אָטַם (ʾāṭam) is
a Hebrew verb
meaning shut. It appears
8 times
in 5 books of the Hebrew Bible
(Strong's H331).
Also rendered
to shutter
Same Hebrew root (TWOT 73)
Range of meaning (TWOT 73)shut, shut up; stop; close, contract; narrow
Full entry: Brown-Driver-Briggs and Strong's
אטםverb: shut, shut up
Qalshut, stop
Hiphilof adder, stopping ears, similarly of wicked.
Strong's H331אָטַם: to close (the lips or ears); by analology to contract (a window by bevelled jambs) KJV:narrow, shut, stop.
Meanings: Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906) and Strong's Hebrew Dictionary (1890), public domain, via the Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible Project (CC BY 4.0). TWOT numbers for reference only.