# chasakh (חָשַׂךְ)

pronounced: kha-SAKH


**To hold back, to withhold — what is yours, and what Abraham did not do with Isaac**

## In Scripture

> He said, “Don’t lay your hand on the boy, neither do anything to him. For now I know that you fear God, since you have not withheld your son, your only son, from me.”
> — Genesis 22:12 (The angel stops Abraham: he has not held back his son from God.)

> and said, “I have sworn by myself, says Yahweh, because you have done this thing, and have not withheld your son, your only son,
> — Genesis 22:16 (God swears by himself because Abraham did not hold back his son.)


## How to read this entry

The definition comes from the IsraelForYou lexicon. Scripture quotations and their translation are named below; later tradition or modern usage is identified when it appears.


https://israelforyou.com/hebrew/chasakh/