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H3899Hלֶ֫חֶםle.chem

food: breadPart of speech: Hebrew Noun (Masculine)

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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 Kings 13:23

    And it came to pass, after he had eaten bread, and after he had drunk, that he saddled for him the ass, namely, for the prophet whom he had brought back.

    לֶ֖חֶם Le.chem “bread”

  2. 1 Kings 14:3

    And take with thee ten loaves, and biscuits, and a cruse of honey, and go to him; he will tell thee what shall become of the child.'

    לֶ֧חֶם Le.chem “bread[s]”

  3. 1 Kings 17:6

    And the ravens brought him bread and flesh in the morning, and bread and flesh in the evening; and he drank of the brook.

    לֶ֤חֶם Le.chem “bread”וְלֶ֥חֶם (לֶ֥חֶם) Le.chem “bread”

  4. 1 Kings 17:11

    And as she was going to fetch it, he called to her, and said: 'Bring me, I pray thee, a morsel of bread in thy hand.'

    לֶ֖חֶם Le.chem “bread”

  5. 1 Kings 18:4

    for it was so, when Jezebel cut off the prophets of the LORD, that Obadiah took a hundred prophets, and hid them fifty in a cave, and fed them with bread and water.--

    לֶ֥חֶם Le.chem “food”

  6. 1 Kings 18:13

    Was it not told my lord what I did when Jezebel slew the prophets of the LORD, how I hid a hundred men of the LORD'S prophets by fifty in a cave, and fed them with bread and water?

    לֶ֥חֶם Le.chem “food”

  7. 1 Kings 21:7

    And Jezebel his wife said unto him: 'Dost thou now govern the kingdom of Israel? arise, and eat bread, and let thy heart be merry; I will give thee the vineyard of Naboth the Jezreelite.'

    לֶ֙חֶם֙ le.chem “food”

  8. 1 Kings 22:27

    and say: Thus saith the king: Put this fellow in the prison, and feed him with scant bread and with scant water, until I come in peace.'

    לֶ֤חֶם Le.chem “bread”

  9. 2 Kings 4:42

    And there came a man from Baal-shalishah, and brought the man of God bread of the first-fruits, twenty loaves of barley, and fresh ears of corn in his sack. And he said: 'Give unto the people, that they may eat.'

    לֶ֤חֶם Le.chem “bread of”לֶ֣חֶם Le.chem “bread[s] of”

  10. 2 Kings 6:22

    And he answered: 'Thou shalt not smite them; hast thou taken captive with thy sword and with thy bow those whom thou wouldest smite? set bread and water before them, that they may eat and drink, and go to their master.'

    לֶ֨חֶם Le.chem “food”

  11. 2 Kings 18:32

    until I come and take you away to a land like your own land, a land of corn and wine, a land of bread and vineyards, a land of olive-trees and of honey, that ye may live, and not die; and hearken not unto Hezekiah, when he persuadeth you, saying: The LOR

    לֶ֣חֶם Le.chem “bread”

  12. 1 Chronicles 9:32

    And some of their brethren, of the sons of the Kohathites, were over the showbread, to prepare it every sabbath.

    לֶ֣חֶם Le.chem “[the] bread of”

  13. 1 Chronicles 16:3

    And he dealt to every one of Israel, both man and woman, to every one a loaf of bread, and a cake made in a pan, and a sweet cake.

    לֶ֔חֶם Le.chem “bread”

  14. 1 Chronicles 23:29

    for the showbread also, and for the fine flour for a meal-offering, whether of unleavened wafers, or of that which is baked on the griddle, or of that which is soaked, and for all manner of measure and size;

    וּלְלֶ֨חֶם (לֶ֨חֶם) Le.chem “[the] bread of”

  15. 2 Chronicles 4:19

    And Solomon made all the vessels that were in the house of God, the golden altar also, and the tables whereon was the showbread;

    לֶ֥חֶם Le.chem “[the] bread of”

  16. 2 Chronicles 13:11

    and they burn unto the LORD every morning and every evening burnt-offerings and sweet incense; the showbread also set they in order upon the pure table; and the candlestick of gold with the lamps thereof, to burn every evening; for we keep the charge of

    לֶ֜חֶם Le.chem “bread”

  17. 2 Chronicles 18:26

    and say: Thus saith the king: Put this fellow in the prison, and feed him with scant bread and with scant water, until I return in peace.'

    לֶ֤חֶם Le.chem “bread”

  18. Ezra 10:6

    Then Ezra rose up from before the house of God, and went into the chamber of Jehohanan the son of Eliashib; and when he came thither, he did eat no bread, nor drink water; for he mourned because of the faithlessness of them of the captivity.

    לֶ֤חֶם Le.chem “food”

  19. Nehemiah 9:15

    and gavest them bread from heaven for their hunger, and broughtest forth water for them out of the rock for their thirst, and didst command them that they should go in to possess the land which Thou hadst lifted up Thy hand to give them.

    וְ֠לֶחֶם (לֶחֶם) le.chem “bread”

  20. Nehemiah 10:34

    for the showbread, and for the continual meal-offering, and for the continual burnt-offering, of the sabbaths, of the new moons, for the appointed seasons, and for the holy things, and for the sin-offerings to make atonement for Israel, and for a

    לְלֶ֣חֶם (לֶ֣חֶם) Le.chem “[the] bread of”

  21. Nehemiah 13:2

    because they met not the children of Israel with bread and with water, but hired Balaam against them, to curse them; howbeit our God turned the curse into a blessing.

    בַּלֶּ֣חֶם (לֶּ֣חֶם) Le.chem “food”

  22. Job 3:24

    For my sighing cometh instead of my food, and my roarings are poured out like water.

    לַ֭חְמִי (לַ֭חְמִ) Lach.m “food”

  23. Job 15:23

    He wandereth abroad for bread: 'Where is it?' He knoweth that the day of darkness is ready at his hand.

    לַלֶּ֣חֶם (לֶּ֣חֶם) Le.chem “food”

  24. Job 22:7

    Thou hast not given water to the weary to drink, and thou hast withholden bread from the hungry.

    לָֽחֶם׃ La.chem “bread”

  25. Job 27:14

    If his children be multiplied, it is for the sword; and his offspring shall not have bread enough.

    לָֽחֶם׃ La.chem “bread”