עָטָה ʻâṭâh — to wrap, i.e. cover, veil, clothe, or roll
Translated in the KJV as array self, be clad, cover (-ing, self), fill, put on, × surely, turn aside.
a primitive root; to wrap, i.e. cover, veil, clothe, or roll.
ʻâṭâh in each stem
Qal (Pa'al)
Imperfect (yiqtol) 7Participle (active) 4Sequential perfect (weqatal) 2Infinitive absolute 1Wayyiqtol 1
And the leper in whom the plague is, his clothes shall be rent, and his head bare, and he shall put a covering upon his upper lip, and shall cry, Unclean, unclean.
And he said unto her, What form is he of? And she said, An old man cometh up; and he is covered with a mantle. And Saul perceived that it was Samuel, and he stooped with his face to the ground, and bowed himself.
Let them be confounded and consumed that are adversaries to my soul; let them be covered with reproach and dishonour that seek my hurt.
Hiph'il
Imperfect (yiqtol) 1Perfect (qatal) 1
They go from strength to strength, every one of them in Zion appeareth before God.
How long, Lord? wilt thou hide thyself for ever? shall thy wrath burn like fire?
What the stems mean
A Hebrew verb is its root letters set into a pattern. The pattern — the binyan — is the grammar's way of saying three things at once: whether the action is simple, intensive or causative, and whether its subject is active, passive or reflexive. That is why one Hebrew word can need six English ones. All seven binyanim, explained ›