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To reserve

גָּרַםStrong’s H1633

garam (ga-ram)

Appears in 3 verses of the Old Testament

In short

Garam is the Hebrew word usually translated “it will break”, “break” and “gnaw”. It appears in 3 verses of the Old Testament.

“God brought him forth out of Egypt; he hath as it were the strength of an unicorn: he shall eat up the nations his enemies, and shall break their bones, and pierce them through with his arrows.”
Numbers 24:8 KJV
Meaning
  1. To cut off, reserve, lay aside, leave, save(Qal) to reserve
  2. (Piel) to break bones, gnaw bones, break
How it's translated
  • it will break 1
  • you will break 1
  • they gnaw 1

Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.

Where it's used most
  • Numbers 1
  • Ezekiel 1
  • Zephaniah 1

3 books in all.

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Hebrew dictionary

גָּרַם garam · to reserve

1) to cut off, reserve, lay aside, leave, save 1a) (Qal) to reserve

גָּרַם garam · to break bones

(Piel) to break bones, gnaw bones, break

From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

How the English word “reserve” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.

RESERVE, verb transitive

rezerv'. [Latin reservo; re and servo, to keep.]

  1. To keep in store for future or other use; to withhold from present use for another purpose.
  2. To keep; to hold; to retain.“Will he reserve his anger for ever?” Jeremiah 3:5
  3. To lay up and keep for a future time. 2 Peter 2:9
All definitions and other forms of “reserve”

    RESERVE, noun

    rezerv'.

    1. That which is kept for other or future use; that which is retained from present use or disposal.
    2. Something in the mind withheld from disclosure.
    3. Exception; something withheld.
    4. Exception in favor.
    5. Restraint of freedom in words or actions; backwardness; caution in personal behavior. reserve may proceed from modesty, bashfulness, prudence, prudery or sullenness.
    6. In law, reservation.

    Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.

    Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Hebrew, not from any one translation.