Lexicon atsah: to shut Original Word: עָצָהPart of Speech: Verb Transliteration: atsah Phonetic Spelling: (aw-tsaw') Short Definition: winks NAS Exhaustive Concordance Word Origina prim. root Definitionto shut NASB Translationwinks (1).
Brown-Driver-Briggs I. [ עָצָה] verb shut (Arabic (  and  )  IV. shut eyes; Ethiopic  : shut door); — Qal Participle active עֹצֶה עֵינָיו Proverbs 16:30 he that shuts his eyes (SS compare עצּם [Isaiah 29:10], which Gr reads). II. עצה (√ of following; meaning dubious; compare Sabean עצֿם wood DHMZMG xxxvii (1883), 341, 412, Arabic  , originally  noun of individual meaning of  large, thorny trees (see Lane; also NöGGA 1862, 544; ZMG xxxii (1878), 406 LagBN 158 f.); Ethiopic  : tree, wood; Assyrian iƒ(ƒ)u; Phoenician עץ wood; Late Hebrew = Biblical Hebrew; Aramaic אָע (initial א by dissimilation); BaNB §2,c.1 thinks originally biliteral).
Strong's shut A primitive root; properly, to fasten (or make firm), i.e. To close (the eyes) -- shut. |
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