חָשַׂךְ (ḥāśak) is
a Hebrew verb
meaning withhold. It appears
27 times
in 10 books of the Hebrew Bible
(Strong's H2820).
Same Hebrew root (TWOT 765)
Range of meaning (TWOT 765)withhold, refrain; keep back, keep for oneself, keep, hold in check, spare, reserve, restrain, check, assuage; at the day of calamity the wicked is spared; refuse, preserve, observe; forbear, hinder, hold back, punish
Full entry: Brown-Driver-Briggs and Strong's
חָשַׂךְverb: withhold, refrain
Qal
1.
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.(absolute) restrain, check (pain) i.e. assuage
Niphalat the day of calamity the wicked is spared
Strong's H2820חָשַׂךְ: to restrain or (reflex.) refrain; by implication, to refuse, spare, preserve; to observe KJV:assuage, × darken, forbear, hinder, hold back, keep (back), punish, refrain, reserve, spare, withhold.
Meanings: Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906) and Strong's Hebrew Dictionary (1890), public domain, via the Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible Project (CC BY 4.0). TWOT numbers for reference only.