עָטָה atah
Hebrew word for “to enwrap” · Strong’s H5844 · used 17 times in 15 verses
Meaning
1) to cover, enwrap, wrap oneself, envelop oneself;
Senses in the lexicon
- to enwrap (15)
- to grasp (2)
How it is translated
Glosses given for atah in context, with how often each is used:
- will cover 2
- must cover 2
- wrapped 1
- may they cover themselves 1
- covers 1
- have wrapped 1
- wrapping yourself 1
- which he wraps himself 1
- may they be wrapped 1
- like a veiled woman 1
- wrapped himself 1
- will delouse 1
Where it is used
| Book | Uses | Per 1,000 words | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Psalms | 6 | 0.3 | |
| Isaiah | 3 | 0.2 | |
| Jeremiah | 2 | 0.1 | |
| Ezekiel | 2 | 0.1 | |
| Leviticus | 1 | 0.1 | |
| 1 Samuel | 1 | 0.1 | |
| Song of Solomon | 1 | 0.8 | |
| Micah | 1 | 0.7 |
Chapters where it is used most
Psalms 109 (2), Ezekiel 24 (2), Leviticus 13 (1), 1 Samuel 28 (1), Psalms 71 (1), Psalms 84 (1), Psalms 89 (1), Psalms 104 (1), Song of Solomon 1 (1), Isaiah 22 (1)
Forms
- יעטה 4
- עטה 3
- יעטו 1
- העטית 1
- ויעטו 1
- כעטיה 1
- ויעט 1
- ועטה 1
- תעטה 1
- תעטו 1
Words used with it
Words that share verses with atah more often than their overall frequency would suggest:
- שָׂפָם sapham “mustache” 4
- מְעִיל meil “robe” 3
- בֶּגֶד beged “garment” 4
- שָׂטַן satan “to oppose” 2
- כְּלִמָּה kelimmah “shame” 2
- לָבֵשׁ lavash “to clothe” 2
- בּוֹשׁ bush “be ashamed” 2
- רָעָה raah “to pasture” 2
- לֶחֶם lechem “food” 2
- אֱנוֹשׁ enosh “human” 2
- רֹאשׁ rosh “head” 2
- מָה mah “what?” 2
Key verses
The verses using atah that are most connected by cross-references (King James Version):
- Leviticus 13:45 — And the leper in whom the plague is, his clothes shall be rent, and his head bare, and he shall put a covering upon his upper lip, and shall cry, Unclean,…
- Psalms 71:13 — Let them be confounded and consumed that are adversaries to my soul; let them be covered with reproach and dishonour that seek my hurt.
- Psalms 84:6 — Who passing through the valley of Baca make it a well; the rain also filleth the pools.
- Psalms 89:45 — The days of his youth hast thou shortened: thou hast covered him with shame. Selah.
- Psalms 104:2 — Who coverest thyself with light as with a garment: who stretchest out the heavens like a curtain:
- Psalms 109:29 — Let mine adversaries be clothed with shame, and let them cover themselves with their own confusion, as with a mantle.
- Song of Solomon 1:7 — Tell me, O thou whom my soul loveth, where thou feedest, where thou makest thy flock to rest at noon: for why should I be as one that turneth aside by the…
- Isaiah 59:17 — For he put on righteousness as a breastplate, and an helmet of salvation upon his head; and he put on the garments of vengeance for clothing, and was clad with…
- Jeremiah 43:12 — And I will kindle a fire in the houses of the gods of Egypt; and he shall burn them, and carry them away captives: and he shall array himself with the land of…
- Ezekiel 24:17 — Forbear to cry, make no mourning for the dead, bind the tire of thine head upon thee, and put on thy shoes upon thy feet, and cover not thy lips, and eat not…
- Ezekiel 24:22 — And ye shall do as I have done: ye shall not cover your lips, nor eat the bread of men.
- Micah 3:7 — Then shall the seers be ashamed, and the diviners confounded: yea, they shall all cover their lips; for there is no answer of God.
See all 15 verses in the Word Atlas
Hebrew and Greek text, tagging, glosses and lexicon definitions: STEPBible.org, Tyndale House Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG; CC BY 4.0), adapted. Counts follow King James verse numbering; a word counts each time it is written.