STRONGS NUMBER H2856

H2856. chatham

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

Qal Imperfect3masculine singular יַחְתֹּם‎ Job 9:7; 33:6, יַחְתּוֺם‎ 37:7, וַיַּחְתֹּם‎ Esther 8:10, etc.; Imperative חֲתֹם‎ Daniel 12:4, חֲתוֺם‎ Isaiah 8:16, חִתְמוּ‎ Esther 8:8; Infinitive absolute חָתוֺם‎ Jeremiah 32:44; construct לַחְתֹּם‎ Daniel 9:24, + 9:24 Kt (Qr לְהָתֵם‎); Participle active חוֺתֵם‎ Ezekiel 28:12; pass. חָתוּם‎ Deuteronomy 32:24 2t., etc.; —

1 seal, affix one's seal, in attestation; seal with king's seal (בְּחֹתָמוֺ‎) 1 Kings 21:8, המלך בְּטַבַּעַת‎ Esther 8:8, 10; of covenant with ׳י‎, attested by seal (passive) Nehemiah 10:1; 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 ׳י‎s ways) 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 Jeremiah 32:10-11,(opposed to הַגָּלוּי‎ that which was left open,), 32:14; 32:44, a book of prophecy Daniel 12:4 ("" הַדְּבָרים סְתֹם‎), compare 12:9 ("" id.), 9:24 b; so in simileof unintelligible prophecy Isaiah 29:11 (twice in verse); בְּלְמֻּדָ֑י תּוֺרָה חֲתֹם‎ 8:16 seal up the teaching among my disciples, i.e. keep it securely ("" צוֺר‎); of ׳י‎s remembrance of offences בְּאוֺצְרֹתָ֑י חָתוּם‎ Deuteronomy 32:34 ("" עְמָּדִי כָּמֻס‎), so מִּשְׁעִי בִּצְרוֺר חָתוּם‎ Job 14:17 ("" עַלעֲֿוֺנִי וַתִּטְמֹּל‎); חָתוּם מַעְיָן‎ Song of Solomon 4:12 a fountain sealed up, metaphor of chaste woman ("" נָעוּל (גַּל) גַּן‎); יַח כּוֺכָבִים ׳וּבְעַד‎ Job 9:7 and about the stars he putteth a seal ("" of forbidding sun to rise). — תָּכְנִית חוֺתֵם אַתָּה‎ Ezekiel 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 ᵑ9 ᵐ5‎ Hi compare Ew; text perhaps corrupt, see suggestions in Co. — Daniel 9:24 a read Qr לְהָתֵם‎ (see תמם‎). Job 33:16; 37:7 see below

1. Niph`al Perfect3masculine singular [or Participle?] וְנֶחְתָּ֖ם נִכְתָּ֔ב‎ Esther 3:12 (it was) written and sealed הַמֶּלֶךְ בְּטַבַּעַת‎; Infinitive absolute וְנַחְתּוֺם‎ 8:8 (continuing participle נִכְתָּ֣ב‎) also + הַמּ ׳בְּטַבַּעַת‎; both passive of

Qal 1. Pi`el Perfect3plural חִתְּמוּלָֿמוֺ יוֺמָם‎ Job 24:16 literally by day they seal up for themselves, i.e. according to most, they shut themselves up, do not shew themselves ("" אוֺר יָדְעוּ לֹא‎); ᵐ5‎ C has ἡμέρας ἐσφράγισαν εἀυτοῖ ς (B and others εἁυτους), whence Siegf conjecture plausibly ח ׳יָמִים ׳ל‎ they seal up the days unto themselves, i.e. daytime is for them sealed up and unused.

Hiph`il Perfect3masculine singular מִזּוֺבוֺ בְּשָׁרוֺ אוֺהֶֿחְתִּים‎ Leviticus 15:3 or hath his flesh (genital organ) shewn stoppage by reason of his flux.

[חֲתַם‎] verb seal (see Biblical Hebrew); —

Pe`al Perfect3masculine singular suffix (of stone) חַתְמֶהּ‎ Daniel 6:18 (ב‎ instrumental).