ata · cover, wrap

What it means

ata (עָטָה) is a Hebrew word of the Bible that means “cover, wrap”.

Cover oneself, wrap oneself in a garment; cover.

How to say it

Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.

Its senses in the Bible

1. To put a cloak or light on oneself, so that it covers like clothing.

From Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906)

How it is translated

The words this translation uses for it, most frequent first.

• cover ×4
• wraps himself ×3
• wrapped ×2
• covers it ×1
• he will wrap himself ×1
• let them be covered ×1
• let them wrap themselves ×1
• like one who veils herself ×1
• will wrap you up ×1
• wrapping ×1
• others ×1

Related words

Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.

Where it appears

• Leviticus×1
• 1 Samuel×1
• Psalms×6
• Song of Songs×1
• Isaiah×3
• Jeremiah×2
• Ezekiel×2
• Micah×1

• Leviticus 13:45

  And the leper who has the sore —his garments shall be torn, and the hair of his head shall hang loose, and he shall cover himself up to the mustache and cry out, ‘Unclean, unclean!’

• 1 Samuel 28:14

  He said to her, “What is his appearance?” She said, “An old man is coming up, and he is wrapped in a robe.” Saul knew that it was Samuel, and he bowed with his face to the ground and prostrated himself.

• Psalms 71:13

  Let them be ashamed, let them be consumed, those who accuse my soul; let them be covered with reproach and humiliation, those who seek my harm.

• Psalms 84:6

  Those who pass through the valley of Baca make it a spring; the early rain also covers it with blessings.

• Psalms 89:45

  You have shortened the days of his youth; you have covered him with shame. Selah.

• Psalms 104:2

  who wraps himself in light as in a cloak, who stretches out the heavens like a curtain,

• Psalms 109:19

  Let it be to him like a garment he wraps himself in, and like a belt he continually girds on.

• Psalms 109:29

  Let my accusers be clothed with humiliation, and let them wrap themselves as in a robe in their shame.

• Song of Songs 1:7

  Tell me, you whom my soul loves, where do you pasture your flock, where do you make it lie down at noon; for why should I be like one who veils herself beside the flocks of your companions?

• Isaiah 22:17

  Look, YHWH will hurl you away with a hurling, man, and will wrap you up in a wrapping;

• Isaiah 59:17

  And he put on righteousness like a breastplate, and a helmet of salvation on his head; and he put on garments of vengeance for clothing, and wrapped himself in zeal as in a robe.

• Jeremiah 43:12

  And I will kindle a fire in the houses of the gods of Egypt, and he will burn them and take them captive; and he will wrap himself with the land of Egypt as the shepherd wraps himself with his garment; and he will go out from there in peace.

• Ezekiel 24:17

  Groan in silence; mourning for the dead you shall not make; your headdress bind on yourself, and your sandals put on your feet, and you shall not cover your mustache, and bread of men you shall not eat.”

• Ezekiel 24:22

  And you will do as I have done; you will not cover your mustache, and bread of men you will not eat;

• Micah 3:7

  And the seers will be ashamed, and the diviners will be embarrassed, and they will cover the mustache, all of them, for there is no answer from Elohim.”

And 2 more times.