1. seal, signet-ring — A seal or signet-ring used for authenticating documents and marking ownership. Used of the engraving technique for the priestly breastplate stones (Exod 28:11, 28:21, 28:36, 39:6, 39:14, 39:30), of Judah's personal seal given as pledge to Tamar (Gen 38:18), of sealing as metaphor for secure closure (Job 38:14, 41:15), of Coniah as YHWH's signet (Jer 22:24), and as simile for intimate attachment (Song 8:6 twice; Hag 2:23). 14×
AR["بِ-خاتَمِهِ","تَحْتَ-خَاتَمٍ","خاتَمٍ","خَاتَمًا","خَاتَمُكَ","خَاتِمٍ","خَتْمٌ","كَخَاتَمٍ","كَخَاتِمٍ"]·ben["-মুদ্রার-মতো","-সীলমোহরের-মতো","তার-সীল-দিয়ে","তোমার-সিলমোহর","মুদ্রার-আংটি","সিলমোহর","সীলমোহর","সীলমোহরের","সীলের"]·DE["[חותם]","[כחותם]","dein-Siegel","mit-sein-seal","versiegeln"]·EN["a-seal","as-signet-ring","like-the-seal","seal","signet-ring","signet-your","with-a-seal","with-his-seal"]·FR["[חותם]","avec-son-scelle","comme-un-sceau","sceau","sceau-ton"]·heb["ב-חותמו","חותם","חתמך-ך","כ-חותם"]·HI["उसकी-मुहर-से","जैसे-मोहर","तेरी-मुहर","तेरे-हृदय","मुझे","मुद्रा","मुहर","मुहर-की","मुहर-के-नीचे"]·ID["cincin-meterai","dengan-meterainya","materai-mu","meterai","seperti-cincin-meterai","seperti-meterai"]·IT["[חותם]","come-il-like-il-seal","con-suo-seal","sigillare","sigillo","sigillo-tuo","un-seal","with-a-seal"]·jav["Ségelipun","ali-ali-meterai","cap,","kados-ali-ali-cap","kados-segel","kalayan-cap","mawi-capipun","segel"]·KO["같이-인장","그의-인장-으로","당신의-도장과","도장-처럼","인장으로","인장의","인장이"]·PT["anel-de-selar","com-selo-seu","como-selo","de-selo","selo","sinete-teu"]·RU["как-печать","перстнем","печати","печать-твою","печатью","печатью-его"]·ES["anillo-de-sellar","como-sello","con-su-sello","sello","sello-de-ti"]·SW["kama-muhuri","kwa-muhuri","kwa-muhuri-wake","muhuri","muhuri-wako","pete-ya-muhuri","wa-muhuri","ya-muhuri","za-muhuri"]·TR["Mührün","muhur-gibi","mühür","mühür-gibi","mühür-yüzüğü","mühürüyle"]·urd["اُس-کی-مہر-سے","مہر","مہر-تیری","مہر-سے","مہر-کی","مہر-کی-طرح"]
Gen 38:18, Exod 28:11, Exod 28:21, Exod 28:36, Exod 39:6, Exod 39:14, Exod 39:30, 1 Kgs 21:8, Job 38:14, Job 41:15, Song 8:6, Song 8:6 (+2 more)
Senses
BDB / Lexicon Reference
† I. חֹתָם, חוֹתָם n.m. Jb 41:7 seal, signet-ring (Aramaic ܚܳܬܡܳܐ; Ethiopic ማኅተም —v. LagBN 116)—abs. חֹתָם Ex 28:11 + 2 times; חוֹתָם Je 22:24 + 8 times; sf. חֹתָֽמְךָ Gn 38:18, חֹתָמוֹ 1 K 21:8;—on supposed cstr. חוֹתַם v. foregoing;—seal, signet-ring, hung by a cord (פָּתִיל) about the neck Gn 38:18 (J; = חֹתֶמֶת v 25), or (later?) worn on (finger of) right hand Je 22:24, (BenzArchäol. 106);…