Lexical Definition

‎עָטָה‎ ʻâṭâh (aw-taw') to enwrap ^H:V
a primitive root

array self, be clad, (put a) cover (-ing, self), fill, put on, [idiom] surely, turn aside.

• to wrap, i.e. cover, veil, cloth, or roll

1) to cover, enwrap, wrap oneself, envelop oneself
1a) (Qal)
1a1) to wrap, envelop oneself
1a2) to cover (the beard in mourning)
1a3) mourner, one who covers (participle)
1b) (Hiphil) to cover, enwrap, envelop
2) to grasp
2a) (Qal) to grasp

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Brown-Driver-Briggs

I. ‎עָטָה‎ verb wrap oneself, enwrap envelop oneself (Arabic cover, conceal; Aramaic extinguish, destroy; Assyrian e‰û, be dark, e‰ûtu, darkness); —

Qal Perfect 3 masculine singular ‎׳‎‎וְע‎ (consecutive) Jer 43:12 3 plural ‎וְעָטוּ‎ (consecutive) Mic 3:7 Imperfect 3 masculine singular ‎יַעְטֶה‎ Lev 13:45 + 2 t., ‎וַיַּ֫עַט‎ Isa 59:17 2 masculine singular ‎תַּעְטֶה‎ Ezek 24:17 3 masculine plural ‎יַעֲטוּ‎ (Baer ‎׳‎‎יַעְ‎) Ps 71:13; Ps 109:29 2 masculine plural ‎תַּעְטוּ‎ Ezek 24:22 Participle active ‎עֹטֶה‎ 1Sam 28:14; Ps 104:2 feminine singular ‎עֹטְיָה‎ Song 1:7 —

1. wrap, envelop oneself with something (accusative, like ‎לבשׁ‎): ‎וְהוּא עֹטֶה מְעִיל‎ 1Sam 28:14 an old man ascending, and he is enwrapped in a robe; so ‎הָרֹעֶה בִּגְדוֺ‎ ‎׳‎‎יַע‎ Jer 43:12 (sim), and ‎אֶתאֶֿרֶץ‎ ‎׳‎‎וְע‎ ‎מִצְרֵיִם‎ vJer 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 ‎׳‎‎י‎, ‎וַיַּעַטַ כַּמְעִיל קִנְאָה‎ Isa 59:17 ‎ׅ‎ || ‎(לָבַשׁ‎, ‎אֿוֺר כַּשַּׁלְמָה‎‎׳‎‎ע‎ Ps 104:2 of men, ‎׳‎‎כְּבֶגֶד יַע‎ Ps 109:19 (simile || ‎לָבַשׁ‎ vPs 109:18), ‎כַמְעִיל בָּשְׁתָּם‎ ‎׳‎‎וְיַע‎ vPs 109:29 (|| id.), ‎׳‎‎יַע‎ ‎׳‎‎חָרְפָּה וגי‎ Ps 71:13 with ‎עַל‎ of part covered, in phrase ‎וְעָטוּ עַלשָֿׂפָם‎ Mic 3:7 they shall envelop themselves upon their beard (cover the beard, sign of mourning or shame Che Now Benz^{Archaeology 165} Now^{Archaeology i. 195}), so Ezek 24:17; Ezek 24:22 (of leper) Lev 13:45 (P); participle feminine ‎עֹטְיָה‎ Song 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 Perfect 2 masculine singular ‎הֶעֲטִיתָ עָלָיו כּוּשָׁה‎ Ps 89:46* (of ‎׳‎‎י‎) thou hast wrapped shame upon him (enwrapped him in shame); Imperfect 3 masculine singular ‎בְּרָכוֺת יַעְטֶה מוֺרֶה‎ Ps 84:7* early rain enwrappeth (it, ‎עֵמֶק הַבָּכָא‎ v^a) with blessings (ᵐ5 δώσει, as if from Arabic , III, IV. give, compare Ne^Marg.41); read probably also ‎יַעֲטֵנִי‎ Isa 61:10 (for ᵑ0 ‎יְעָטָ֑נִי‎, see ‎יעט‎) with a robe of rightness he envelopeth me,, so Brd Di Ry^Kau Du; > Qal Perfect ‎עָטָ֑נִי‎ Klo Che^Hpt.

II. [‎עָטָה‎] verb grasp (Arabic , I, VII. take with hands); —

Qal Infinitive absolute + Participle active suffix ‎וְעֹטְךָ עָטֹה‎ Isa 22:17 he shall grasp thee forcibly, compare Ges^Comm. Hi Ew De Che^Comm. Di Gu^Kau; > Thes Rob-Ges Buhl^Lex (13) from I. ‎טְה‎ (he shall wrap, roll thee tight together) for this verb not transitive

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