to shutter
a.tam describes shut or covered windows and the closing of eyes, ears, or lips.
The term is used of windows presented as shuttered or covered in building descriptions, and of closing eyes, ears, or lips so as not to see, hear, or speak. The latter use occurs in moral instruction and in a description of one who does not hear.
Senses in use
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Shuttered or covered windows · dominant
In 1 Kings 6:4 the APB renders the house's windows as “framed, shuttered windows.” In Ezekiel 40:16, Ezekiel 41:16, and Ezekiel 41:26, the passive participle occurs with windows in architectural descriptions; the APB renders them “shuttered” and also says that the windows “were covered.”
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Closing an eye, ear, or lips · common
In Isaiah 33:15 the active participle occurs in the description of a person who turns from wrongdoing; the APB renders the clause “shuts his eyes against seeing evil” and also describes stopping the ears from hearing bloodshed. In Proverbs 17:28 it is used with lips in the clause rendered “when he closes his lips,” while Proverbs 21:13 places it with an ear turned from the poor person's outcry. Psalm 58:5 uses an imperfect form in a clause the APB renders “does not hear.”
In the Anselm Paraphrase: The APB presents the architectural occurrences with “shuttered” and “covered,” while the bodily clauses use “shuts,” “closes,” and “does not hear.” Because the paraphrase is not word-aligned, these English expressions show the clauses' presentation rather than fixed translations of the term.