H2856. chatham
חָתַם verb seal, affix seal, seal up (Late Hebrew id.; Aramaic חֲתַם, ; Ethiopic Arabic (whence ) is loan-word according to Frä252) —
Qal Imperfect3masculine singular יַחְתֹּם [Job 9:7]; [33:6], יַחְתּוֺם [37:7], וַיַּחְתֹּם [Est 8:10], etc.; Imperative חֲתֹם [Dan 12:4], חֲתוֺם [Isa 8:16], חִתְמוּ [Est 8:8]; Infinitive absolute חָתוֺם [Jer 32:44]; construct לַחְתֹּם [Dan 9:24], + [9:24] Kt (Qr לְהָתֵם); Participle active חוֺתֵם [Ezek 28:12]; pass. חָתוּם [Deut 32:24] [2]t., etc.; —
1 seal, affix one's seal, in attestation; seal with king's seal (בְּחֹתָמוֺ) [1Kin 21:8], המלך בְּטַבַּעַת [Est 8:8], [10]; of covenant with ׳י, attested by seal (passive) [Neh 10:1]; [10:2]; figurative, of ׳י putting his seal upon (בְּ) discipline, i.e. ratifying it, [Job 33:16]; perhaps also upon hand of man (that man may know ׳יs ways) [37:7] see De; Di below
2 seal up hand of man, so that he cannot work with it (in winter).
2 seal up, fasten up by sealing, a deed of sale [Jer 32:10-11],(opposed to הַגָּלוּי that which was left open,), [32:14]; [32:44], a book of prophecy [Dan 12:4] (|| הַדְּבָרים סְתֹם), compare [12:9] (|| id.), [9:24] b; so in simileof unintelligible prophecy [Isa 29:11] (twice in verse); בְּלְמֻּדָ֑י תּוֺרָה חֲתֹם [8:16] seal up the teaching among my disciples, i.e. keep it securely (|| צוֺר); of ׳יs remembrance of offences בְּאוֺצְרֹתָ֑י חָתוּם [Deut 32:34] (|| עְמָּדִי כָּמֻס), so מִּשְׁעִי בִּצְרוֺר חָתוּם [Job 14:17] (|| עַלעֲֿוֺנִי וַתִּטְמֹּל); חָתוּם מַעְיָן [Song 4:12] a fountain sealed up, metaphor of chaste woman (|| נָעוּל (גַּל) גַּן); יַח כּוֺכָבִים ׳וּבְעַד [Job 9:7] and about the stars he putteth a seal (|| of forbidding sun to rise). — תָּכְנִית חוֺתֵם אַתָּה [Ezek 28:12] is obscure: thou wast one sealing proportion, i.e. perfection, — wast complete perfection, Ges Sm.; wast a sealer of symmetry see Da; wast a seal (ring) — i.e. חוֺתַם construct — of proportion Manuscripts ᵑ9 ᵐ5 Hi compare Ew; text perhaps corrupt, see suggestions in Co. — [Dan 9:24] a read Qr לְהָתֵם (see תמם). [Job 33:16]; [37:7] see below
1. Niph`al Perfect3masculine singular [or Participle?] וְנֶחְתָּ֖ם נִכְתָּ֔ב [Est 3:12] (it was) written and sealed הַמֶּלֶךְ בְּטַבַּעַת; Infinitive absolute וְנַחְתּוֺם [8:8] (continuing participle נִכְתָּ֣ב) also + הַמּ ׳בְּטַבַּעַת; both passive of
Qal 1. Pi`el Perfect3plural חִתְּמוּלָֿמוֺ יוֺמָם [Job 24:16] literally by day they seal up for themselves, i.e. according to most, they shut themselves up, do not shew themselves (|| אוֺר יָדְעוּ לֹא); ᵐ5 C has ἡμέρας ἐσφράγισαν εἀυτοῖ ς (B and others εἁυτους), whence Siegf conjecture plausibly ח ׳יָמִים ׳ל they seal up the days unto themselves, i.e. daytime is for them sealed up and unused.
Hiph`il Perfect3masculine singular מִזּוֺבוֺ בְּשָׁרוֺ אוֺהֶֿחְתִּים [Lev 15:3] or hath his flesh (genital organ) shewn stoppage by reason of his flux.
[חֲתַם] verb seal (see Biblical Hebrew); —
Pe`al Perfect3masculine singular suffix (of stone) חַתְמֶהּ [Dan 6:18] (ב instrumental).