עָטָה
a.tah
“to enwrap”
Definition
to wrap, i.e. cover, veil, cloth, or roll
a primitive root;
- 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
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Grammar & Morphology
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Hebrew Verb
Occurrences
עָטָה appears 13 times in the Old Testament.
Distribution by Book
Key Passages
“What does he look like?” asked Saul.“An old man is coming up,” she replied. “And he is wearing a robe.”So Saul knew that it was Samuel, and he bowed facedown in reverence.
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He put on righteousness like a breastplate,and the helmet of salvation on His head;He put on garments of vengeanceand wrapped Himself in a cloak of zeal.
A diseased person must wear torn clothes and let his hair hang loose, and he must cover his mouth and cry out, ‘Unclean, unclean!’
He wraps Himself in light as with a garment;He stretches out the heavens like a tent,
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