עָטָה
ʻâṭâh · aw-taw'
to wrap, i.e. cover, veil, cloth, or roll
Lexicon
Derivation: a primitive root;
to wrap, i.e. cover, veil, cloth, or roll
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: array self, be clad, (put a) cover (-ing, self), fill, put on, [idiom] surely, turn aside.
Letters
- עAyin70
Picture: an eye
- Concrete
- eye · spring of water
- Extended
- to see · to know · experience · to watch
- טTet9
Picture: a basket, or something coiled
- Concrete
- basket · coil · snake · container
- Extended
- to surround · to contain · to store · to twist
- הHe5
Picture: a person with both arms raised
- Concrete
- a man calling out · a window · breath
- Extended
- behold! · revelation · to reveal · the (definite article)
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
to see and know › to surround and contain › to reveal, behold
To see and know that works to surround and contain that works to reveal, behold.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of עָטָה above is the attested meaning; this pictographic reading is a tradition about how the sign-shapes may have been heard. Both can be held at once, they are answering different questions.
Usage
17 occurrences · 17 OT · 0 NT · 16 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- and he shall put a covering1 · 6%
- and he is covered1 · 6%
- let them be covered1 · 6%
- also filleth1 · 6%
- thou hast covered1 · 6%
- who coverest1 · 6%
- which covereth1 · 6%
- and let them cover1 · 6%
- why should i be as one that turneth aside1 · 6%
- and will surely1 · 6%
- cover1 · 6%
- and was clad1 · 6%
- and he shall array1 · 6%
- putteth on1 · 6%
- and cover1 · 6%
- ye shall not cover1 · 6%
- yea, they shall all cover1 · 6%
Inflected forms found in the text.
Counts are computed from the tagged Hebrew and Greek text aligned to the King James Version, not from an estimate.