To enwrap
עָטָהStrong’s H5844atah (a-tah)
Appears in 15 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Atah is the Hebrew word usually translated “must cover”, “cover” and “wrapped”. It appears in 15 verses of the Old Testament.
“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, unclean.”
Meaning
- To cover, enwrap, wrap oneself, envelop oneself(Qal) · (Hiphil) to cover, enwrap, envelop
- To grasp(Qal) to grasp
How it's translated
- you must cover 2
- he will cover 1
- wrapped 1
- may they cover themselves 1
- it covers 1
- you have wrapped 1
- wrapping yourself 1
- he wraps himself 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Psalms 6
- Isaiah 2
- Ezekiel 2
- Leviticus 1
- 1 Samuel 1
- Song of Solomon 1
8 books in all.
Related words
Explore in Scripture
- 1 Samuel 28:14And he said unto her, What form is he of? And she said, An old man cometh up; and he is covered with a mantle. And Saul perceived that it was Samuel, and he stooped with his face to the ground, and bowed himself.
- Psalms 71:13Let them be confounded and consumed that are adversaries to my soul; let them be covered with reproach and dishonour that seek my hurt.
- Psalms 84:6Who passing through the valley of Baca make it a well; the rain also filleth the pools.
- Psalms 89:45The days of his youth hast thou shortened: thou hast covered him with shame. Selah.
- Psalms 104:2Who coverest thyself with light as with a garment: who stretchest out the heavens like a curtain:
- Psalms 109:19Let it be unto him as the garment which covereth him, and for a girdle wherewith he is girded continually.
Hebrew dictionary
עָטָה atah · to enwrap
1) 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
עָטָה atah · to grasp
1) to grasp 1a) (Qal) to grasp
From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “cover” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
COVER, verb transitive
[Latin]
- To overspread the surface of a thing with another substance; to lay or set over; as, to cover a table with a cloth, or a floor with a carpet.“The valleys are covered with corn” Psalms 65:13“The locusts shall cover the face of the earth” Exodus 10:5
- To hide; to conceal by something overspread.“If I say, surely the darkness shall cover me--” Psalms 139:11
- To conceal by some intervening object; as, the enemy was covered from our sight by a forest.
- To clothe; as, to cover with a robe or mantle; to cover nakedness. 1 Samuel 28:14Exodus 28:42
All definitions and other forms of “cover”
- To overwhelm.
- To conceal from notice or punishment.“Charity shall cover the multitude of sins” 1 Peter 4:8
- To conceal; to refrain from disclosing or confessing.“He that covereth his sin shall not prosper” Proverbs 28:13
- To pardon or remit.
- To vail, applied to women. 1 Corinthians 11:7
- To wrap, infold or envelop; as, to cover a package of goods.
- To shelter; to protect; to defend.
- To brood; to incubate; as, a hen covering her eggs.
- To copulate with a female.
- To equal, or be of equal extent; to be equivalent to; as, the receipts do not cover the expenses; a mercantile use of the word.
- To disguise; to conceal hypocritically.
- To include, embrace or comprehend.
COVER, noun
- Any thing which is laid, set or spread over another thing; as the cover of a vessel; the cover of a bed.
- Any thing which vails or conceals; a screen; disguise; superficial appearance.
- Shelter; defense; protection.
- Concealment and protection.
- Shelter; retreat; in hunting.
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.
Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Hebrew, not from any one translation.