Strong's Lexicon

H2629

H2629 — חָסַם

Hebrew / Aramaic entry for Bible study and original-language reference.

Hebrewchacamverb-stemOccurrences: 2TWOT: 702

Definition / Gloss

Strong's Number:	H2629
Word:	חָסַם
Part of Speech:	verb-stem
Etymology:	a primitive root
Language:	Hebrew
Occurrences:	2
Transliteration:	chacam
Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation:	khaw-sam'
Meaning:	1. to muzzle 2. by analogy, to stop the nose
KJV Renderings:	muzzle, stop.

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Brown-Driver-Briggs Enhanced

BDB2978

[חָסַם] verb stop up, muzzle (Late Hebrew id., חסום muzzle; Aramaic חֲסַם bind up fast) —

Qal Imperfect לֹא תַחְסֹם שׁוֺר בְּדִישׁוֺ Deut 25:4 thou shalt not muzzle an ox when it is treading (i.e. threshing); Participle וְחֹסֶמֶת היא Ezek 39:11 and it shall stop (the way of) the passers-by; but read וְחָֽסְמוּ אתהַֿגַּיְא and they shall stop up the valley, Co see ᵐ5 Syrver Hi.

Other Resources

Theological Wordbook of the Old Testament
R. Laird Harris, Gleason L. Archer, and Bruce K. Waltke

Englishman's Hebrew Concordance

חסם (g’hah-sam’)

Deuteronomy 25:4

KJV: Thou shalt not muzzle the ox when he treadeth out the corn.treadeth…: Heb. thresheth

EHCC: Thou shalt not muzzle the ox

Ezekiel 39:11

KJV: And it shall come to pass in that day, that I will give unto Gog a place there of graves in Israel, the valley of the passengers on the east of the sea: and it shall stop the noses of the passengers: and there shall they bury Gog and all his multitude: and they shall call it The valley of Hamon–gog.noses: or, mouthsHamon–gog: that is, The multitude of Gog

EHCC: and it shall stop the (noses)