9:7; Job 33:6, ‎יַחְתּוֺם‎ Job 37:7, ‎וַיַּחְתֹּם‎ Esth 8:10, etc.; Imperative ‎חֲתֹם‎ Dan 12:4, ‎חֲתוֺם‎ Isa 8:16, ‎חִתְמוּ‎ Esth 8:8 Infinitive absolute ‎חָתוֺם‎ Jer 32:44 construct ‎לַחְתֹּם‎ Dan 9:24, + vDan 9:24 Kt (Qr ‎לְהָתֵם‎); Participle active ‎חוֺתֵם‎ Ezek 28:12 pass. ‎חָתוּם‎ Deut 32:24 + 2 t., etc.; —

1. seal, affix one's seal, in attestation; seal with king's seal (‎בְּחֹתָמוֺ‎) 1Kgs 21:8, ‎בְּטַבַּעַת המלך‎ Esth 8:8; Esth 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 ‎׳‎‎י‎'s 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; Jer 32:11(opposed to ‎הַגָּלוּי‎ that which was left open,), vJer 32:14 vJer 32:44, a book of prophecy Dan 12:4 (|| ‎סְתֹם הַדְּבָרים‎), compare vDan 12:9 (|| id.), Dan 9:24 b; so in simileof unintelligible prophecy Isa 29:11 (twice in verse); ‎חֲתֹם תּוֺרָה בְּלְמֻּדָ֑י‎ Isa 8:16 seal up the teaching among my disciples, i.e. keep it securely (|| ‎צוֺר‎); of ‎׳‎‎י‎'s remembrance of offences ‎חָתוּם‎ ‎בְּאוֺצְרֹתָ֑י‎ Deut 32:34 (|| ‎כָּמֻס עְמָּדִי‎), so ‎חָתוּם בִּצְרוֺר פִּשְׁעִי‎ Job 14:17 (|| ‎וַתִּטְפֹּל עַלעֲֿוֺנִי‎); ‎מַעְיָן חָתוּם‎ Song 4:12 a fountain sealed up, metaphor of chaste woman (|| ‎גַּן (גַּל) נָעוּל‎); ‎׳‎‎וּבְעַד כּוֺכָבִים יַח‎ Job 9:7 and about the stars he putteth a seal (|| of forbidding sun to rise). — ‎אַתָּה חוֺתֵם תָּכְנִית‎ Ezek 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 ᵐ5 ᵑ9 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 Perfect 3 masculine singular [or Participle?] ‎נִכְתָּ֔ב‎ ‎וְנֶחְתָּ֖ם‎ Esth 3:12 (it was) written and sealed ‎בְּטַבַּעַת‎ ‎הַמֶּלֶךְ‎; Infinitive absolute ‎וְנַחְתּוֺם‎ Esth 8:8 (continuing participle ‎נִכְתָּ֣ב‎) also + ‎׳‎‎בְּטַבַּעַת הַמּ‎; both passive of Qal 1. Pi`el Perfect 3 plural ‎יוֺמָם חִתְּמוּלָֿמוֺ‎ Job 24:16 literally by day they seal up for themselves, i.e. according to most, they shut themselves up, do not shew themselves (|| ‎לֹא‎ ‎יָדְעוּ אוֺר‎); ᵐ5 C has ἡμέρας ἐσφράγισαν εἀυτοῖ ς (B and others εἁυτους), whence Siegf conjecture plausibly ‎׳‎‎ל‎ ‎׳‎‎יָמִים ח‎ they seal up the days unto themselves, i.e. daytime is for them sealed up and unused. Hiph`il Perfect 3 masculine singular ‎אוֺהֶֿחְתִּים בְּשָׁרוֺ מִזּוֺבוֺ‎ Lev 15:3 or hath his flesh (genital organ) shewn stoppage by reason of his flux.

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