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Deuteronomy 32:34 — Word Study

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WLCהֲלֹא־ ה֖וּא כָּמֻ֣ס עִמָּדִ֑י חָתֻ֖ם בְּאוֹצְרֹתָֽי׃

BSAHave I notlôʼ [certainly, without a doubt] stored upkâmaç [laid up in store, kept safe] these thingshûwʼ sealed upchâtham [locked away, marked as mine] within Myʻimmâd vaultsʼôwtsâr [treasure house, secret storehouse]

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Deuteronomy 32:34quick helps
In a sentenceGod questions whether He has not securely stored away certain things.
Who is speakingGod, addressing the people of Israel.
Where we areThe Song of Moses, reflecting on God's justice and care.
The hard wordכָּמֻ֣ס
Take awayGod affirms the security of His treasures.
8 commentators on this verse Gill, Jamieson, Poole, Trapp & more — read them › clause subjectהוּא verbכָּמַס The sentence as the grammar sees it Open the tree ›
How rare are these words?in the Old Testament

1 of 6 occurs nowhere else in the Old Testament — a word chosen on purpose.

Bars are logarithmic — אֵת, the commonest word in the Hebrew Bible, stands about 11,000 times, so a linear scale would leave everything else invisible. Click a row to open that word.

Deep Study — Deuteronomy 32:34

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Context — The Song of Mosesgenerated

33Their wine is the venom of serpents, the deadly poison of cobras.
34“Have I not stored up these things, sealed up within My vaults?
35Vengeance is Mine; I will repay. In due time their foot will slip; for their day of disaster is near, and their doom is coming quickly.”
36For the LORD will vindicate His people and have compassion on His servants when He sees that their strength is gone and no one remains, slave or free.

Deuteronomy 32:34 is part of the Song of Moses, where Moses recounts God's faithfulness and warns Israel of the consequences of their disobedience. This verse emphasizes God's assurance that He has securely stored certain things, reflecting His omniscience and care for His people.


Cross References

ReferenceText (BSB)
1Job 14:17My transgression would be sealed in a bag, and You would cover over my iniquity.
2Jeremiah 2:22Although you wash with lye and use an abundance of soap, the stain of your guilt is still before Me,” declares the Lord GOD.
3Hosea 13:12The iniquity of Ephraim is bound up; his sin is stored up.
4Romans 2:5But because of your hard and unrepentant heart, you are storing up wrath against yourself for the day of wrath, when God’s righteous judgment will be revealed.
51 Corinthians 4:5Therefore judge nothing before the appointed time; wait until the Lord comes. He will bring to light what is hidden in darkness and will expose the motives of men’s hearts. At that time each will receive his praise from God.

The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge — 6 references, hung on the phrase they belong to

Is not this laid up in store with me, and sealed up among my treasures?Job 14:17 Jeremiah 2:22 Hosea 13:12 Romans 2:5 1 Corinthians 4:5 Revelation 20:12–13

The Key Word כָּמֻ֣ס, ka.Musgenerated

The verb כָּמַס (kamac) means to store up or save. It is a participle in the passive voice, indicating that something has been stored away for safekeeping. This word conveys the idea of preserving something valuable, much like laying up treasures in a secure place.

In this context, it emphasizes God's action of safeguarding important matters, suggesting that these things are not just forgotten but are intentionally kept safe within His vaults.


How Translations Differ — measured against the Berean Standard Biblegenerated

The verse is rendered in the Berean Standard Bible as stored up, which aligns with the KJV and ASV.


Sentence Structuregenerated

The main verb כָּמֻ֣ס governs the sentence, indicating the action of storing up. It is complemented by the participle חָתֻ֖ם, which describes the state of being sealed, creating a relationship between the two actions.

The structure emphasizes God's assertion about the security of what has been stored, with the adverbial הֲלֹא־ introducing a rhetorical question that underscores the certainty of His claim.


Septuagint Backgroundgenerated

The Septuagint translates כָּמֻ֣ס as συνῆκται, which means to be gathered together. This choice reflects a broader understanding of collection rather than the specific connotation of secure storage found in the Hebrew.

This translation may suggest a different emphasis on the gathering of God's knowledge or treasures, rather than their preservation.


In plain words — the whole versegenerated

Deuteronomy 32:34 shows God questioning whether He has not securely stored certain things in His vaults. This verse emphasizes God's assurance that He keeps important matters safe, reflecting His care and oversight.


Frequently Asked Questionsgenerated

What does it mean that God has stored up these things?

It means that God has preserved certain important matters securely, indicating His control and care over them.

Why does God ask if He has not stored these things?

The question emphasizes God's certainty and the rhetorical nature of His claim, affirming that He indeed has stored them away.

What are the implications of God sealing these things?

Sealing signifies that these matters are protected and marked as belonging to God, ensuring their security.

How does this verse relate to God's justice?

This verse underscores God's vigilance in safeguarding His promises and judgments, reinforcing the theme of divine justice throughout the Song of Moses.


Reflection Questionsgenerated

  1. What are some important truths or memories that I have stored up in my own life?
  2. How can I ensure that I keep my relationship with God secure and protected?
  3. In what ways can I reflect God's care for what is important to me in my daily life?
  4. How does understanding God's assurance in this verse affect my view of His justice and care?

Commentators on this verse — 8 expositors, verse by verse

Each of these wrote on Deuteronomy 32:34 itself, not merely on the chapter around it.

John Gill1697–1771Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

[Is] not this laid up in store with me,.... The fruit of the degenerate vine, its bitter clusters of grapes, and poisonous wine; meaning the evil principles and practices of the apostate church, well

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Robert Jamieson1802–1880Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown's Commentary

Is not this laid up in store with me, and sealed up among my treasures? Is not this laid up in store with me? - i:e., all their wickedness, of which previous mention has been made.

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Matthew Poole1624–1679Matthew Poole's Commentary on the Holy Bible

i.e. All their wickedness mentioned before. My longsuffering towards them may make them and others think that I have forgotten their sins, but I remember them punctually, they are sealed up as in a bag, , and as men seal up their treasures that nothing be lost; and I shall bring them to their remembrance also.

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John Trapp1601–1669Trapp's Complete Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Deuteronomy 32:34 [Is] not this laid up in store with me, [and] sealed up among my treasures?Ver. 34. Is not this laid up in store?] To wit, for just punishment, though for a while I forbear them. The wicked man is like a thief, which having stolen a horse, rides away well mounted, till, overtaken by hue and cry, he is apprehended, sentenced, and executed. "Your sin will find you out" as a bloodhound; Et patientia Dei erga impios quo diuturnior, eo minacior. Morae dispendium faenoris duplo pensatur; the longer God forbears, the heavier he punishes. Jerome, in Jerem,

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Charles John Ellicott1819–1905Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers

(34) Is not this laid up?—“This” is generally taken to refer to what follows, but it is not clear. It may refer to the fact that “He looked for grapes, and the vine brought forth wild grapes.”

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AdamClarkeAdam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible

Verse 34. Sealed up among my treasures?] Deeds or engagements by which persons were bound at a specified time to fulfil certain conditions, were sealed and laid up in places of safety; so here God's justice is pledged to avenge the quarrel of his broken covenant on the disobedient Jews, but the time and manner were sealed in his treasures, and known only to himself. Hence it is said:-

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CambridgeThe Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

34–43. It is Destined for Israel’s Foes 34Is all that not stored with me, Sealed in my treasuries, 35For the day of revenge and requital, What time their foot shall slip. Yea, near is their day of disaster, And destiny rushes upon them.

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Daniel Denison Whedon1808–1885Whedon's Commentary on the Bible

34. Is not this laid up in store with me — The thought designed to be expressed is, that God’s time for punishment is decided upon, but not yet revealed.

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The verse in English, compared — 17 translations, and where they part company

Every translation on this page is a decision someone had to make and commit to. Read down a column and you see one translator's judgement; read across a row and you see the range the Greek actually allows. The BSB is the wording the rest of this page is measured against, so it is listed first.

Modern formal

BSBBerean Standard Bible2020

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

WEBWorld English Bible2000

“Isn’t this laid up in store with me, sealed up among my treasures?

MSBMajority Standard Bible2022

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

NETBNew English Translation2006

“Is this not stored up with me?” says the Lord, “Is it not sealed up in my storehouses?

Tyndale line

KJVKing James Version1611

Is not this laid up in store with me, and sealed up among my treasures?

ASVAmerican Standard Version1901

Is not this laid up in store with me, Sealed up among my treasures?

RVARevised Version, American1894

Is not this laid up in store with me, Sealed up among my treasures?

NWBWebster's Bible1833

Is not this laid up in store with me, and sealed up among my treasures?

GNVGeneva Bible1599

Is not this laide in store with me, and sealed vp among my treasures?

Strictly literal

DBYDarby Translation1890

Is not this hidden with me, Sealed up among my treasures?

YLTYoung's Literal Translation1862

Is it not laid up with Me? Sealed among My treasures?

LSVLiteral Standard Version2020

Is it not laid up with Me? Sealed among My treasures?

ILTInterlinear Literal Translation2000

Behold! this is laid up in store with me, it is sealed up among my treasures!

ULBUnlocked Literal Bible2017

Is not this plan secretly kept by me, sealed up among my treasures?

From the Latin

DRADouay-Rheims (Challoner)1899

Are not these things stored up with me, and sealed up in my treasures?

Simplified

FBVFree Bible Version2020

I've stored this all up; it's sealed in my vaults.

BBEBible in Basic English1949

Is not this among my secrets, kept safe in my store-house?

Counted from the translations carried on this site, not from a survey of every English Bible. A rendering shared by many versions is usually inherited rather than independently arrived at — the Tyndale line in particular runs through most of them.


The sentence as the grammar sees it — from the MACULA Hebrew treebank

This is not our own analysis: it is the scholarly syntax tree for the verse, showing how the clause actually holds together.

clauseהֲ?clauseadverbialלֹאnotsubjectה֖וּא[is].itnoun phrase · predicatenoun phraseclauseverbכָּמֻ֣סstored.upprepositional phrase · prepositionalעִמָּwithדִ֑יmenoun phraseclauseverbחָתֻ֖םsealed.upprepositional phrase · prepositionalבְּinnoun phraseאוֹצְרֹתָֽstorehousesיmy

Boxes are the grammarian's groupings — clause, noun phrase, prepositional phrase.


The four witnesses to this verse — Masoretic, Septuagint, Samaritan, Qumran

The Masoretic Text is supported by the Septuagint, which matches five of the six words. The Samaritan Pentateuch differs in three words, using לוא (not), כנוס (gather), and חתום (seal), indicating a variation in the interpretation of the original text.

Masoretic TextLeningrad Codex, c. AD 1008 — the text this page is built on

הֲלֹא־ ה֖וּא כָּמֻ֣ס עִמָּדִ֑י חָתֻ֖ם בְּאוֹצְרֹתָֽי׃

Septuagintthe Greek the translators chose, word by word
הֲלֹא־ἰδοὺה֖וּאταῦταכָּמֻ֣סσυνῆκταιעִמָּדִ֑יἐμοὶבְּאוֹצְרֹתָֽי׃μου

5 of the 6 words are matched. This is the word-by-word correspondence, not the Septuagint's own sentence — its word order and its articles are its own.

Samaritan Pentateuchthe Torah as the Samaritan community kept it

הלוא הוא כנוס עמדי חתום באוצרתי

3 words differ from the Masoretic Text: לוא (not), כנוס (gather), חתום (seal)

Dead Sea Scrolls — 4Q45a copy a thousand years older than the Leningrad Codex

[הלא] [הוא] [כמס] [עמד׳י] [חתם] [באוצרת׳י]

nothing on the leather here — 6 supplied entire by an editor.

Four traditions, not one. “On the leather” means the letters physically survive on the scroll, as against letters an editor has supplied to fill a hole in it — a restoration is a scholar’s reading, not a reading of the manuscript. Words in [square brackets] are supplied; the notes count them apart from what survives.


The map of this verse — what each word keeps company with

This is a map of two things, both counted rather than judged. Company kept: which words stand within three words of each of these, anywhere in the Hebrew Bible — the thicker the line, the more often the pair meet compared with chance. Built from: the words a word is made out of, taken from its own Strong’s entry. It is not a map of meaning: nothing here claims two words mean the same thing. Click any circle to see the numbers behind it.

Deuteronomy 32:34לֹא¿ not¿ notלֹאהוּא[is] that[is] thatהוּאכָּמַסstored upstored upכָּמַסעִםwith mewith meעִםחָתַםsealed upsealed upחָתַםאוֹצָרin storehouin storehouses אוֹצָרעָמַםto darkento darkenעָמַםאָצַרto storeto storeאָצַריָכֹלbe ablebe ableיָכֹלעוֹדstillstillעוֹדטָמֵאuncleanuncleanטָמֵאעֵתtimetimeעֵתשָׁכַבto lie dowto lie down: laשָׁכַבקָבַרto buryto buryקָבַרמִקְנָהpurchasepurchaseמִקְנָהטַבַּ֫עַתringringטַבַּ֫עַתזָהָבgoldgoldזָהָב
meets it a little oftener than chancemeets it far oftener than chancebuilt from the same roottwo words of the verse share ita word of this versea related word

Lexicons — every word in Deuteronomy 32:34

One dossier per word, with every reference work grouped by kind — Hebrew lexicons, morphology, Bible dictionaries, topical chains and the English of the translators themselves. The verse sits at the head of each block with the word under study lit, so you never lose your place. The panel above gives the short answer; this is the long one, and it is the part of the page worth indexing.

Every entry below is the lexicographer's own text. On the Hebrew: Brown-Driver-Briggs entire and its gloss set, Strong's Hebrew Dictionary, and Tyndale House's Translators Brief lexicon. Where a cell says a work has no entry, that work genuinely has none for this word.

¿ not [is] that stored up with me sealed up in storehouses my
הֲלֹא־ha.lo'- ¿ not H3808 Particle · particle
5,170× in the OT scale is logarithmic — the commonest word, אֵת, appears about 11,000×
In plain English
Meaning
The Hebrew word for not or no is used to indicate absence or negation, as when God says no to the Israelites' requests, or when they disobey His commands.
Amplified meaning
certainly, without a doubt
Tyndale gloss
not
Hebrew lexiconskeyed to Strong's numbers
Layman’s summary of all Lexicon entries.generated

לֹא (lo') is a Hebrew word meaning 'not' or 'no.' It serves as a simple negation and can imply absence or prohibition. The word can also be used in various contexts, often combined with other particles for emphasis or clarification. Its Aramaic equivalent is לָא (la), which also means 'not.'

Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon (full)

לֹא or לוֹא adv. not

base

Brown-Driver-Briggs glosses

H3808 לֹא or לוֹא not

Strong's Hebrew Dictionary

3808 lo' lo

or lowi {lo}; or loh (Deut. 3:11) {lo}; a primitive particle;

not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often

used with other particles (as follows):--X before, + or else,

ere, + except, ig(-norant), much, less, nay, neither, never,

no((-ne), -r, (-thing)), (X as though...,(can-), for) not (out

of), of nought, otherwise, out of, + surely, + as truly as, +

of a truth, + verily, for want, + whether, without.

Translators Brief Hebrew Lexicon

לֹא (lo) — not.

1) not, no

1a) not (with verb-absolute prohibition)

1b) not (with modifier-negation)

1c) nothing (subst)

1d) without (with particle)

1e) before (of time)

Aramaic equivalent: la (לָא "not" H3809)

Morphologythe parsing behind the code
Berean parsing
Part | Part — Particle · particle
HTi/Tn
The company it keepswords that stand beside it more often than chance
¿ not [is] that stored up with me sealed up in storehouses my
ה֖וּאhu' [is] that H1931 Pronoun
1,879× in the OT scale is logarithmic — the commonest word, אֵת, appears about 11,000×
In plain English
Meaning
This word is a pronoun meaning 'he', 'she', or 'it', used to refer to a person or thing. It is used in the Bible to emphasize a subject or make it clear who is being talked about.
Tyndale gloss
he/she/it
Hebrew lexiconskeyed to Strong's numbers
Layman’s summary of all Lexicon entries.generated

הוּא (hu) is a third-person singular pronoun meaning he, she, or it, used for emphasis or when no verb is present. It can also refer to oneself or serve as a demonstrative pronoun. The word has various nuances, including resuming the subject with emphasis or expressing it unobtrusively. It can indicate 'that' or 'those' when used with the definite article.

Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon (full)

הוּא m. הִיא f., pron. of the 3rd ps. sing. he, she, used also (in both genders) for the neuter it

an emph. he (she, it, they), sometimes equivalent to himself (herself, itself, themselves), or (esp. with the art.) that (those)

It resumes the subj. with emph.

Where, however, the pron. follows the pred., its position gives it the minimum of emphasis, and it expresses (or resumes) the subject as unobtrusively as possible

It anticipates (as it seems) the subject

As an emph. predicate, of God

In a neuter sense, that, it (of an action, occurrence, matte, etc.)

With the art.: so regularly when joined to a subst. defined itself by the art.

base

Brown-Driver-Briggs glosses

H1931 הוּא, הִיא he, she, used also (in both genders) for the neuter it . an emph. he (she, it, they), sometimes equivalent to himself (herself, itself, themselves), or (esp. with the art.) that (those)

. It resumes the subj. with emph.

. Where, however, the pron. follows the pred., its position gives it the minimum of emphasis, and it expresses (or resumes) the subject as unobtrusively as possible

. It anticipates (as it seems) the subject

. As an emph. predicate, of God

. In a neuter sense, that, it (of an action, occurrence, matte, etc.)

. With the art.: so regularly when joined to a subst. defined itself by the art.

Strong's Hebrew Dictionary

1931 huw' hoo

of which the feminine (beyond the Pentateuch) is hiyw {he}; a

primitive word, the third person pronoun singular, he (she or

it); only expressed when emphatic or without a verb; also

(intensively) self, or (especially with the article) the same;

sometimes (as demonstrative) this or that; occasionally

(instead of copula) as or are:--he, as for her, him(-self),

it, the same, she (herself), such, that (...it), these, they,

this, those, which (is), who.

Translators Brief Hebrew Lexicon

הוּא (hu) — he/she/it.

pron 3p s

1) he, she, it

1a) himself (with emphasis)

1b) resuming subj with emphasis

1c) (with minimum emphasis following predicate)

1d) (anticipating subj)

1e) (emphasising predicate)

1f) that, it (neuter) demons pron

2) that (with article)

Morphologythe parsing behind the code
Berean parsing
Pron — Pronoun
HPp3ms
The company it keepswords that stand beside it more often than chance
¿ not [is] that stored up with me sealed up in storehouses my
כָּמֻ֣סka.Mus stored up H3647 Verb · Qal · participle (passive) masculine singular
1× in the OT scale is logarithmic — the commonest word, אֵת, appears about 11,000×
In plain English
Meaning
In the Bible, this Hebrew word means to store something away, like saving memories in your mind. It is used to describe laying up treasures in heaven, as seen in Matthew 6:20. This concept is also found in 1 Corinthians 3:8.
Amplified meaning
laid up in store, kept safe
Tyndale gloss
to store up
Hebrew lexiconskeyed to Strong's numbers
Layman’s summary of all Lexicon entries.generated

כָּמַס (kamac) is a primitive root meaning to store up or save. It is used in a figurative sense to refer to storing in memory. The primary reference noted is Deuteronomy 32:34, where it appears in the Qal form.

Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon (full)

[כָּמַס] vb. store up, in Qal Dt 32:34

ref

Brown-Driver-Briggs glosses

H3647 [כָּמַס] store up

Strong's Hebrew Dictionary

3647 kamac kaw-mas'

a primitive root; to store away, i.e. (figuratively) in the

memory:--lay up in store.

Translators Brief Hebrew Lexicon

כָּמַס (ka.mas) — to store up.

1) to store up, save

1a) (Qal) stored up (participle)

Morphologythe parsing behind the code
Berean parsing
V-Qal-Inf-c — Verb · Qal · participle (passive) masculine singular
HVqsmsa
¿ not [is] that stored up with me sealed up in storehouses my
עִמָּדִ֑י'i.ma.Di with me H5973 Preposition · suffix
1,052× in the OT scale is logarithmic — the commonest word, אֵת, appears about 11,000×
In plain English
Meaning
This Hebrew word means with or together, like when God is with his people in Exodus 33:14-15. It's used to describe accompaniment or association, and can also mean against or beside. The word is used to convey a sense of relationship or proximity between people or things.
Tyndale gloss
with
Hebrew lexiconskeyed to Strong's numbers
Layman’s summary of all Lexicon entries.generated

עִם (im) is a preposition meaning 'with' and covers a range of relationships, including companionship, locality, and possession. It can imply actions done jointly, equality, or even opposition in contexts like combat. The related form מֵעִם (me.im) means 'from with' or 'beside.' The entries reflect various nuances but do not present significant disagreement.

Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon (full)

עִם prep. with

of fellowship and companionship

of aid

Of actions done jointly with another

If the common action be of the nature of a contest or combat, with in the sense of against

Of dealing with a person, or of the relation in which one stands with, or towards, another

Of a common lot together with the wicked

Of equality or resemblance generally aid

Of time, as long as

Of a locality, close to, beside

Of persons, עִם is spec.

in the house or family or service of

In possession of

In the custody or care of

Beside = except

With = friendly with

Idiom. of a thought or purpose present with one

Metaph. together with = in spite of, notwithstanding

base

מֵעִם 72 from with or beside

base

Brown-Driver-Briggs glosses

H5973a עִם with . of fellowship and companionship

. Of a locality, close to, beside

. Of persons, עִם is spec. . in the house or family or service of

. In possession of

. In the custody or care of

. Beside = except

. With = friendly with

. Idiom. of a thought or purpose present with one

. Metaph. together with = in spite of, notwithstanding

H5973b מֵעִם from with, beside

Strong's Hebrew Dictionary

5973 `im eem

from 6004; adverb or preposition, with (i.e. in conjunction

with), in varied applications; specifically, equally with;

often with prepositional prefix (and then usually

unrepresented in English):--accompanying, against, and, as (X

long as), before, beside, by (reason of), for all, from

(among, between), in, like, more than, of, (un-)to,

with(-al).

see HEBREW for 06004

Translators Brief Hebrew Lexicon

עִם (im) — with.

1) with

1a) with

1b) against

1c) toward

1d) as long as

מֵעִם (me.im) — from with.

1a) beside, except

1b) in spite of

Morphologythe parsing behind the code
Berean parsing
HR/Sp1bs — Preposition · suffix
HR/Sp1bs
¿ not [is] that stored up with me sealed up in storehouses my
חָתֻ֖םcha.Tum sealed up H2856 Verb · Qal · participle (passive) masculine singular
26× in the OT scale is logarithmic — the commonest word, אֵת, appears about 11,000×
In plain English
Meaning
To seal means to close or lock something, like a document or container. This word is used in the Bible to describe marking or sealing something, often with a signet ring.
Amplified meaning
locked away, marked as mine
Tyndale gloss
to seal
Hebrew lexiconskeyed to Strong's numbers
Layman’s summary of all Lexicon entries.generated

חָתַם (cha.tam) means to seal or affix a seal. It covers various forms, including sealing up, locking up, and being stopped. The verb appears in different stems, such as Qal, Niphal, Piel, and Hiphil, indicating various nuances of sealing and closure. The Aramaic equivalent is also noted.

Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon (full)

חָתַם vb. seal, affix seal, seal up

Qal

seal, affix one’s seal, in attestation

seal up, fasten up by sealing

Niph. (it was) written and sealed

Pi. lit. by day they seal up for themselves, i.e acc. to most, they shut themselves up

Hiph. or hath his flesh (genital organ) shewn stoppage by reason of his flux.

base

Brown-Driver-Briggs glosses

H2856 חָתַם seal, affix seal, seal up

Strong's Hebrew Dictionary

2856 chatham khaw-tham'

a primitive root; to close up; especially to seal:--make an

end, mark, seal (up), stop.

Translators Brief Hebrew Lexicon

חָתַם (cha.tam) — to seal.

1) to seal, seal up, affix a seal

1a) (Qal)

1a1) to seal, affix one's seal

1a2) to seal up, fasten up by sealing

1b) (Niphal) to seal

1c) (Piel) to lock up

1d) (Hiphil) to be stopped

Aramaic equivalent: cha.tam (חֲתַם "to seal" H2857)

Morphologythe parsing behind the code
Berean parsing
V-Qal-Inf-c — Verb · Qal · participle (passive) masculine singular
HVqsmsa
¿ not [is] that stored up with me sealed up in storehouses my
בְּאוֹצְרֹתָֽי׃be.'otz.ro.Tai in storehouses my H214 Preposition · noun common feminine plural construct · suffix
79× in the OT scale is logarithmic — the commonest word, אֵת, appears about 11,000×
In plain English
Meaning
The Hebrew word for treasure refers to a storehouse or depository, like a treasure house or armory, as seen in 1 Kings 7:51.
Amplified meaning
treasure house, secret storehouse
Tyndale gloss
treasure
Hebrew lexiconskeyed to Strong's numbers
Layman’s summary of all Lexicon entries.generated

The Hebrew word אוֹצָר (o-tsar) means 'treasure' or 'storehouse.' It encompasses various types of treasures, including valuable items like gold and silver, as well as supplies of food or drink. The term can also refer to a treasury or a depository for weapons, indicating a broader range of meanings related to storage and value.

Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon (full)

אוֹצָר n.m. treasure, store, treasury, storehouse

base

Brown-Driver-Briggs glosses

H214 אוֹצָר treasure, store, treasury, storehouse

Strong's Hebrew Dictionary

214 'owtsar o-tsaw'

from 686; a depository:--armory, cellar, garner,

store(-house), treasure(-house) (-y).

see HEBREW for 0686

Translators Brief Hebrew Lexicon

אוֹצָר (o.tsar) — treasure.

1) treasure, storehouse

1a) treasure (gold, silver, etc)

1b) store, supplies of food or drink

1c) treasure-house, treasury

1c1) treasure-house

1c2) storehouse, magazine

1c3) treasury

1c4) magazine of weapons (fig. of God's armoury)

1c5) storehouses (of God for rain, snow, hail, wind, sea)

Morphologythe parsing behind the code
Berean parsing
Prep | N-mp | Suff — Preposition · noun common feminine plural construct · suffix
HR/Ncfpc/Sp1bs
Sources on this page. Lexicons and dictionaries imported from the CrossWire SWORD modules — Abbott-Smith, Strong's, Dodson, the Intermediate Liddell-Scott-Jones, Robinson and Packard, Webster and Cawdrey. Thayer’s Greek-English Lexicon of the New Testament (Harper, 1889 — Grimm’s Wilke’s Clavis Novi Testamenti, translated, revised and enlarged by Joseph Henry Thayer) is public domain and is set here from the Internet Archive page scan greekenglishlex00grim; it is uncorrected OCR, marked as such on the entry itself, and the Strong’s numbers — which Thayer’s own edition does not carry — were matched by lemma against the other modules on this page. Trench’s Synonyms of the New Testament (Macmillan, 1880) and Moulton and Milligan’s Vocabulary of the Greek Testament (Hodder & Stoughton, 1930, which entered the United States public domain on 1 January 2026) are set from Internet Archive page scans synonymsofnewtes00treniala and vocabularyofgree00mouluoft, and are likewise uncorrected OCR matched to Strong’s numbers by lemma. Trench treats a group of words at once, so the same essay stands on the page of each word it compares. The Mounce Concise Greek-English Dictionary is © 1993 and is used here by permission for non-commercial use, www.teknia.com/greek-dictionary. The full Liddell-Scott-Jones and the Hebrew word data (TAHOT) come from STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0. Brown-Driver-Briggs is the OpenScriptures digitisation, public domain. Syntax analysis is the Nestle 1904 Lowfat treebank (biblicalhumanities.org); the concordance and morphology are built from the tagged Nestle 1904 text. Septuagint occurrences use the Open Scriptures Septuagint lemma index, derived from CCAT (University of Pennsylvania) and the Rahlfs 1935 dataset by Eliran Wong, CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 — used here on a non-commercial ministry site. Greek of Josephus and Barnabas from the Perseus Digital Library, CC BY-SA 4.0. Commentaries and the Ante-Nicene Fathers are public-domain texts hosted on this site. Everyday Greek from the Duke Databank of Documentary Papyri, CC BY 3.0, with dates and provenance from the Heidelberger Gesamtverzeichnis. Philo and the Apostolic Fathers from Open Greek and Latin (First1KGreek), CC BY-SA 4.0. The apparatus and the fifth Greek column are the SBL Greek New Testament, © 2010 SBL and Logos Bible Software, CC BY 4.0. The Latin is the Clementine Vulgate (public domain); the Syriac New Testament is the ETCBC edition (MIT licence). The Hebrew behind the Greek is computed here from the Septuagint index and TAHOT, not taken from any aligned edition. The translation spread and the per-word edition marks come from the Translators Amalgamated Greek NT (STEPBible, CC BY 4.0); clause roles from the Nestle 1904 Lowfat treebank (CC BY-SA 4.0); place identifications and their confidence from OpenBible.info Bible Geocoding (CC BY 4.0), with map tiles © OpenStreetMap contributors. Gospel parallels are computed here from shared uncommon vocabulary, not taken from any printed harmony. Cross references are the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge and the subject headings are Nave’s Topical Bible, both public domain. Works under Creative Commons licences are used unchanged apart from markup removal.

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