20:27 , אָכַל ל׳ = take a meal Gn 31:54 (×2); 37:25 ; 43:25 , 32 +; אכל לַחְמִי ψ 41:10 eat my bread , establishing an obligation, cf. Ob 7 (read אֹכְלֵי ל׳ according to Marti KauAT; del. ל׳ Ö Hi W e, cf. V B) עשׂה ל׳ = make a feast Ec 10:19 ; מַטֵּה ל׳ staff of bread (as support of life), only late • Ez 4:16 ; 5:16 ; 14:13 Lv 26:26 ( H ), ψ 105:16 ; cf. מִשְׁעַן ל׳ Is 3:1 (gloss) • ; leavened bread is ל׳ חָמֵץ Lv 7:1 3; unleavened bread is ל׳ מַצֹּות Ex 29:2 (both P ); • ל׳
(הַ)פָּנִים bread of the face (of י׳ ; i. e. in his presence, Di Lv 24:9 Dr 1 S 21:7 ): in the sanctuary 1 S 21:7 1 K 7:48 = 2 Ch 4:1 9, Ex 25:30 ; 35:13 ; 39:36 , without פ׳ 40:23 (all P ); = ל׳ הַתָּמִיד Nu 4:7 ( P ), ל׳ קֹדֶשׁ 1 S 21: 5; in Chr ל׳ הַמַּעֲרָ˜כֶת 1 Ch 9:32 cf. 23:29 Ne 10:3 4, מ׳ ל׳ 2 Ch 13:1 1; opp. ל׳ חֹל 1 S 21: 5 •; ל׳ תְּנוּפָה Lv 23:17 wave-loaf; ל׳ (הַ)בִּכֻּרִים v 20 2 K 4:42 bread of first-fruits . • b. = bread-corn , the material from which bread is made, i.e. wheat, barley, etc.: Gn 41:54 , 55 ( E ), 47:13 , 15 , 17 (×2), 19 ( J ), 49:20 (poem in J ), Is 28:28 ; 30:23 ; 55:10 Je 5:17 Ez 48:18 Jb 28:5 Pr 28:3 ψ 104:14 ; ל׳ הָאָרֶץ Nu 15:19 ( P ), ארץ ל׳ 2 K 18:32 = Is 36:1 7 •. 2. food in general: a. of man Ju 13:16 (kid, v 1 5), 1 S 14:24 (×2), 28 (honey), 28:20 ; 30:12 Pr 27:27 (×2) (goat’s milk) + ; נֹתֵן ל׳ לְכָל־בָּשָׂר ψ 136:25 Pr 22: 9. • b. of animals, Pr 6:8 ; 30:25 Is 65:25 Jb 24:5 ψ 147:9 • . • c. of God (in sacrifices): • ל׳ אֱלהֵיהֶם
(
cf.
RS
Sem i. 207, 2nd ed., 224
)
Lv 21:6
cf.
v
8,
17
,
21
,
22
,
22:13
,
25
(all
H
),
Nu 28:2
(
P
),
Ez 16:19
;
44:7
, and
ל׳ מְגֹאָל
Mal 1:
7; also (
לי׳
)
ל׳ אִשֶּׁה
Lv 3:1
1,
16 Nu 28:24
(all
P
)
•
.
3.
other phrases and
fig.
uses are:
a.
ל׳ רֶשַׁע
Pr 4:17
(
acc. cogn.
c.
לָחַם
), prob.
=
food gained by wickedness
(
||
יֵין חֲמָסִים
),
cf.
ל׳ שָׁ˜קֶר
20:1
7,
ל׳ כְּזָבִים
23:
3;
ל׳ עַצְלוּת
31:27
=
bread of idleness
, i.
e. unearned;
ל׳ חֻקִּי
Pr 30:8
(
opp.
to riches and poverty,
v.
חֹק
);
ל׳ לַחַץ
1 K 22:27
=
2 Ch 18:2
6,
vid.
לַחַץ
infr
.;
ל׳ הָעֲצָבִים
ψ 127:2
,
vid.
II
.
עֶצֶב
;
ל׳ אֹונִים
Ho 9:
4,
vid.
אָוֶן
, p. 20a;
ל׳ אֲנָשִׁים
Ez 24:1
7,
22
of food offered to mourners,
cf.
Je 16:7
(where ins.
ל׳
Ö
Gf Gi
e);
שַׁלַּח לחמך על־פני המים
Ec 11:1
usually interpr. of benevolent giving (
cf.
No
w);
De
al.
of sea-commerce in breadstuffs,
cf.
Pr 31:1
4.
b.
fig.
לַחְמֵנוּ הֵם
Nu 14:9
(JE)
our food are they
, i.
e. we will devour, destroy, them (
cf.
Dt 7:1
6);
דִּמְעָתִי ל׳
ψ 42:4
cf.
80:6
(
vid.
אכל
, p. 37b
supr.
);
ל׳
of evil deeds of wicked
Jb 20:14
;
עֵץ בְּלַחְמֹו
Je
Marti
K. Marti.
del.
dele,
strike out (also
delet, delent
).
VB
Variorum Bible.
opp.
opposite, as opposed to, or contrasted with.
RS
W. Robertson Smith, Religion of Semites.
Gf
K. H. Graf.
Gie F. Giessebrecht.