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Brown-Driver-Briggs /Thayer Dictionary - עָטָה

עָטָה

H5844

Transliteration: ʻâṭâh

Pronunciation: aw-taw'

Definition: array self


Original: עטה

Transliteration: ‛âṭâh

Phonetic: aw-taw'

BDB Definition:

  1. to cover, enwrap, wrap oneself, envelop oneself
    1. (Qal)
      1. to wrap, envelop oneself
      2. to cover (the beard in mourning)
      3. mourner, one who covers (participle)
    2. (Hiphil) to cover, enwrap, envelop
  2. to grasp
    1. (Qal) to grasp

Origin: a primitive root

TWOT entry: 1601,1602

Part(s) of speech: Verb


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