H2368. chotham
I. חוֺתָם חֹתָם, noun masculine[Job 41:7] seal, signet-ring (Aramaic ; Ethiopic — see LagBN 116) — absolute חֹתָם [Exod 28:11] [2]t.; חוֺתָם [Jer 22:24] [8]t.; suffix חֹתָֽמְךָ [Gen 38:18], חֹתָמוֺ [1Kin 21:8]; — on supposed construct חוֺתַם see foregoing; — seal, signet-ring, hung by a cord (מָּתִיל) about the neck [Gen 38:18] (J; = חֹתֶמֶת [38:25]), or (later ?) worn on (finger of) right hand [Jer 22:24], (BenzArchäol. 106); the two customs apparently combined [Song 8:6] (עַלזְֿרוֺעֶךָ עַללִֿבֶֹּךָ,); used to attest a royal missive [1Kin 21:8] (instrumental of verb חתם); a precious article [Hag 2:23] (simile of Zerubbabel); ח ׳מִּתּוּחֵי engravings of a seal, as model for cutting names and inscription on precious stones and gold plate [Exod 28:11], [21], [26]; [39:6], [14], [30] (all P; see Benz258ff.); ח ׳חֹמֶר [Job 38:14] = clay of (under) a signet; ׳ח צָ֑ר [41:7] a close signet, i.e. one that is closely pressed down, simile of closely joined (סָגוּר) scales of crocodile.