חֲתַם chătham — to seal
Translated in the KJV as seal.
(Aramaic) a root corresponding to H2856; to seal.
chătham in each stem
Pe'al
Simple · active — the plain action; the subject does it
Perfect (qatal) 1
וְחַתְמַ֨הּ Dan 6:18 Perfect (qatal), 3rd person masculine singular
Then the king went to his palace, and passed the night fasting: neither were instruments of musick brought before him: and his sleep went from him.
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 ›