חֲסַם ch. same , to muzzle; trnsf. to silence. Sot. 35ᵃ וחַסְמִין לי and they will silence me. Snh. 32ᵇ
Ithpe. - אִתְחַסַּם Ithpe. אִתְחֲסַם, אִיחֲ׳ to be muzzled, silenced. Targ. Ps. XXXII, 9. Ib. CVII, 42.—Snh. l. c. ולִיחַסְּמוּ let them be silenced (intimidated).