בָּלַם

«בָּלַם» in the Tanakh dictionary: curb — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 1 verse in layers.

Used: 1 times · Key: 1102 · BDB: בָּלַם

Glosses

restrain (1)

Meaning (OSHB)

curb tree →

Meaning (BDB 1906)

vb. curb, hold in tree →

The whole BDB entry

vb. curb, hold in (NH id., Aramaic בְּלַם, ܒܠܰܡ )— Inf. לִבְלוֹם ψ 32:9, cf. Che.

Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (1 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (1 candidates)

Trees and pragmatics

Every English meaning of «בָּלַם» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

In the verses

Psalms 32:9

אַל־תִּֽהְי֤וּ ׀ כְּס֥וּס כְּפֶרֶד֮ אֵ֤ין הָ֫בִ֥ין בְּמֶֽתֶג־וָרֶ֣סֶן עֶדְי֣וֹ לִבְל֑וֹם בַּ֝֗ל קְרֹ֣ב אֵלֶֽיךָ׃

Word for word: do.not be like a.horse like a.mule [which].there.[is].not understanding with bridle and halter trapping[s] its to restrain not to.draw.near to you

JPS 1917: Be ye not as the horse, or as the mule, which have no understanding; whose mouth must be held in with bit and bridle, that they come not near unto thee.

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