Lexicon chatam: to hold in, restrain Original Word: חָטַםPart of Speech: Verb Transliteration: chatam Phonetic Spelling: (khaw-tam') Short Definition: restrain NAS Exhaustive Concordance Word Origina prim. root Definitionto hold in, restrain NASB Translationrestrain (1).
Brown-Driver-Briggs חָטַם verb hold in, restrain (Arabic  strike the nose, attach the  = camel-halter,  noun muzzle, nose of beast; Late Hebrew חֲטָם nose-ring of camel, חוֺטָם; Aramaic חוּטְמָא nose; compare חטם, Inscription Zinjirli; according to DHM Sendsch. 34, of taming wild beasts) — Qal Imperfect אֶחֱטָםלָֿ֑ךְ לְבִלְתִּי הַכְרִיֶתךָ ׃ Isaiah 48:9 I will restrain for thee (mine anger), not to cut thee off ("" אַאֲרִיךְ אַמִּי).
Strong's refrain A primitive root; to stop -- refrain. |
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