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# עָטַף

Biblical Hebrew · Strong's H5848

**envelop oneself (Aramaism)** — used 3 times in the Hebrew Bible. Below: its meanings with their sources, MACULA's glosses, and 2 verses word for word and in JPS 1917.

## Meaning

### OpenScriptures lexical index

envelop oneself (Aramaism) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1506/5848/#m1)

### Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906

עָטַף²: vb. envelop oneself [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1506/5848/#m2)

**The whole BDB entry:** vb. envelop oneself (Aramaism) (NH id.; Aramaic עֲטַף, ܥܛܰܦ; Ethiopic ዕጡፍ covered, also n. web, texture);— Impf. 3 ms. יַעֲטָף־ ψ 73:6; 3 mpl. יַעַטְפוּ 65:14;—envelop oneself: ψ 65:14 the valleys cover themselves with corn (‖ לָבַשׁ); יַע׳־שִׁית חָמָם לָ֑מוֹ 73:6 they put on for themselves (each) a garb of violence.

Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 2 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (3 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 3 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (3 candidates)

## Glosses

MACULA's English glosses of the word in the text, with how often each is used: he turns (1); it covers (1); they cover themselves (1).

## In the verses

[Psalms 73:6](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.73.6/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.73.6/#tree)

לָ֭כֵן עֲנָקַ֣תְמוֹ גַאֲוָ֑ה יַעֲטָף־שִׁ֝֗ית חָמָ֥ס לָֽמוֹ׃

*Word for word:* therefore it is.a.necklace.for.it pride it.covers a.garment of.violence (to) them

*JPS 1917:* Therefore pride is as a chain about their neck; violence covereth them as a garment.

[Psalms 65:14](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.65.14/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.65.14/#tree)

לָבְשׁ֬וּ כָרִ֨ים ׀ הַצֹּ֗אן וַעֲמָקִ֥ים יַֽעַטְפוּ־בָ֑ר יִ֝תְרוֹעֲע֗וּ אַף־יָשִֽׁירוּ׃

*Word for word:* they.are.clothed \[the\].pastures (the) flock\[s\] and.\[the\] valleys they.cover.themselves grain they.shout.for.joy also they.sing

*JPS 1917:* The meadows are clothed with flocks; the valleys also are covered over with corn; they shout for joy, yea, they sing.

## On Mova

- [This word in the Tanakh dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/w/5848.html) on Mova free.
- [Trees and pragmatics of its meanings](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1506/5848/): every English meaning parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.

Sources. The words, their counts, glosses and the word-for-word renderings: MACULA Hebrew (the Westminster Leningrad Codex; Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0). Meanings: the OpenScriptures lexical index (CC BY 4.0), Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906 and Jastrow 1903 (public domain, via Sefaria); Targum Onkelos from Sefaria (public domain). Translation: JPS 1917 (public domain, from eBible.org).