Strong's Definition
a primitive root; to muzzle
KJV Usage: be held in
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon
בָּלַם (ba.lam) — to hold in. (Qal) to curb, hold in, restrain
UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew
verb
Control | verb qal
to curb, to control = action by which someone establishes control over an animal; ► in order to restrain its movements
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Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon
[בָּלַם] vb. curb, hold in—Qal ψ 32:9 ref