{
  "type": "word",
  "id": "H2820",
  "lemma": "חָשַׂךְ",
  "transliteration": "châsak",
  "definition": "to restrain or (reflex.) refrain; by implication, to refuse, spare, preserve; to observe",
  "kjv": "assuage, [idiom] darken, forbear, hinder, hold back, keep (back), punish, refrain…",
  "occurrences": 27,
  "language": "Hebrew",
  "brownDriverBriggs": [
    "חָשַׂךְ vb. withhold, refrain",
    "Qal",
    "a. withhold, keep back, keep for oneself",
    "b. keep one from evil, calamity",
    "c. hold in check",
    "d. refrain",
    "e. spare",
    "f. reserve for",
    "2. (abs.) restrain, check (pain) i.e. assuage",
    "Niph. at the day of calamity the wicked is spared"
  ],
  "whereItOccurs": [
    {
      "reference": "Genesis 20:6",
      "text": "God said to him in the dream, “Yes, I know that in the integrity of your heart you have done this, and I also withheld…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/genesis/20?v=6"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Genesis 22:12",
      "text": "He said, “Don’t lay your hand on the boy or do anything to him. For now I know that you fear God, since you have not…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/genesis/22?v=12"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Genesis 22:16",
      "text": "and said, “‘I have sworn by myself,’ says the LORD, ‘because you have done this thing, and have not withheld your son…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/genesis/22?v=16"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Genesis 39:9",
      "text": "No one is greater in this house than I am, and he has not kept back anything from me but you, because you are his wife…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/genesis/39?v=9"
    },
    {
      "reference": "1 Samuel 25:39",
      "text": "When David heard that Nabal was dead, he said, “Blessed is the LORD, who has pleaded the cause of my reproach from the…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/1-samuel/25?v=39"
    },
    {
      "reference": "2 Samuel 18:16",
      "text": "Joab blew the shofar, and the people returned from pursuing after Israel; for Joab held the people back.",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/2-samuel/18?v=16"
    },
    {
      "reference": "2 Kings 5:20",
      "text": "But Gehazi the servant of Elisha the man of God, said, “Behold, my master has spared this Naaman the Syrian, in not…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/2-kings/5?v=20"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Isaiah 14:6",
      "text": "who struck the peoples in wrath with a continual stroke, who ruled the nations in anger, with a persecution that no one…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/isaiah/14?v=6"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Isaiah 54:2",
      "text": "“Enlarge the place of your tent, and let them stretch out the curtains of your habitations; don’t spare; lengthen your…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/isaiah/54?v=2"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Isaiah 58:1",
      "text": "“Cry aloud! Don’t spare! Lift up your voice like a shofar! Declare to my people their disobedience, and to the house of…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/isaiah/58?v=1"
    }
  ],
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