אָטַר ʼâṭar — to close up
Translated in the KJV as shut.
a primitive root; to close up.
ʼâṭar in each stem
Qal (Pa'al)
Simple · active — the plain action; the subject does it
Jussive 1
תֶּאְטַר Ps 69:16 Jussive, 3rd person feminine singular
Hear me, O Lord; for thy lovingkindness is good: turn unto me according to the multitude of thy tender mercies.
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 ›