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חָטַם

cha.tam

to restrain

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Strong’s H2413Verb1 time in the Hebrew Bible

Where it occurs

Translated as

i will restrain myself1

In the text

Isaiah 48:9אֶחֱטָם
For the sake of My name I will delay My wrath; for the sake of My praise I will restrain it, so that you will not be cut off.

Brown-Driver-Briggs

חָטַם vb. hold in, restrain

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.