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title: חָטַם — hold in · The Tanakh dictionary
description: חָטַם (2413), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 1 times: hold in. BDB 1906: vb. hold in, restrain. With 1 verse in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# חָטַם

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«חָטַם» in the Tanakh dictionary: **hold in** — 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:** 2413 · **BDB:** חָטַם

### Glosses

I.will.restrain.myself (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

hold in [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1495/2413/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

vb. hold in, restrain [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1495/2413/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** vb. hold in, restrain (Arabic خَطَمَ strike the nose, attach the خِطَامٌ = camel-halter, خَطْمٌ n. muzzle, nose of beast; NH חֲטָם nose-ring of camel, חוֹטָם; Aramaic חוּטְמָא nose; cf. חטם, Inscr. Zinj.; according to DHMSendsch. 34, of taming wild beasts)— Impf. אֶחֱטָם־לָ֑ךְ לְבִלְתִּי הַכְרִיתֶֽךָ׃ Is 48:9 I will restrain for thee (mine anger), not to cut thee off (‖ אַאֲרִיךְ אַפִּי).

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 of its verses cited, 1 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 «חָטַם» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1495/2413/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Isaiah 48:9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/ISA.48.9/)

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לְמַ֤עַן שְׁמִי֙ אַאֲרִ֣יךְ אַפִּ֔י וּתְהִלָּתִ֖י אֶחֱטָם־לָ֑ךְ לְבִלְתִּ֖י הַכְרִיתֶֽךָ׃

*Word for word:* for.the.sake.of name my I.will.make.long anger my and praise my I.will.restrain.myself to you to not to cut.you.off

*JPS 1917:* For My name's sake will I defer Mine anger, and for My praise will I refrain for thee, that I cut thee not off.

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