Strong's Definition
a primitive root; to stop
KJV Usage: refrain
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon
חָטַם (cha.tam) — to restrain. 1) to hold in, restrain 1a) (Qal) to restrain (oneself)
UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew
verb
Patient | verb qal
to restrain oneself, to exercise patience = action by which a deity keep his anger in check or under control and refrains from intervening
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Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon
חָטַם vb. hold in, restrain base