חָטַם châṭam — to stop
Translated in the KJV as refrain.
a primitive root; to stop.
châṭam in each stem
Qal (Pa'al)
Simple · active — the plain action; the subject does it
Imperfect (yiqtol) 1
אֶחֱטָם Isa 48:9 Imperfect (yiqtol), 1st person common singular
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.
What the stems mean
A Hebrew verb is its root letters set into a pattern. The pattern — the binyan — is the grammar's way of saying three things at once: whether the action is simple, intensive or causative, and whether its subject is active, passive or reflexive. That is why one Hebrew word can need six English ones. All seven binyanim, explained ›