1) to hold in, restrain 1a) (Qal) to restrain (oneself) Part of Speech: verb A Related Word by BDB/Strong’s Number: a primitive root Same Word by TWOT Number: 641
Brown-Driver-Briggs
חָטַםverbhold in, restrain (Arabic strike the nose, attach the=camel-halter, noun muzzle, nose of beast; Late Hebrew חֲטָםnose-ring of camel, חוֺטָם; Aramaic חוּטְמָאnose; compare חטם, Inscription Zinjirli; according to DHMSendsch. 34, of taming wild beasts) —
QalImperfectאֶחֱטָםלָֿ֑ךְלְבִלְתִּי הַכְרִיֶתךָ ׃Isaiah 48:9I will restrain for thee (mine anger), not to cut thee off ("" אַאֲרִיךְ אַמִּי).
Isaiah 48:9 HEB:אַפִּ֔י וּתְהִלָּתִ֖י אֶחֱטָם־ לָ֑ךְ לְבִלְתִּ֖י NAS: And [for] My praise I restrain [it] for you, In order not to cut you off. KJV: and for my praise will I refrain for thee, that I cut thee not off. INT: my wrath and my praise restrain not to cut