עָתַם ʻâtham — probably to glow, i.e. (figuratively) be desolated
Translated in the KJV as be darkened.
a primitive root; probably to glow, i.e. (figuratively) be desolated.
ʻâtham in each stem
Niph'al
Simple · passive — the plain action; the subject has it done to them
Perfect (qatal) 1
נֶעְתַּ֣ם Isa 9:18 Perfect (qatal), 3rd person masculine singular
For wickedness burneth as the fire: it shall devour the briers and thorns, and shall kindle in the thickets of the forest, and they shall mount up like the lifting up of smoke.
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 ›