לֶחֶם
leḥem
bread
Strong's H3899NounHebrewTWOT 1105a

לֶחֶם (leḥem) is a Hebrew noun meaning bread. It appears 299 times in 30 books of the Hebrew Bible (Strong's H3899).

Also rendered

Same Hebrew root (TWOT 1105a)

Range of meaning (TWOT 1105a)bread, food; grain; fruit, loaf, meat, victuals
Full entry: Brown-Driver-Briggs and Strong's

לֶ֫חֶם noun, masculine: bread, food

and (rarely) feminine bread, food

Strong's H3899 לֶחֶם: food (for man or beast), especially bread, or grain (for making it)
KJV:(shew-) bread, × eat, food, fruit, loaf, meat, victuals.

Meanings: Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906) and Strong's Hebrew Dictionary (1890), public domain, via the Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible Project (CC BY 4.0). TWOT numbers for reference only.

Root family 1105: לָחַם lāḥam — use as food, eat; feed on, consume, battle; devour, fight, fighting, overcome, prevail, war, waring

See it in Scripture

Genesis 3:19Exodus 2:20Leviticus 3:11

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