עָצָה ʻâtsâh — properly, to fasten (or make firm), i.e. to close (the eyes)

pronounced aw-tsaw' · Strong's H6095 · 1 occurrence in the Hebrew Bible · 1 stem: Qal (Pa'al)

Translated in the KJV as shut.

a primitive root; properly, to fasten (or make firm), i.e. to close (the eyes).

ʻâtsâh in each stem

What the stems mean

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Morphology from OpenScriptures MorphHB (CC BY 4.0); definitions from Strong's Hebrew Lexicon (public domain); text from the Westminster Leningrad Codex.

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