- Original: עתם - Transliteration: `atham - Phonetic: aw-tham - Definition: 1. (Niphal) to be burned up, be scorched a. meaning dubious - Origin: a primitive root - TWOT entry: 1720 - Part(s) of speech: Verb - Strong's: A primitive root; probably to glow that is (figuratively) be desolated: - be darkened. Total KJV Occurrences: 1 • darkened, 1 Isaiah 9:19