Hebrew word study

אָטַםʼâṭam — to close (the lips or ears)

Pronounced “aw-tam'”

to close (the lips or ears); by analology to contract (a window by bevelled jambs)

Translated in the King James as: narrow, shut, stop.

Appears 8 times in Scripture

Origin: a primitive root;

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