Sakhar סָכַר

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Sakhar (Hebrew סָכַר, Strong's H5534) is a Hebrew verb meaning “to stop”. It occurs 3 times in 3 verses of the Old Testament.

Definition

1) to shut up, stop up
1a) (Niphal) to be stopped, be shut up
1b) (Piel) to shut up, give over

From the STEPBible Brief Lexicon of Hebrew (based on the abridged Brown-Driver-Briggs), STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.

KJV	stopped (2), over (1)
BSB	were closed (1), will be shut (1), i will deliver (1)

Every verse with Sakhar, with the English words that translate it highlighted (KJV or BSB; other translations show the KJV here).

Genesis 8:2
The fountains also of the deep and the windows of heaven were stopped, and the rain from heaven was restrained;The springs of the deep and the floodgates of the heavens were closed, and the rain from the sky was restrained.

Psalm 63:11
But the king shall rejoice in God; every one that sweareth by him shall glory: but the mouth of them that speak lies shall be stopped.But the king will rejoice in God; all who swear by Him will exult, for the mouths of liars will be shut.

Isaiah 19:4
And the Egyptians will I give over into the hand of a cruel lord; and a fierce king shall rule over them, saith the Lord, the Lord of hosts.I will deliver the Egyptians into the hands of harsh masters, and a fierce king will rule over them,” declares the Lord GOD of Hosts.

Definition and verse list from STEPBible's tagged Hebrew Old Testament (TAHOT) and Greek New Testament (TAGNT) and Brief Lexicons, STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
English renderings from the public-domain KJV with Strong's numbers (eBible.org) and the Berean Standard Bible interlinear (public domain).