ms.
תִּלְחַם
Pr 23:
6,
1
s.
אֶלְחַם
ψ 141:4
;
Imv. mpl.
לַחֲמוּ
Pr 9:
5;
Inf. cstr.
לְחֹום
Pr 23:
1;
Pt. pass. pl. cstr.
לְחֻמֵי
Dt 32:2
4;
eat
(mostly Pr),
abs.
Pr 23:
1;
sq. acc. cogn.
לֶחֶם
4:1
7;
23:6
;
sq.
בְּלַחְמִי
9:
5;
sq.
בְּמַנְעַמֵּיהֶם
ψ 141:4
eat
of their dainties;
לְחֻמֵי רֶשֶׁף
Dt 32:24
(poem)
eaten up with the Fire-bolt
,
fig.
of pestilence (
Dr
).
לֶ˜חֶם S 3899 TWOT 1105a GK 4312296 n.m. 1 S 9:7 and (rarely) f. Gn 49:20 ( vid. infr. , and Dr 1 S 10: 4) bread, food ( Ph. לחם bread; NH לֶחֶם ; Aramaic לַחְמָא , ܠܰܚܡܳܐ ( laḥmo ), as Heb. ; Arabic لَحْمٌ ( laḥmun ) flesh, meat ( cf.
Frä
30)
)
;—
abs.
ל׳
Gn 3:19
+;
לָ˜חֶם
Gn 31:54
+;
לֶ˜חֶם
ψ 14:4
+
2 times;
cstr.
לֶחֶם
Ho 9:4
+;
sf.
לַחְמִי
Jb 3:24
+,
לַחְמְךָ
Ob 7
+,
לַחְמָם
Ho 9:4b
,
+ v
4a
(for
MT
לָהֶם
),
We GASm No
w,
+
etc.;—
1.
a.
bread
, the ordinary food of early Hebrews (
Benz
Arch. 84 ff. Now
Arch. i. 109 ff.
)
Ex 21:14
(
E
),
Nu 21:5 Jos 9:5
,
12
(JE),
Dt 8:3
;
23:5 Ex 16:3
(
P
)
+
;
כִּכַּר־ל׳
loaf of bread
1 S 2:36
+
(
vid.
כִּכָּר
sub
כרר
), and without
ככר
(always
c.
num
.)
•
1 S 10:4
;
16:20
(
v. D
r),
17:17
;
21:4
;
25:18 2 S 16:1 1 K 14:3 2 K 4:4
2
•;
חַלַּת ל׳
cake of bread
2 S 6:19 Ex 29:23
+
(
v.
חַלָּה
sub I.
חלל
); made from barley (
שְׂעֹרִים
)
Ju 7:13 2 K 4:42
(
v.
also
לָחֶם
supr
.); from wheat-flour (
סֹלֶת חִטִים
)
Ex 29:2
(
P
);
cf.
the mixture
Ez 4:9
; made by baking (
אפה
)
Is 44:15
,
19 Lv 26:26
(
H
;
cf.
Je 37:21
);
•
פַּת־ל׳
a bit of bread
1 S 2:36 1 K 17:11 Pr 28:2
1,
cf.
Ez 13:1
9, as modest term for a hospitable meal
Gn 18:5
(
J
),
Ju 19:5 1 S 28:2
2
•; disting. from meat (flesh),
Gn 27:17
(
J
),
1 S 25:11 1 K 17:6
(×2) Ex 16:
8,
12
(also
v
3
supr
.),
29:32
,
34 Lv 8:31
(all
P
),
23:18
(
H
),
1 Ch 12:40
ψ 78:20
Dn 10:
3;
=
a meal
1 S
Impf.
Imperfect.
ms.
masculine singular.
Imv.
Imperative.
mpl.
masculine plural.
Inf.
Infinitive.
Pt. Participle. pass. passive. infr. infra, below. Ph. Phenician. NH New (Late) Hebrew. Heb. Hebrew.
MT Masoretic Text. GASm George Adam Smith. Benz J. Benzinger, Hebräische Archaeologie . Now W. Nowack, Hebräische Archäologie . num. number.
H Code of Holiness.