חָתַם

Leviticus 15:3 הֶחְתִּ֤ים it has been obstructed

This uncleanness is from his discharge, whether his body allows the discharge to flow or blocks it. So his discharge will bring about uncleanness.

Deuteronomy 32:34 חָתֻ֖ם sealed up

“Have I not stored up these things, sealed up within My vaults?

1 Kings 21:8 וַתַּחְתֹּ֖ם and she sealed [them]

Then Jezebel wrote letters in Ahab’s name, sealed them with his seal, and sent them to the elders and nobles who lived with Naboth in his city.

Nehemiah 9:38 הֶֽחָת֔וּם the sealed [document]

In view of all this, we make a binding agreement, putting it in writing and sealing it with the names of our leaders, Levites, and priests.”

Here: A passive form used as a noun: 'the sealed [document]'. Each party pressed a personal seal into clay attached to the document, which made it legally binding and attested.

Nehemiah 10:1 הַחֲתוּמִ֑ים the sealed [documents]

Now these were the ones who sealed the document: Nehemiah the governor, son of Hacaliah, and also Zedekiah,

Esther 3:12 וְנֶחְתָּ֖ם and [it was] sealed

On the thirteenth day of the first month, the royal scribes were summoned and the order was written exactly as Haman commanded the royal satraps, the governors of each province, and the officials of each people, in the script of each province and the language of every people. It was written in the name of King Xerxes and sealed with the royal signet ring.

Here: 'And sealed': stamped with the royal seal to make it authentic and binding. Under Persian law (8:8) such a document could not be revoked.

Esther 8:8 וְחִתְמ֖וּ וְנַחְתּ֛וֹם and seal [it], and it is sealed

Now you may write in the king’s name as you please regarding the Jews, and seal it with the royal signet ring. For a decree that is written in the name of the king and sealed with the royal signet ring cannot be revoked.”

Esther 8:10 וַיַּחְתֹּ֖ם and he sealed [it]

Mordecai wrote in the name of King Xerxes and sealed it with the royal signet ring. He sent the documents by mounted couriers riding on swift horses bred from the royal mares.

Job 9:7 יַחְתֹּֽם׃ he puts a seal

He commands the sun not to shine; He seals off the stars.

Job 14:17 חָתֻ֣ם [will be] sealed up

My transgression would be sealed in a bag, and You would cover over my iniquity.

Job 24:16 חִתְּמוּ־ they seal up

In the dark they dig through houses; by day they shut themselves in, never to experience the light.

Job 33:16 יַחְתֹּֽם׃ he will seal

He opens their ears and terrifies them with warnings

Here: 'He seals.' The picture is a seal pressed into clay or wax. The seal confirms a document, makes it final and binding, and marks it as the sender's own. God puts his seal on the warning so it is official and cannot be ignored. Many scholars read a different verb here: 'he terrifies them' (see notes).

Job 37:7 יַחְתּ֑וֹם he puts a seal

He seals up the hand of every man, so that all men may know His work.

Here: To put something under seal: to close it, shut it up, make it inaccessible. God 'seals' the hand, so human work is locked away for the season. The present-tense verb describes what God regularly does.

Song of Songs 4:12 חָתֽוּם׃ sealed up

My sister, my bride, you are a garden locked up, a spring enclosed, a fountain sealed.

Here: Stamped with a seal. This is more than shut tight: the seal marks who owns the thing and who has the right to open it. The verse ends on this word, the strongest of the three locking images.

Isaiah 8:16 חֲת֥וֹם seal up

Bind up the testimony and seal the law among my disciples.

Here: Press a seal on it. This closes the record so that no one can change it, marks it as genuine, and keeps it for a later day. Grammatically the form may be a verb used as a sharp command ('seal!') instead of an ordinary command form.

Isaiah 29:11 הֶֽחָתוּם֒ חָת֖וּם <the> sealed, [is] sealed

And the entire vision will be to you like the words sealed in a scroll. If it is handed to someone to read, he will say, “I cannot, because it is sealed.”

Jeremiah 32:10 וָֽאֶחְתֹּ֔ם and I sealed [it]

I signed and sealed the deed, called in witnesses, and weighed out the silver on the scales.

Jeremiah 32:11 הֶֽחָת֛וּם the sealed [one]

Then I took the deed of purchase—the sealed copy with its terms and conditions, as well as the open copy—

Jeremiah 32:14 הֶחָת֗וּם the sealed [one]

“This is what the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, says: Take these deeds—both the sealed copy and the open copy of the deed of purchase—and put them in a clay jar to preserve them for a long time.

Jeremiah 32:44 וְחָתוֹם֮ and they will seal [it]

Fields will be purchased with silver, and deeds will be signed, sealed, and witnessed in the land of Benjamin, in the areas surrounding Jerusalem, and in the cities of Judah—the cities of the hill country, the foothills, and the Negev—because I will restore them from captivity, declares the LORD.”

Ezekiel 28:12 חוֹתֵ֣ם [were one who] seals

“Son of man, take up a lament for the king of Tyre and tell him that this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘You were the seal of perfection, full of wisdom and perfect in beauty.

Here: As vowelled, this is a participle: 'one who seals'. With one vowel changed it becomes the noun 'signet ring', the king's personal seal stone. Either way it is an image of royal authority, of something precious, and of a finished work stamped as complete.

Daniel 9:24 וְלַחְתֹּם֙ and to seal up

Seventy weeks are decreed for your people and your holy city to stop their transgression, to put an end to sin, to make atonement for iniquity, to bring in everlasting righteousness, to seal up vision and prophecy, and to anoint the Most Holy Place.

Here: 'And to seal'. Pressing a seal on a document authenticated it, and could also close it up. The vision is either confirmed as true by its fulfilment, or closed because it is complete. Possibly both.

Daniel 12:4 וַחֲתֹ֥ם and seal up

But you, Daniel, shut up these words and seal the book until the time of the end. Many will roam to and fro, and knowledge will increase.”

Here: 'And seal': to press a seal into clay or wax over a tied document. This made it official, protected it from tampering, and kept it for later.

Daniel 12:9 וַחֲתֻמִ֛ים and sealed up

“Go on your way, Daniel,” he replied, “for the words are closed up and sealed until the time of the end.

Here: Sealed the way a legal document or royal letter was sealed: tied shut and pressed with a clay seal, so it is official, protected from tampering, and not to be opened until the proper time. It rhymes with the word before it (sətumîm / ḥătumîm), which makes the phrase stick.