Lexical Definition

‎סָתַם‎ çâtham (saw-tham') to close ^H:V
or שָׂתַם sâtham (saw-tham'); (Numbers 24:15), a primitive root

closed up, hidden, secret, shut out (up), stop.

• to stop up
• by implication, to repair
• figuratively, to keep secret

1) to stop up, shut up, keep close
1a) (Qal)
1a1) to stop up
1a2) to shut up, keep close
1a3) secret (participle)
1b) (Niphal) to be stopped up
1c) (Piel) to stop up

See Greek: ἐνέχω · καλύπτω · καταβάλλω · κατακαλύπτω · μαστιγόω · σφραγίζω · φράσσω

Brown-Driver-Briggs

‎סָתַם‎ verb stop up, shut up, keep close (Late Hebrew id.; ᵑ7 ‎סְתַם‎ id.; Syriac ( very rare); Arabic close door Lane^{1334, and} Kam Frey, are perhaps loan-words); **compare Assyrian bit sutummu, storehouse, treasury, Zehnpf^{BAS i. 531}. —

Qal Perfect 3 masculine singular ‎׳‎‎ס‎ 2Chr 32:30 Imperfect 2 masculine plural ‎תִּסְתֹּ֑מוּ‎ 2Kgs 3:19 3 masculine plural ‎יִסְתֹּ֑מוּ‎ v2Kgs 3:25, ‎וַיִּסְתְּמוּ‎ 2Chr 32:4 Imperative masculine singular ‎סְתֹם‎ Dan 8:26; Dan 12:4 Infinitive construct ‎לִסְתּוֺם‎ 2Chr 32:3 Passive participle ‎סָתוּם‎ Ezek 28:3, ‎סָתֻם‎ Ps 51:8*, plural ‎סְתֻמִים‎ Dan 12:9 —

1. stop up springs of water 2Kgs 3:19; 2Kgs 3:25; 2Chr 32:3; 2Chr 32:4, compare v2Chr 32:30.

2. shut up, keep close, prophetic words Dan 8:26; Dan 12:4; Dan 12:9 ‎בְּסָתֻם‎ Ps 51:8* in (the) closed (chamber of the breast; || ‎טֻחוֺת‎). — ‎כָּלסָֿתוּם‎ Ezek 28:3 usually no secret is too dark for thee, but doubtful (see II. ‎עמם‎); ᵐ5 σοφοί, Co ‎חַרְטֻמִּים‎ < Toy ‎חֲכָמִים‎, or Berthol. ‎קֹסְמִים‎. Niph`al Infinitive construct ‎לְהִסָּתֵם‎ Neh 4:1* the breaches [in the walls] had begun to be stopped up. Pi`el Perfect 3 plural suffix ‎סִתְּמוּם‎ Gen 26:16 Imperfect 3 masculine plural suffix ‎וַיְסַתְּמוּם‎ vGen 26:18, both of stopping wells quite up (R^JE).

‎שָׂתַם‎ verb usually stop up, in sense of shut out, shut ears against (late || form of ‎סָתַם‎; yet awkward; Ba^{ES 9} compare Arabic frustrate, disappoint); —

Qal Perfect 3 masculine singular ‎תְּפִלָּתִי‎ ‎׳‎‎שׂ‎ Lam 3:8 (> van d. H. ‎שָׂתָם‎) he (‎׳‎‎י‎) hath shut out my prayer (Bu ‎׳‎‎מתּ‎ ‎׳‎‎שׂ‎ shut up [himself] from).

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