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Strong's #3899 - לֶחֶם

Transliteration

lechem

Phonetics

lekh'-em

Origin

from (H3898)

Parts of Speech

masculine noun

TWOT

1105a

Definition

Brown-Driver-Briggs
Strong

Brown-Driver-Briggs' Definition

bread, food, grain
1. bread
  1. bread
  2. bread-corn
2. food (in general)

Greek Equivalent Words:

Strong #: 3145 ‑ μασάομαι (mas‑sah'‑om‑ahee); 1163 ‑ δεῖ (die, deh‑on'); 4621 ‑ σῖτος (see'‑tos); 712 ‑ ἄριστον (ar'‑is‑ton); 740 ‑ ἄρτος (ar'‑tos); 979 ‑ βίος (bee'‑os); 1173 ‑ δεῖπνον (dipe'‑non); 1403 ‑ δοχή (dokh‑ay'); 1435 ‑ δῶρον (do'‑ron); 2222 ‑ ζωή (dzo‑ay'); 4621 ‑ σῖτος (see'‑tos); 5132 ‑ τράπεζα (trap'‑ed‑zah); 5160 ‑ τροφή (trof‑ay');

Frequency Lists

Book
Word

Verse Results

ASV (286)

Genesis 24

Exodus 18

Leviticus 21

Numbers 6

Deuteronomy 8

Joshua 2

Judges 7

Ruth 2

1 Samuel 24

2 Samuel 14

1 Kings 24

2 Kings 8

1 Chronicles 4

2 Chronicles 3

Ezra 1

Nehemiah 5

Job 10

Psalms 19

Proverbs 23

Ecclesiastes 4

Isaiah 16

Jeremiah 10

Lamentations 4

Ezekiel 20

Daniel 1

Hosea 3

Amos 3

Haggai 1

Malachi 1

BSB (275)

Genesis 24

Exodus 21

Leviticus 24

Numbers 7

Deuteronomy 8

Joshua 2

Judges 7

Ruth 2

1 Samuel 27

2 Samuel 13

1 Kings 24

2 Kings 8

1 Chronicles 4

2 Chronicles 3

Ezra 1

Nehemiah 6

Job 11

Psalms 19

Proverbs 23

Ecclesiastes 4

Isaiah 16

Jeremiah 10

Lamentations 4

Ezekiel 20

Daniel 1

Hosea 3

Amos 3

Obadiah 1

Haggai 1

Malachi 1

CSB (263)

Genesis 23

Exodus 21

Leviticus 24

Numbers 7

Deuteronomy 8

Joshua 2

Judges 7

Ruth 2

1 Samuel 27

2 Samuel 10

1 Kings 22

2 Kings 7

1 Chronicles 4

2 Chronicles 3

Ezra 1

Nehemiah 6

Job 11

Psalms 19

Proverbs 22

Ecclesiastes 4

Isaiah 16

Jeremiah 10

Lamentations 4

Ezekiel 20

Daniel 1

Hosea 3

Amos 3

Obadiah 1

Haggai 1

Malachi 1

ESV (283)

Genesis 24

Exodus 20

Leviticus 24

Numbers 7

Deuteronomy 8

Joshua 2

Judges 7

Ruth 2

1 Samuel 27

2 Samuel 13

1 Kings 24

2 Kings 8

1 Chronicles 4

2 Chronicles 3

Ezra 1

Nehemiah 6

Job 11

Psalms 19

Proverbs 23

Ecclesiastes 4

Isaiah 16

Jeremiah 10

Lamentations 4

Ezekiel 20

Daniel 1

Hosea 3

Amos 3

Haggai 1

Malachi 1

KJV (296)

Genesis 24

Exodus 20

Leviticus 24

Numbers 7

Deuteronomy 8

Joshua 2

Judges 7

Ruth 2

1 Samuel 27

2 Samuel 13

1 Kings 24

2 Kings 8

1 Chronicles 4

2 Chronicles 3

Ezra 1

Nehemiah 6

Job 11

Psalms 19

Proverbs 22

Ecclesiastes 4

Isaiah 16

Jeremiah 10

Lamentations 4

Ezekiel 20

Daniel 1

Hosea 3

Amos 3

Obadiah 1

Haggai 1

Malachi 1

LEB (289)

Genesis 23

Exodus 21

Leviticus 24

Numbers 7

Deuteronomy 8

Joshua 2

Judges 7

Ruth 2

1 Samuel 25

2 Samuel 13

1 Kings 24

2 Kings 7

1 Chronicles 4

2 Chronicles 3

Ezra 1

Nehemiah 6

Job 10

Psalms 19

Proverbs 22

Ecclesiastes 4

Isaiah 16

Jeremiah 9

Lamentations 4

Ezekiel 19

Daniel 1

Hosea 3

Amos 2

Obadiah 1

Haggai 1

Malachi 1

LSB (292)

Genesis 24

Exodus 21

Leviticus 24

Numbers 7

Deuteronomy 8

Joshua 2

Judges 7

Ruth 2

1 Samuel 27

2 Samuel 11

1 Kings 24

2 Kings 8

1 Chronicles 2

2 Chronicles 2

Ezra 1

Nehemiah 5

Job 11

Psalms 19

Proverbs 23

Ecclesiastes 4

Isaiah 16

Jeremiah 10

Lamentations 4

Ezekiel 20

Daniel 1

Hosea 3

Amos 3

Obadiah 1

Haggai 1

Malachi 1

N95 (271)

Genesis 23

Exodus 21

Leviticus 24

Numbers 7

Deuteronomy 8

Joshua 2

Judges 7

Ruth 2

1 Samuel 27

2 Samuel 11

1 Kings 24

2 Kings 8

1 Chronicles 2

2 Chronicles 2

Ezra 1

Nehemiah 5

Job 10

Proverbs 23

Ecclesiastes 4

Isaiah 16

Jeremiah 10

Lamentations 4

Ezekiel 20

Daniel 1

Hosea 3

Amos 3

Obadiah 1

Haggai 1

Malachi 1

NAS (291)

Genesis 24

Exodus 21

Leviticus 24

Numbers 7

Deuteronomy 8

Joshua 2

Judges 7

Ruth 2

1 Samuel 27

2 Samuel 11

1 Kings 24

2 Kings 8

1 Chronicles 4

2 Chronicles 3

Ezra 1

Nehemiah 6

Job 11

Psalms 19

Proverbs 23

Ecclesiastes 4

Isaiah 16

Jeremiah 10

Lamentations 4

Ezekiel 20

Daniel 1

Hosea 3

Amos 3

Obadiah 1

Haggai 1

Malachi 1

NLT (0)

The World English Bible
did not use
this Strong's Number

WEB (292)

Genesis 24

Exodus 18

Leviticus 21

Numbers 6

Deuteronomy 7

Joshua 2

Judges 7

Ruth 2

1 Samuel 27

2 Samuel 14

1 Kings 24

2 Kings 8

1 Chronicles 4

2 Chronicles 3

Ezra 1

Nehemiah 5

Job 11

Psalms 20

Proverbs 24

Ecclesiastes 4

Isaiah 16

Jeremiah 10

Lamentations 4

Ezekiel 20

Daniel 1

Hosea 3

Amos 3

Obadiah 1

Haggai 1

Malachi 1

ASV (286)

a feast 1

and bread 6

and of the bread 1

and the bread 3

and there is bread 1

and there was no bread 1

and thy bread 1

any food 1

are their food 1

as much bread 1

bread 74

bread shall be thereon 1

bread there 1

bread with them 1

by bread 1

food 8

food to me 1

for bread 3

for that which is not bread 1

for the bread 1

for the food 1

for the showbread 1

for their bread 1

for there is no bread 1

for there is no more bread 1

for they are bread 1

for thy food 1

give him bread 1

have been my food 1

her bread 2

him bread 3

him food 1

him victuals 1

him with bread 2

his bread 4

his food 1

i eat 1

is neither bread 1

it and the bread 1

it is the food 2

like bread 1

loaves 5

loaves of bread 3

may have bread 1

me bread 2

me my bread 1

me with the food 1

my bread 4

neither bread 1

neither shall his bread 1

neither yet bread 1

no bread 8

no food 1

not the bread 3

of bread 28

of his bread 1

of my bread 1

of the bread 3

of them bread 1

of thy bread 1

of victuals 1

or of the bread 1

our bread 1

our own bread 1

provision 1

shall be unto them as the bread 1

showbread 1

so that there was no bread 2

that it may be to the bread 1

the bread 15

the food 2

the showbread 1

thee bread 1

their bread 2

their food 1

them bread 3

them with bread 3

them with the bread 3

themselves for bread 1

there but the showbread 1

there was bread 1

thereof shall be for food 1

therewith, even the bread 1

this our bread 1

thou not the bread 1

thy bread 5

thy bread thereon 1

to meat 1

until all the bread 1

unto them, it is the bread 1

upon them; and all the bread 1

us bread 1

were over the showbread 1

whereon was the showbread 1

whereupon the showbread 1

which leaveth no food 1

with bread 7

with food 1

with the bread 1

with the fruit 1

with their bread 1

ye of my bread 1

yet his food 1

you not with bread 1

you the bread 1

your bread 3

BSB (275)

a feast 1

a meal 4

and bread 6

and food 3

and his bread 1

and the bread 3

and the food 1

any bread 1

any food 3

anything 1

are his food 1

as food 2

as much food 1

bread 52

but the food 1

food 43

food to me 1

for bread 4

for food 2

for the bread 1

for the showbread 1

give him food 1

grain for bread 1

her food 1

his bread 4

his food 3

in exchange for food 1

is food 1

is the bread 1

its provisions 1

like bread 1

like the bread 1

loaves 1

loaves of bread 4

my bread 4

my food 1

of bread 27

of food 4

of showbread 1

of the showbread 2

only bread 2

or any bread 1

our bread 1

our own bread 1

provisions 1

some bread 2

some food 1

something 1

the bread 20

the food 11

the meal 2

their bread 2

their food 1

them into bread 1

them with food 3

they will be like bread for us 1

those who eat your bread 1

to eat 1

to feed you 1

were their food 1

with bread 2

with food 8

with its fruit 1

with the bread 4

yet his food 1

you with food 1

your bread 9

your food 1

CSB (263)

bread 100

devour 1

dinner 1

feast 1

food 77

for bread 1

grain 1

his food 1

its fruit 1

its provisions 1

like bread 1

like the bread 1

loaves 1

meal 7

meals 1

my bread 2

my food 3

nourishment 1

of bread 3

our own bread 1

provisions 1

the bread 29

the food 15

the meal 3

their food 3

with bread 2

your bread 2

your food 2

ESV (283)

allowance 2

bread 207

food 62

fruit 1

loaves 4

loaves of bread 3

meal 1

provision 1

showbread 2

KJV (296)

* 3

also 1

bread 237

eat 1

feast 1

food 20

fruit 1

loaves 5

meat 18

provision 1

shewbread 4

victuals 2

was 2

LEB (289)

⌊a meager ration of bread and water⌋ 1

⌊feasts 1

and bread 3

and bread of 1

and food 1

and give me food 1

and grain 1

and my bread 1

and the bread 1

and the bread of 3

and your food 1

any bread 1

any food 4

as a food 1

as a food offering 1

as food 1

bread 65

bread for 1

bread for you 1

bread of 1

brought 1

food 68

food to them 1

food⌋ for you 1

food⌋ 2

for bread 4

for food 2

for him and bread 1

for it is food of 1

for the bread 1

for the food of 1

for you bread 1

for your food 1

grain 1

her food 1

him bread 1

him food 2

him reduced rations of food and water 1

his bread 3

his food 3

his own bread 1

is his food 1

is our bread 1

its food 2

like ⌊food 1

like bread 1

loaded with bread 1

loaves 1

loaves of bread 5

loaves of bread ⌊made with⌋ 1

me food 1

me my bread 1

me with food 1

my 1

my bread 4

my food 2

our own bread 1

piece of bread 1

some food 2

some food⌋ 1

that is the bread 1

the ⌊showbread⌋ 1

the bread 10

the bread of 6

the bread of the presence 3

the feast 1

the food 2

the food allowance of 2

the food of 3

the meal 2

their bread 1

their food 3

them bread 1

them for yourself into a food 1

them the bread of 1

them with food 2

them with food in exchange for 1

them with the bread of 1

they are like mourners 1

those who eat your bread 1

to him bread 1

to them food 1

to warm themselves 1

us food 1

was the bread of the presence 1

which was the bread of 1

will be our food 1

with bread 2

with food 3

with his bread 1

with its fruit 1

with my bread 1

you the bread of 1

you with food 1

your bread 5

your food 5

LSB (292)

bread 193

food 85

fruit 1

loaves 3

meal 7

meals 2

provision 1

N95 (271)

bread 174

food 81

fruit 1

loaves 3

meal 7

meals 2

prey 1

provision 1

something 1

NAS (291)

bread 187

food 88

fruit 1

loaves 3

meal 7

meals 2

prey 1

provision 1

something 1

NLT (0)

The World English Bible
did not use
this Strong's Number

WEB (292)

a feast 1

all the bread 1

and bread 5

and of the bread 1

and the bread 3

and there is bread 1

and your bread 1

any food 1

are their food 1

as much bread 1

bread 73

bread of the presence 1

bread shall be on it 1

bread there 1

bread while 1

bread with them 1

by bread 1

food 14

food to me 1

for bread 5

for that which is not bread 1

for the bread 1

for the food 1

for the show bread 1

for their bread 1

for there is no bread 1

for there is no more bread 1

for they are bread 1

for your food 1

give him food 1

have been my food 1

her bread 2

him bread 3

him food 2

him with bread 2

his bread 3

his food 1

i eat 1

is neither bread 1

it and the bread 1

it is the food 2

like bread 1

loaded with bread 1

loaves 5

loaves of bread 3

may have bread 1

me bread 2

me my bread 1

me with the food 1

meal 1

my bread 4

neither bread 1

neither shall his bread 1

neither yet bread 1

no bread 8

no food 1

of bread 27

of food 2

of its bread 1

of the bread 2

of your bread 1

or of the bread 1

our bread 1

our own bread 1

provision 1

shall be for food 1

so that there was no bread 2

some of my bread 1

that it may be to the bread 1

the bread 16

the food 4

their bread 2

their food 1

them bread 3

them food 1

them with bread 3

them with the bread 3

there but the show bread 1

there was bread 1

there was no bread 1

they also set the show bread 1

this our bread 1

to eat 1

until all the bread 1

us bread 1

were over the show bread 1

whereupon the show bread 1

which leaves no crops 1

will be to them like the bread 1

will do wrong 1

with bread 7

with food 1

with its fruit 1

with the bread 1

with the show bread on them 1

with their bread 1

yet his food 1

yields them bread 1

you the bread 1

you with bread 1

your bread 8

your bread thereon 1

Ancient Hebrew Lexicon Definitions

2305) m h l (לההמ LHhM) AC: Fight CO: Bread AB: ?: Flour an water are mixed together and kneaded. Also war in the sense of fighting with the bread when kneading. [from: mh- food]

V) m h l (לההמ LHhM) - I. Eat: II. Fight:KJV (177): (vf: Paal, Niphal) fight, war, eat, overcome, devour, prevail - Strongs: H3898 (לָחַם)

N^m) m h l (לההמ LHhM) - I. Bread:[Hebrew and Aramaic] II. |kjv: bread, food, meat, loaves, shewbread, victuals, feast, fruit, provision - Strongs: H3899 (לֶחֶם), H3900 (לְחֵם), H3901 (לָחֶם)

d^m ) m f h l (לההומ LHhWM) - Meat: KJV (2): eating, flesh - Strongs: H3894 (לָחֻם)

h^f1) e m h l m (מלההמה MLHhMH) - |kjv: battle, war, fight - Strongs: H4421 (מִלְחָמָה)

Brown-Driver-Briggs Expanded Definition

לֶ֫חֶם₂₉₆ noun masculine^{1 Samuel 9:7} and (rarely) feminine^{Genesis 49:20} (see below, and Dr^{1 Samuel 10:4}) bread, food (Phoenician לחם bread; Late Hebrew לֶחֶם; Aramaic לַחְמָא,

, as Hebrew; Arabic

flesh, meat, (compare Frä³⁰)); — absolute ׳ל Genesis 3:19 +; לָ֑חֶם Genesis 31:54 +; לֶ֑חֶם Psalm 14:4 2t.; construct לֶחֶם Hosea 9:4 +; suffix לַחְמִי Job 3:24 +, לַחְמְךָ Obadiah 7 +, לַחְמָם Hosea 9:4b, + Hosea 9:4 a (for ᵑ0לָהֶם), We GASm Now, + etc.; —

1. a. bread, the ordinary food of early Hebrews (Benz^{Archaeology 84ff} Now^{Archaeology i. 109 ff.}) Exodus 21:14 (E), Numbers 21:5; Joshua 9:5,12 (JE), Deuteronomy 8:3; Deuteronomy 23:5; Exodus 16:3 (P) +; ׳כִּכַּרלֿ loaf of bread 1 Samuel 2:36 + (see כִּכָּר below כרר), and without ככר (always with number) 1 Samuel 10:4; 1 Samuel 16:20 (see Dr), 1 Samuel 17:7; 1 Samuel 21:4; 1 Samuel 25:18; 2 Samuel 16:1; 1 Kings 14:3; 2 Kings 4:42; ׳חַלַת ל cake of bread 2 Samuel 6:19; Exodus 29:23 + (see חַלָּה below

I.חלל); made from barley (שְׂעֹרִים); Judges 7:13; 2 Kings 4:42 (see also לָחֶם above); from wheat-flour (סֹלֶת חִטִים) Exodus 29:2 (P); compare the mixture Ezekiel 4:9; made by baking (אפה) Isaiah 44:15,19; Leviticus 26:26 (H; compare Jeremiah 37:21); ׳מַּתלֿ a bit of bread 1 Samuel 2:36; 1 Kings 17:11; Proverbs 28:21, compare Ezekiel 13:19, as modest term for a hospitable meal Genesis 18:5 (J), Judges 19:5; 1 Samuel 28:22; distinguished from meat (flesh), Genesis 27:17 (J) 1 Samuel 25:11; 1 Kings 17:6 (twice in verse); Exodus 16:8,12 (also Exodus 16:3 above), Exodus 29:32,34; Leviticus 8:31 (all P), Leviticus 23:18 (H), 1 Chronicles 12:40; Psalm 78:20; Daniel 10:3; = a meal 1 Samuel 20:27, ׳אָכַל ל = take a meal Genesis 31:54 (twice in verse); Genesis 37:25; Genesis 43:25,32 +; אכל לַחְמִי Psalm 41:10 eat my bread, establishing an obligation, compare Obadiah 7 (read ׳אֹכְלֵי ל according to Marti^{Kau AT}; strike out ׳לᵐ5 Hi We, compare VB) ׳עשׂה ל = make a feast Ecclesiastes 10:19; ׳מַטֵּה ל staff of bread (as support of life), only late Ezekiel 4:16; Ezekiel 5:16; Ezekiel 14:13; Leviticus 26:26 (H), Psalm 105:16; cf .׳מִשְׁעַן ל Isaiah 3:1 (gloss); leavened bread is חָמֵץ׳ל Leviticus 7:13; unleavened bread is מַצּוֺת׳ל Exodus 29:2 (both P); (הַ)מָּנִים׳ל bread of the face (of ׳י; i.e. in his presence, Di^{Leviticus 24:9} Dr^{1 Samuel 21:7}); in the sanctuary 1 Samuel 21:7; 1 Kings 7:48 2 Chronicles 4:19; Exodus 25:30; Exodus 35:13; Exodus 39:36, without ׳פ Exodus 40:23 (all P); = הַתָּמִיד׳ל Numbers 4:7 (P), קֹדֶשׁ׳ל 1 Samuel 21:5; in Chronicles הַמַּעֲרָ֑כֶת׳ל 1 Chronicles 9:32; compare 1 Chronicles 23:29; Nehemiah 10:34, ׳ל׳מ 2 Chronicles 13:11 opposed to חֹל׳ל 1 Samuel 21:5; תְּנוּפִה׳ל Leviticus 23:17 wave-loaf; (הַ)בִּכֻּרִים׳ל Leviticus 23:20; 2 Kings 4:42 bread of first-fruits.

b. = bread-corn, the material from which bread is made, i.e. wheat, barley, etc.: Genesis 41:54,55 (E), Genesis 47:13,15,17 (twice in verse); Genesis 47:19 (J), Genesis 49:20 (poem in J), Isaiah 28:28; Isaiah 30:23; Isaiah 55:10; Jeremiah 5:17; Ezekiel 48:18; Job 28:5; Proverbs 28:3; Psalm 104:14; הָאָרֶץ׳ל Numbers 15:19 (P), ׳ארץ ל 2 Kings 18:32 = Isaiah 36:17.

2 food in General:

a. of man, Judges 13:16 (kid, Judges 13:15) 1 Samuel 14:24 (twice in verse); 1 Samuel 14:28 (honey), 1 Samuel 28:20; 1 Samuel 30:12; Proverbs 22:9; Proverbs 27:27 (twice in verse) (goat's milk) +; ׳לְכָלבָּֿשָׂר נֹתֵן ל Psalm 136:25.

b. of animals, Proverbs 6:8; Proverbs 30:25; Proverbs 65:25; Job 24:5 + Psalm 147:9

c. of God (in sacrifices): אֱלֹהֵיהֶם׳ל (compare RS^{Semitic i. 207,2nd ed., 224}) Leviticus 21:6 compare Leviticus 21:8; Leviticus 21:17; Leviticus 21:21; Leviticus 21:22, Leviticus 22:25 (all H), compare Numbers 28:2 (P), Ezekiel 16:19; Ezekiel 44:7, and מְגֹאָל׳ל Malachi 1:7, also (׳לי) אִשֶּׁה׳ל Leviticus 3:11,16; Numbers 28:24 (all P).

3 other phrases and figurative uses are:

a. רֶשַׁע׳ל Proverbs 4:17 (accusative of congnate meaning with verb with לָחַם), probably = food gained by wickedness ׅ "" (יִיִן חֲמָסִים, compare שָׁ֑קֶר׳ל Proverbs 20:17, כְּזָבִים׳ל Proverbs 23:3; עַצְלוּת׳ל Proverbs 31:27 = bread of idleness, i.e. unearned; חֻקִּי׳ל Proverbs 30:8 (opposed to riches and poverty, see חֹק); לַחַץ׳ל 1 Kings 22:27 2 Chronicles 18:26, vid לַחַץ below; הָעֲצָבִים׳ל Psalm 127:2 see II. עֶצָב; אוֺנִים׳ל Hosea 9:4, vid אָוֶן. p.20 a; אֲנָשִׁים׳ל Ezekiel 24:17,22of food offered to mourners, compare Jeremiah 16:7 (where insert ׳לᵐ5 Gf Gie); שַׁלַּח לחמך עלפֿני המים Ecclesiastes 11:1 usual interpration of benevolent giving (compare Now); De and others of sea-commerce in bread-stuffs, compare Proverbs 31:14.

b. figurative לַחְמֵנוּ הֵם Numbers 14:9 (JE) our food are they, i.e. we will devour, destroy, them (compare Deuteronomy 7:16); ׳דִּמְעָתִּי ל Psalm 42:4; compare Psalm 80:6 (see אכל above); ׳ל of evil deeds of wicked Job 20:14; עֵץ בְּלַחְמוֺ Jeremiah 11:19 apparentlyfig.of destroying the prophet and his house, but read probably בְּלֵחוֺ in its freshness (i.e. untimely), so Hi Gf Che Gie (see לֵחַ below לחח above).

Gesenius' Hebrew and Chaldee Definition

לֶחֶם of both genders (m. Numbers 21:5 f. Genesis 49:20).

(1) food, both of men and of beasts, Leviticus 3:11; Psalms 41:10, 102:5 Job 20:14 לֶחֶם אֱלֹהִים the food of God, used of sacrifice, Leviticus 21:8, 17 Leviticus 21:17. Jeremiah 11:19, עֵץ בְּלַחְמוֹ “the tree with its food,” i.e. its fruit (compare Arab. أُكْلُ food, used of fruit). לֶחֶם הַפֶּחָה the food of the governor, the provision for his table (Tafelgelder), Nehemiah 5:18 comp. verse 15 לַחְמְךָ Obadiah 1:7, ellipt. for אַנְשֵׁי לַחְמְךָ those who eat of thy table, thy household; used of banquets, or meals, in the phrases אָכַל לֶחֶם to eat food (see אָכַל 1, let. ); and עָשָׂה לֶחֶם to furnish a banquet or meal, Ecclesiastes 10:19.

(2) specially bread (as in Arab. لَحْمُ is specially flesh); לֶחֶם הַפָּנִים bread of the presence; LXX. ἄρτοι ἐνώπιοι; Vulg. panes propositionis; Luth. Schaubrodte; [Engl. Trans. shew-bread.] Twelve small loaves which were set out in the holy tabernacle before Jehovah every week (in the manner of lectisternia), Exodus 25:30, 35:13 39:36 called in the later books לֶחֶם הַמַּעֲרֶכֶת. When numerals are prefixed, כִּכְּרוֹת must be supplied; 1 Samuel 10:4, שְׁתֵּי לֶחֶם two (loaves) of bread; compare verse 1 Samuel 10:3, once even

(3) wheat, of the flour of which the Hebrews made their bread; bread-corn, Brotkorn (comp. Arab. طَعَامُ food; specially wheat; and on the other hand, Gr. σῖτος, wheat, then food of any kind). Isaiah 28:28, לֶחֶם יוּדַק וְגו׳ “wheat is threshed indeed, but they do not beat it hard,” etc.

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List of Word Forms

בְּלֶ֤חֶם בְּלַחְמ֖וֹ בְּלַחְמֶ֔ךָ בְּלַחְמוֹ֙ בְֽלַחֲמִ֑י בְלַחְמֽוֹ׃ בַּלֶּ֖חֶם בַּלֶּ֙חֶם֙ בַּלֶּ֣חֶם בַּלָּ֑חֶם בלחם בלחמו בלחמו׃ בלחמי בלחמך הַלֶּ֔חֶם הַלֶּ֖חֶם הַלֶּ֗חֶם הַלֶּ֙חֶם֙ הַלֶּ֛חֶם הַלֶּ֤חֶם הַלֶּ֨חֶם הַלָּֽחֶם׃ הלחם הלחם׃ וְ֝לֶ֗חֶם וְ֠לֶחֶם וְהַלֶּ֤חֶם וְלֶ֖חֶם וְלֶ֙חֶם֙ וְלֶ֣חֶם וְלֶ֤חֶם וְלֶ֥חֶם וְלֶחֶם֩ וְלַחְמִי֩ וְלַחְמֶ֗ךָ וְלַלֶּ֥חֶם וָלֶ֧חֶם וּבַלָּ֑חֶם וּלְלֶ֨חֶם ובלחם והלחם ולחם ולחמי ולחמך וללחם כְּלֶ֤חֶם כַּלֶּ֣חֶם כלחם לְֽ֭לַחְמְךָ לְלֶ֔חֶם לְלֶ֣חֶם לְלָ֑חֶם לֶ֑חֶם לֶ֔חֶם לֶ֖חֶם לֶ֗חֶם לֶ֙חֶם֙ לֶ֚חֶם לֶ֛חֶם לֶ֜חֶם לֶ֝֗חֶם לֶ֣חֶם לֶ֤חֶם לֶ֥חֶם לֶ֧חֶם לֶ֨חֶם לֶ֭חֶם לֶּ֙חֶם֙ לֶֽחֶם־ לֶחֶם֒ לֶחֶם֩ לֶחֶם֮ לַ֭חְמִי לַ֭חְמוֹ לַחְמ֑וֹ לַחְמ֖וֹ לַחְמ֣וֹ לַחְמְךָ֖ לַחְמְךָ֗ לַחְמְכֶ֖ם לַחְמְכֶם֙ לַחְמִ֑י לַחְמִ֜י לַחְמִֽי׃ לַחְמִי֙ לַחְמֵ֔נוּ לַחְמֵ֖נוּ לַחְמֵ֗נוּ לַחְמֵ֣נוּ לַחְמֶ֔ךָ לַחְמָ֑הּ לַחְמָ֖ם לַחְמָ֣ם לַחְמָֽהּ׃ לַחְמָֽם׃ לַחְמָם֙ לַחְמֽוֹ׃ לַחְמוֹ֙ לַלֶּ֙חֶם֙ לַלֶּ֣חֶם לַלָּ֑חֶם לָ֑חֶם לָ֥חֶם לָֽחֶם׃ לחם לחם־ לחם׃ לחמה לחמה׃ לחמו לחמו׃ לחמי לחמי׃ לחמך לחמכם לחמם לחמם׃ לחמנו ללחם ללחמך מְבִיאִ֣ים מִלֶּ֣חֶם מִלֶּ֥חֶם מִלַּחְמ֣וֹ מביאים מלחם מלחמו bal·lā·ḥem bal·le·ḥem balLachem ballāḥem balLechem balleḥem ḇə·la·ḥă·mî bə·laḥ·me·ḵā bə·laḥ·mōw ḇə·laḥ·mōw bə·le·ḥem belachMecha belachMo ḇəlaḥămî bəlaḥmeḵā bəlaḥmōw ḇəlaḥmōw beLechem bəleḥem hal·lā·ḥem hal·le·ḥem halLachem hallāḥem halLechem halleḥem kal·le·ḥem kalLechem kalleḥem kə·le·ḥem keLechem kəleḥem lā·ḥem Lachem lachMah lachMam lachmeCha lachmeChem lachMenu lachMi lachMo laḥ·māh laḥ·mām laḥ·me·ḵā laḥ·mə·ḵā laḥ·mə·ḵem laḥ·mê·nū laḥ·mî laḥ·mōw lāḥem laḥmāh laḥmām laḥmeḵā laḥməḵā laḥməḵem laḥmênū laḥmî laḥmōw lal·lā·ḥem lal·le·ḥem lalLachem lallāḥem lalLechem lalleḥem le·ḥem le·ḥem- lə·lā·ḥem lə·laḥ·mə·ḵā lə·le·ḥem Lechem leḥem leḥem- leLachem Lelachmecha ləlāḥem ləlaḥməḵā leLechem ləleḥem mə·ḇî·’îm məḇî’îm meviIm mil·laḥ·mōw mil·le·ḥem millachMo millaḥmōw milLechem milleḥem ū·ḇal·lā·ḥem ū·lə·le·ḥem ūḇallāḥem uleLechem ūləleḥem uvalLachem vaLechem vehalLechem velachaMi velachMecha velachMi velachMo velalLechem veLechem wā·le·ḥem wāleḥem wə·hal·le·ḥem wə·laḥ·me·ḵā wə·laḥ·mî wə·lal·le·ḥem wə·le·ḥem wəhalleḥem wəlaḥmeḵā wəlaḥmî wəlalleḥem wəleḥem