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יָשֻׁבִי לֶחֶם

(leh' hehm) Place name meaning “bread” or “food.” NRSV reading (1 Chronicles 4:22 ) based on evidence from early Latin and Greek translations. The name appears in a list of members of tribe of Judah. Hebrew reads Jashubi-lehem (KJV, NAS, NIV). REB, TEV emend the text to read, “came back to” or “settled in Bethlehem.” See Jashubi-lehem.

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Butler, Trent C. Editor. Entry for 'Lehem'. Holman Bible Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/hbd/l/lehem.html. 1991.

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