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Bible Lexicons
Old Testament Hebrew Lexical Dictionary Hebrew Lexicon
Strong's #8365 - שָׁתַם
Transliteration
shâtham
Phonetics
shaw-tham'
Root Word (Etymology)
a primitive root
Parts of Speech
Verb
TWOT
2481
Definition
- Brown-Driver-Briggs
- Strong
Brown-Driver-Briggs'
1) (Qal) to open
1a) meaning dubious
Greek Equivalent Words:
Frequency Lists
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Verse Results
KJV (2)
Numbers
2
HCS (0)
HCS (2)
Numbers
2
BSB (2)
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2
ESV (2)
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2
WEB (2)
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2
Ancient Hebrew Lexicon Definitions
Brown-Driver-Briggs Expanded Definition
[שָׁתַם] verb dubious; if text correct, open (Late Hebrew Aramaic שׁתם open [vessel]); — only
Qal Passive participle construct הַגֶּבֶר שְׁתֻם הְעָ֑יִן Numbers 24:3,15 (poems in J E) the man opened of [mental] eye, so ᵑ6 Ki Ew and others RVm; ᵑ9 Rö Ke Di and others render closed of [bodily] eye, reading then implicity שְׂתֻם (compare סָתַם, שָׂתַם Lamentations 3:8); see further Gray.
[שׁתן, הִשְׁתִּין] see שִׁין.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.All rights reserved. Used by permission. BibleSoft.com
Gesenius' Hebrew and Chaldee Definition
שָׁתַם prob. to unclose (cogn. to סָתַם, שָׁתַם to shut. Chald. to perforate). It occurs in one phrase, Numbers 24:3, 15 Numbers 24:15, שְׁתֻם הָעַיִן “with the eye (of the mind) unclosed;” used of a prophet, i.q. נְּלוּי עֵינַיִם verse Numbers 24:4. As to the sense, see Psalms 40:7.
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List of Word Forms
שְׁתֻ֥ם שתם šə·ṯum šəṯum sheTum