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cf. v 9 ( || id. ), 9:24b ; so in sim. of unintelligible prophecy Is 29:11 (×2); חֲתֹם תֹּורָה בְּלִמֻּדָ˜י Is 8:16 seal up the teaching among my disciples , i.e. keep it securely ( || צֹור ); of י׳ ’s remembrance of offences בְּאֹוצְרֹתָ˜י חָתוּם Dt 32:34 ( || כָּמֻס עִמָּדִי ), so חָתוּם בִּצְרֹור פִּשְׁעִי Jb 14:17 ( || וַתִּטְפֹּל עַל־עֲוֹנִי ); מַעְיָן חָתוּם Ct 4:12 a fountain sealed up , metaph. of chaste woman ( || נָעוּל ( גַּל ) גַּן ); וּבְעַד כֹּוכָבִים יַח׳ Jb 9:7 and about the stars he putteth a seal ( || of forbidding sun to rise).— אַתָּה חֹותֵם תָּכְנִית Ez 28:12 is obscure: thou wast one sealing proportion , i.e. perfection ,—wast complete perfection, Ges S m.; wast a sealer of symmetry v. D a; wast a seal ( ring )—
i.e.
חֹותַם cstr .—of proportion Codd. Ö É Hi cf. E w; text perhaps corrupt, v. suggestions in Co .— Dn 9:24a read Qr לְהָתֵם ( v. תמם ). Jb 33:16 ; 37:7 v. sub 1 . Niph. Pf. 3 ms. [or Pt. ?] וְנֶחְתָּ˜ם נִכְתָּ˜ב Est 3:12 (it was) written and sealed הַמֶּלֶךְ בְּטַבַּעַת ; Inf. abs. וְנַחְתֹּום Est 8:8 (continuing pt. נִכְָ˜תּב ) also + בְּטַבַּעַת הַמּ׳ ; both pass. of Qal 1. Pi. Pf. 3 pl. יֹומָם הִתְּמוּ־לָמֹו Jb 24:16 lit. by day they seal up for themselves , i.e. according to most, they shut themselves up, do not shew themselves ( || יָדְעוּ אֹור לֹא ); Ö C has ἡµέρας ἐσφράγισαν ἐαυτοῖς ( B al. ἑαυτους ), whence Siegf conj. plausibly יָמִים ח׳ ל׳ they seal up the days unto themselves , i.e. daytime is for them sealed up and unused. Hiph. Pf. 3 ms. אֹו־הֶחְתִּים בְּשָׂרֹו מִזֹּובֹו Lv 15:3 or hath his flesh (genital organ) shewn stoppage by reason of his flux .

I . חֹתָם S 2368 TWOT 780a GK 2597 , חֹותָם S 2368, 2369 TWOT 780a GK 2597, 2598
n.m. Jb 41:7 seal, signet-ring ( Aramaic ܚܳܬܡܳܐ ( ḥotmo ); Ethiopic ˜˜˜˜ ( māḫtam )— v. Lag BN 116) abs. חֹתָם Ex 28:11 + 2 times; חֹותָם Je 22:24 + 8 times; sf. חֹתָֽמְךָ Gn 38:1 8, חֹתָמֹו 1 K 21: 8;—on supposed cstr. חֹותַם
v. foregoing;— seal, signet-ring , hung by a cord ( פָּתִיל ) about the neck Gn 38:18 ( J ; = חֹתֶמֶת v 2 5), or (later?) worn on (finger of) right hand Je 22:24 , ( Benz Archäol. 106); the two customs appar. combined Ct 8:6 ( עַל־לִ˜בֶּךָ ,

עַל־זְרֹועֶךָ ); used to attest a royal missive 1 K 21:8 (instr. of vb. חתם ); a precious article Hg 2:23 ( sim. of Zerubbabel); פִּתּוּחֵי ח׳ engravings of a seal , as model for cutting names and inscr. on precious stones and gold plate Ex

metaph. metaphor, metaphorically. Sm R. Smend (rarely = Samuel). Da A. B. Davidson.

Siegf C. Siegfried. conj. conjecture(s); also conjection. Benz J. Benzinger, Hebräische Archaeologie . inscr. inscription(s);


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