חָשַׂך
chasak (khaw-sak') v.
1. to restrain
2. (reflexively) refrain
3. (by implication) to refuse, spare, preserve
4. (also, by interchange with H2821) to observe
[a primitive root]
KJV: assuage, X darken, forbear, hinder, hold back, keep (back), punish, refrain, reserve, spare, withhold.
See also: H2821