a.tah describes wrapping or covering, especially with clothing-like coverings, and occurs in a few less clear Hiphil clauses.

The prevailing use depicts a person or thing being wrapped or covered, whether with a robe, light, zeal, shame, or a covering over the mouth area; Jeremiah 43:12 also uses the action in an analogy of enclosing a land as a shepherd does a garment. Two Hiphil forms occur in clauses about being seen before God and God hiding himself, but the translation does not isolate their precise contribution.

1. Wrapping or covering with an enclosing layer · dominant

   Qal forms describe visible covering or enfolding: in 1 Samuel 28:14 the APB renders an old man as "wrapped in a robe," while Psalm 104:2 depicts wrapping with light "as with a garment." The same pattern covers a mustache in Leviticus 13:45, zeal "as in a cloak" in Isaiah 59:17, and shame "like a robe" in Psalm 109:29.

   1 Samuel 28:14Leviticus 13:45Psalm 104:2Psalm 109:29Isaiah 59:17Jeremiah 43:12
2. Hiphil use in visibility-related clauses · rare

   The two Hiphil forms occur in different clauses: Psalm 84:7 says that one "is seen before God in Zion," whereas Psalm 89:46 asks, "will you hide yourself forever?" The supplied the verse is read as a whole, so these verses do not securely establish a more precise Hiphil sense.

   Psalm 84:7Psalm 89:46

In the Anselm Project Bible: Across the clearer Qal clauses, the APB uses "wrapped," "wrap," "cover," "clothed," and "veils herself" for the surrounding covering imagery. Its "is seen" in Psalm 84:7 and "hide yourself" in Psalm 89:46 cannot be assigned to the Hiphil forms with certainty.