סָתַם
sa.tam
“to close”
Definition
to stop up; by implication, to repair; figuratively, to keep secret
or שָׂתַם; (Numbers 24:15), a primitive root;
- to stop up, shut up, keep close 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to stop up 1a2) to shut up, keep close 1a3) secret (participle) 1b) (Niphal) to be stopped up 1c) (Piel) to stop up
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Grammar & Morphology
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Occurrences
סָתַם appears 12 times in the Old Testament.
Distribution by Book
Key Passages
he consulted with his leaders and commanders about stopping up the waters of the springs outside the city, and they helped him carry it out.
It was Hezekiah who blocked the upper outlet of the Spring of Gihon and channeled it down to the west side of the City of David. And Hezekiah prospered in all that he did.
They destroyed the cities, and each man threw stones on every good field until it was covered. They stopped up every spring and cut down every good tree. Only Kir-haraseth was left with stones in place, but men with slings surrounded it and attacked it as well.
“Go on your way, Daniel,” he replied, “for the words are closed up and sealed until the time of the end.
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