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H3899Hלֶ֫חֶםle.chem

food: breadPart of speech: Hebrew Noun (Masculine)

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a Meaning of H3899G
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Occurrences by book

  1. 13
  2. 21
  3. 19
  4. 3
  5. 7
  6. 2
  7. 6
  8. 1
  9. 20
  10. 8
  11. 19
  12. 4
  13. 3
  14. 3
  15. 1
  16. 3
  17. Esther: 0
  18. 7
  19. 14
  20. 15
  21. 4
  22. Song of Songs: 0
  23. 15
  24. 5
  25. 3
  26. 17
  27. Daniel: 0
  28. 3
  29. Joel: 0
  30. 3
  31. 1
  32. Jonah: 0
  33. Micah: 0
  34. Nahum: 0
  35. Habakkuk: 0
  36. Zephaniah: 0
  37. 1
  38. Zechariah: 0
  39. Malachi: 0

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Other meanings of H3899

  • H3899Gלֶ֫חֶםle.chemfoodH:N-MOccurrences: 72
  • H3899Iלֶ֫חֶםle.chemfood: allowanceH:N-MOccurrences: 5

221 occurrences in 206 verses

With their references and text in JPS Tanakh 1917.

  1. 1 Samuel 21:4

    Now therefore what is under thy hand? five loaves of bread? give them in my hand, or whatsoever there is present.'

    לֶ֖חֶם Le.chem “bread[s]”

  2. 1 Samuel 21:5

    And the priest answered David, and said: 'There is no common bread under my hand, but there is holy bread; if only the young men have kept themselves from women.'

    לֶ֥חֶם Le.chem “[is] bread of”לֶ֤חֶם Le.chem “[is] bread of”

  3. 1 Samuel 21:7

    So the priest gave him holy bread; for there was no bread there but the showbread, that was taken from before the LORD, to put hot bread in the day when it was taken away.--

    לֶ֗חֶם Le.chem “bread”לֶ֤חֶם Le.chem “[the] bread of”לֶ֣חֶם Le.chem “bread of”

  4. 1 Samuel 22:13

    And Saul said unto him: 'Why have ye conspired against me, thou and the son of Jesse, in that thou hast given him bread, and a sword, and hast inquired of God for him, that he should rise against me, to lie in wait, as at this day?'

    לֶ֣חֶם Le.chem “bread”

  5. 1 Samuel 25:11

    shall I then take my bread, and my water, and my flesh that I have killed for my shearers, and give it unto men of whom I know not whence they are?'

    לַחְמִי֙ (לַחְמִ) lach.M “bread”

  6. 1 Samuel 25:18

    Then Abigail made haste, and took two hundred loaves, and two bottles of wine, and five sheep ready dressed, and five measures of parched corn, and a hundred clusters of raisins, and two hundred cakes of figs, and laid them on asses.

    לֶ֜חֶם Le.chem “bread[s]”

  7. 1 Samuel 28:22

    Now therefore, I pray thee, hearken thou also unto the voice of thy handmaid, and let me set a morsel of bread before thee; and eat, that thou mayest have strength, when thou goest on thy way.'

    לֶ֖חֶם Le.chem “bread”

  8. 1 Samuel 30:11

    And they found an Egyptian in the field, and brought him to David, and gave him bread, and he did eat; and they gave him water to drink;

    לֶ֙חֶם֙ le.chem “bread”

  9. 1 Samuel 30:12

    and they gave him a piece of a cake of figs, and two clusters of raisins; and when he had eaten, his spirit came back to him; for he had eaten no bread, nor drunk any water, three days and three nights.

    לֶ֙חֶם֙ le.chem “food”

  10. 2 Samuel 3:29

    let it fall upon the head of Joab, and upon all his father's house; and let there not fail from the house of Joab one that hath an issue, or that is a leper, or that leaneth on a staff, or that falleth by the sword, or that lacketh bread.'

    לָֽחֶם׃ La.chem “bread”

  11. 2 Samuel 3:35

    And all the people came to cause David to eat bread while it was yet day; but David swore, saying: 'God do so to me, and more also, if I taste bread, or aught else, till the sun be down.'

    לֶ֖חֶם Le.chem “bread”לֶ֖חֶם Le.chem “bread”

  12. 2 Samuel 6:19

    And he dealt among all the people, even among the whole multitude of Israel, both to men and women, to every one a cake of bread, and a cake made in a pan, and a sweet cake. So all the people departed every one to his house.

    לֶ֙חֶם֙ le.chem “bread”

  13. 2 Samuel 9:10

    And thou shalt till the land for him, thou, and thy sons, and thy servants; and thou shalt bring in the fruits, that thy master's son may have bread to eat; but Mephibosheth thy master's son shall eat bread continually at my table.' Now Ziba had fifteen

    לֶּ֙חֶם֙ le.chem “food”

  14. 2 Samuel 13:5

    And Jonadab said unto him: 'Lay thee down on thy bed, and feign thyself sick; and when thy father cometh to see thee, say unto him: Let my sister Tamar come, I pray thee, and give me bread to eat, and dress the food in my sight, that I may see it, and ea

    לֶ֗חֶם Le.chem “food”

  15. 2 Samuel 16:1

    And when David was a little past the top, behold, Ziba the servant of Mephibosheth met him, with a couple of asses saddled, and upon them two hundred loaves of bread, and a hundred clusters of raisins, and a hundred of summer fruits, and a bottle of wine

    לֶ֜חֶם Le.chem “bread[s]”

  16. 2 Samuel 16:2

    And the king said unto Ziba: 'What meanest thou by these?' And Ziba said: 'The asses are for the king's household to ride on; and the bread and summer fruit for the young men to eat; and the wine, that such as are faint in the wilderness may drink.'

    וְהַלֶּ֤חֶם (לֶּ֤חֶם) le.chem “bread”

  17. 1 Kings 7:48

    And Solomon made all the vessels that were in the house of the LORD: the golden altar, and the table whereupon the showbread was, of gold;

    לֶ֥חֶם Le.chem “[the] bread of”

  18. 1 Kings 13:8

    And the man of God said unto the king: 'If thou wilt give me half thy house, I will not go in with thee, neither will I eat bread nor drink water in this place.

    לֶ֙חֶם֙ le.chem “bread”

  19. 1 Kings 13:9

    For it so was charged me by the word of the LORD, saying: Thou shalt eat no bread, nor drink water, neither return by the way that thou camest.'

    לֶ֖חֶם Le.chem “bread”

  20. 1 Kings 13:15

    Then he said unto him: 'Come home with me, and eat bread.'

    לָֽחֶם׃ La.chem “bread”

  21. 1 Kings 13:16

    And he said: 'I may not return with thee, nor go in with thee; neither will I eat bread nor drink water with thee in this place.

    לֶ֗חֶם Le.chem “bread”

  22. 1 Kings 13:17

    For it was said to me by the word of the LORD: Thou shalt eat no bread nor drink water there, nor turn back to go by the way that thou camest.'

    לֶ֔חֶם Le.chem “bread”

  23. 1 Kings 13:18

    And he said unto him: 'I also am a prophet as thou art; and an angel spoke unto me by the word of the LORD, saying: Bring him back with thee into thy house, that he may eat bread and drink water.' --He lied unto him.--

    לֶ֖חֶם Le.chem “bread”

  24. 1 Kings 13:19

    So he went back with him, and did eat bread in his house, and drank water.

    לֶ֛חֶם Le.chem “bread”

  25. 1 Kings 13:22

    but camest back, and hast eaten bread and drunk water in the place of which He said to thee: Eat no bread, and drink no water; thy carcass shall not come unto the sepulchre of thy fathers.'

    לֶ֙חֶם֙ le.chem “bread”לֶ֖חֶם Le.chem “bread”