a primitive root; to inclose; by analogy, to hold back; also to maintain, rule, assemble:--X be able, close up, detain, fast, keep (self close, still), prevail, recover, refrain, × reign, restrain, retain, shut (up), slack, stay, stop, withhold (self).
to restrain, retain, close up, shut, withhold, refrain, stay, detain
(Qal)
to restrain, halt, stop
to retain
(Niphal) to be restrained, be stayed, be under restraint
