# H331 אָטַם

אָטַם (ʼâṭam), Strong’s H331: to close (the lips or ears); by analology to contract (a window by bevelled jambs) KJV: narrow, shut, stop.. Occurs 8 times.

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*ʼâṭam* — to close (the lips or ears); by analology to contract (a window by bevelled jambs)

KJV: narrow, shut, stop.

Occurs 8 times.

## Brown–Driver–Briggs
- [אטם] vb. shut, shut up
- Qal shut, stop
- Hiph. of adder, stopping ears, sim. of wicked.

## Where it occurs
- [1 Kings 6:4](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/1-kings/6?v=4) — He made windows of fixed lattice work for the house.
- [Isaiah 33:15](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/isaiah/33?v=15) — He who walks righteously and speaks blamelessly, he who despises the gain of oppressions, who gestures with his hands…
- [Ezekiel 40:16](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/ezekiel/40?v=16) — There were closed windows to the side rooms, and to their posts within the gate all around, and likewise to the arches…
- [Ezekiel 41:16](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/ezekiel/41?v=16) — the thresholds, and the closed windows, and the galleries around on their three stories, opposite the threshold, with…
- [Ezekiel 41:26](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/ezekiel/41?v=26) — There were closed windows and palm trees on the one side and on the other side, on the sides of the porch. This is how…
- [Psalms 58:5](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/psalms/58?v=5) — Their poison is like the poison of a snake, like a deaf cobra that stops its ear,
- [Proverbs 17:28](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/proverbs/17?v=28) — Even a fool, when he keeps silent, is counted wise. When he shuts his lips, he is thought to be discerning.
- [Proverbs 21:13](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/proverbs/21?v=13) — Whoever stops his ears at the cry of the poor, he will also cry out, but shall not be heard.