אטר

Hebrew

Etymology

Biblical hapax legomenon, cognate with Arabic أَطَرَ (to bend, curve).

Pronunciation

Verb

אָטַר • (atár) (pa'al construction, future יֶאְטַר)

  1. to shut, close, bind
    • Tanach, Psalms 69:16, with translation of the Jewish Publication Society:
      אַל־תִּשְׁטְפֵנִי  שִׁבֹּלֶת מַיִם וְאַל־תִּבְלָעֵנִי מְצוּלָה וְאַל־תֶּאְטַר־עָלַי בְּאֵר פִּיהָ׃
      Let not the waterflood overwhelm me, Neither let the deep swallow me up; And let not the pit shut her mouth upon me.

Conjugation

Conjugation of אָטַר (see also Appendix:Hebrew verbs)
non-finite forms to-infinitive לאטור / לֶאְטֹר
action noun אֲטִירָה
passive participle אָטוּר
finite forms singular plural
m f m f
past first אָטַרְתִּי אָטַרְנוּ
second אָטַרְתָּ אָטַרְתְּ אֲטַרְתֶּם1 אֲטַרְתֶּן1
third אָטַר אָטְרָה אָטְרוּ
present אוֹטֵר אוֹטֶרֶת אוֹטְרִים אוֹטְרוֹת
future first אֶאְטַר נֶאְטַר
second תֶּאְטַר תֶּאְטְרִי תֶּאְטְרוּ תֶּאְטַרְנָה2
third יֶאְטַר תֶּאְטַר יֶאְטְרוּ תֶּאְטַרְנָה2
imperative אֱטַר אִטְרִי אִטְרוּ אֱטַרְנָה2

1 Pronounced אָטַרְתֶּם and אָטַרְתֶּן in informal Modern Hebrew.
2 Rare in Modern Hebrew.

Derived terms

References

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