King James Bible
King James Version (KJV)
STRONGS NUMBER H2629
Transliteration: chasam
Phonetic Spelling: (khaw-sam')
Part of Speech: Verb
Short Definition: to stop up, muzzle
Meaning: to muzzle, to stop the nose
Word Summary
chasam: to stop up, muzzle
Original Word: חָסַםTransliteration: chasam
Phonetic Spelling: (khaw-sam')
Part of Speech: Verb
Short Definition: to stop up, muzzle
Meaning: to muzzle, to stop the nose
Strong's Concordance
muzzle, stop A primitive root; to muzzle; by analogy, to stop the nose -- muzzle, stop.
Brown-Driver-Briggs
H2629. chasam
[חָסַם] verb stop up, muzzle (Late Hebrew id., חסום muzzle; Aramaic חֲסַם bind up fast) —
Qal Imperfect בְּדִישׁוֺ שׁוֺר תַחְסֹם לֹא Deuteronomy 25:4 thou shalt not muzzle an ox when it is treading (i.e. threshing); Participle היא וְחֹסֶמֶת Ezekiel 39:11 and it shall stop (the way of) the passers-by; but read אתהַֿגַּיְא וְחָֽסְמוּ and they shall stop up the valley, Co see ᵐ5 Syrver Hi.