reÂ·frain 1. (rÄ­-frÄnâ²) intr.v. To hold oneself back; forbear from doing something: refrained from swearing. [Middle English refreinen, from Old French refrener, to restrain, from Latin refrÄnÄre : re-, re- + frÄnÄre, to restrain (from frÄnum, bridle, from frendere, to grind; see ghrendh- in the Appendix of Indo-European roots).]
[ 1 syll. (t)zur, tz-ur ] The baby boy name Tzur is pronounced as TSuh-R â . Tzur is used chiefly in Hebrew and it is also derived from Hebrew origins. The name Tzur means rock. Tzuri (Hebrew), Tzuriel (Hebrew), and Zur (English) are variants of Tzur. Tzur is not popular as a baby boy name.
Za'atar is a generic name for a family of related Middle Eastern herbs from the genera Origanum, Calamintha, Thymus, and Satureja. The name za'atar alone most properly applies to Origanum syriacum, considered in biblical scholarship to be the hyssop of the Hebrew Bible. It is also the name for a condiment made from dried hyssop leaves, mixed with sesame seeds, dried sumac, and often salt, as well as other spices. Used in Levantine cuisine, both the herb and spice mixture are popular throughout t