Original Word: עָצָה
Part of Speech: Verb
Transliteration: `atsah
Pronunciation: ah-tsah'
Phonetic Spelling: (aw-tsaw')
KJV: shut
NASB: winks
Word Origin: [a primitive root]

1. (properly) to fasten (or make firm), i.e. to close (the eyes)

shut

A primitive root; properly, to fasten (or make firm), i.e. To close (the eyes) -- shut.

Word Origin
a prim. root
Definition
to shut
NASB Translation
winks (1).

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 DHM^{ZMG xxxvii (1883), 341, 412}, Arabic , originally noun of individual meaning of large, thorny trees (see Lane; also Nö^{GGA 1862, 544; ZMG xxxii (1878), 406} Lag^{BN 158 f.}); Ethiopic : tree, wood; Assyrian iƒ(ƒ)u; Phoenician עץ wood; Late Hebrew = Biblical Hebrew; Aramaic אָע (initial א by dissimilation); Ba^{NB §2,c.1} thinks originally biliteral).

הַיְּעוּצָ֖ה היעוצה עֹצֶ֣ה עצה ‘ō·ṣeh ‘ōṣeh haiyeuTzah hay·yə·‘ū·ṣāh hayyə‘ūṣāh oTzehInterlinear Greek • Interlinear Hebrew • Strong's Numbers • Englishman's Greek Concordance • Englishman's Hebrew Concordance • Parallel Texts