a primitive root; to restrain or (reflex.) refrain; by implication, to refuse, spare, preserve; also (by interch. with H2821) to observe:--assuage, × darken, forbear, hinder, hold back, keep (back), punish, refrain, reserve, spare, withhold.
to withhold, restrain, hold back, keep in check, refrain
(Qal)
to withhold, keep back, keep for oneself, keep from, hold in check, refrain, spare, reserve
