עָטַר ʻâṭar — to encircle (for attack or protection)
Translated in the KJV as compass, crown.
a primitive root; to encircle (for attack or protection); especially to crown (literally or figuratively).
ʻâṭar in each stem
Pi'el
Perfect (qatal) 2Imperfect (yiqtol) 1Participle (active) 1
Thou madest him to have dominion over the works of thy hands; thou hast put all things under his feet:
They drop upon the pastures of the wilderness: and the little hills rejoice on every side.
Who redeemeth thy life from destruction; who crowneth thee with lovingkindness and tender mercies;
Qal (Pa'al)
Participle (active) 1Imperfect (yiqtol) 1
And Saul went on this side of the mountain, and David and his men on that side of the mountain: and David made haste to get away for fear of Saul; for Saul and his men compassed David and his men round about to take them.
Hiph'il
Participle (active) 1
Who hath taken this counsel against Tyre, the crowning city, whose merchants are princes, whose traffickers are the honourable of the earth?
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 ›