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title: בָּלַם — curb · The Tanakh dictionary
description: בָּלַם (1102), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 1 times: curb. BDB 1906: vb. curb, hold in. With 1 verse in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# בָּלַם

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«בָּלַם» in the Tanakh dictionary: **curb** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 1 verse in layers.

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**Used:** 1 times · **Key:** 1102 · **BDB:** בָּלַם

### Glosses

restrain (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

curb [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1489/1102/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

vb. curb, hold in [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1489/1102/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** vb. curb, hold in (NH id., Aramaic בְּלַם, ܒܠܰܡ )— Inf. לִבְלוֹם ψ 32:9, cf. Che.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (1 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (1 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «בָּלַם» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1489/1102/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Psalms 32:9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.32.9/)

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אַל־תִּֽהְי֤וּ ׀ כְּס֥וּס כְּפֶרֶד֮ אֵ֤ין הָ֫בִ֥ין בְּמֶֽתֶג־וָרֶ֣סֶן עֶדְי֣וֹ לִבְל֑וֹם בַּ֝֗ל קְרֹ֣ב אֵלֶֽיךָ׃

*Word for word:* do.not be like a.horse like a.mule \[which\].there.\[is\].not understanding with bridle and halter trapping\[s\] its to restrain not to.draw.near to you

*JPS 1917:* Be ye not as the horse, or as the mule, which have no understanding; whose mouth must be held in with bit and bridle, that they come not near unto thee.

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