Lane's Arabic-English Lexicon

حَزَمَهُ

Root: حزم

Form: 1

Full Definition

حَزَمَهُI , Present.T ـِ Verbal.Noun حَزْمٌ, He bound it, or tied it; namely, a thing: or he made it a حُزْمَة [q. v.].
2 حَزَمَ الدَّابَّةَ or الفَرَسَ, Present.T as above, and so the Verbal.Noun, He bound the beast [or horse] with the حِزَام [or girth]; and with a rope; or he bound the حِزَام of the [beast or] horse.
3 [And hence,] حَزَمَ رَأْيَهُ, [Present.T and] Verbal.Noun as above, He made his judgment, opinion, or counsel, firm, or sound. It is said in a prov., قَدْ أَحْزِمُ لَوْ أَعْزِمُ [Certainly I make firm my determination if I determine upon doing a thing]; meaning I know الحَزْم [i. e. prudence, or discretion, and precaution], though I do not practise it.

def.2 [Hence, also,] حَزُمَ, Present.T ـُ Verbal.Noun حَزَامَةٌ and حُزُومَةٌ, but this latter is not of established authority, and حَزْمٌ, (CK, * TK, [or this is probably a simple subst. in relation to حَزُمَ,]) He possessed the quality of حَزْم [explained below, as meaning prudence, or discretion, &c.].

def.3 حَزِمَ, Present.T ـَ Verbal.Noun حَزَمٌ, He was, or became, choked, or he had what resembled a choking, in his chest.


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