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בָּלַם

ba.lam

to hold in

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Strong’s H1102Verb1 time in the Hebrew Bible

Where it occurs

Translated as

restrain1

In the text

Psalm 32:9לִבְלוֹם
Do not be like the horse or mule, which have no understanding; they must be controlled with bit and bridle to make them come to you.

Brown-Driver-Briggs

[בָּלַם] vb. curb, hold in—Qal ψ 32:9

Sources: Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906, public domain) from the Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon (CC BY 4.0), glosses from STEPBible TBESH (CC BY 4.0); STEPBible TAHOT (Hebrew Bible, Leningrad Codex, CC BY 4.0); the Berean Standard Bible (public domain). Reformatted by Word Study, wording unchanged. All sources and licenses.