עָטַף
ʿāṭap
envelop oneself (Aramaism)
Strong's H5848VerbHebrewTWOT 1605

עָטַף (ʿāṭap) is a Hebrew verb meaning envelop oneself (Aramaism). It appears 16 times in 6 books of the Hebrew Bible (Strong's H5848).

Also rendered

Same Hebrew root (TWOT 1605)

Range of meaning (TWOT 1605)turn aside; shroud, clothe, darkness, languish; cover, fail, faint, feebler, hide self, be overwhelmed, swoon
Full entry: Brown-Driver-Briggs and Strong's

עָטַף verb: turn aside

Strong's H5848 עָטַף: to shroud, i.e. clothe (whether transitive or reflex.); hence (from the idea of darkness) to languish
KJV:cover (over), fail, faint, feebler, hide self, be overwhelmed, swoon.

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.

See it in Scripture

Genesis 30:42Job 23:9Psalms 73:6

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