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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. Genesis 3:19

    In the sweat of thy face shalt thou eat bread, till thou return unto the ground; for out of it wast thou taken; for dust thou art, and unto dust shalt thou return.'

    לֶ֔חֶם Le.chem “food”

  2. Genesis 14:18

    And Melchizedek king of Salem brought forth bread and wine; and he was priest of God the Most High.

    לֶ֣חֶם Le.chem “bread”

  3. Genesis 18:5

    And I will fetch a morsel of bread, and stay ye your heart; after that ye shall pass on; forasmuch as ye are come to your servant.' And they said: 'So do, as thou hast said.'

    לֶ֜חֶם Le.chem “bread”

  4. Genesis 21:14

    And Abraham arose up early in the morning, and took bread and a bottle of water, and gave it unto Hagar, putting it on her shoulder, and the child, and sent her away; and she departed, and strayed in the wilderness of Beer-sheba.

    לֶחֶם֩ le.Chem “food”

  5. Genesis 25:34

    And Jacob gave Esau bread and pottage of lentils; and he did eat and drink, and rose up, and went his way. So Esau despised his birthright.

    לֶ֚חֶם Le.chem “bread”

  6. Genesis 27:17

    And she gave the savoury food and the bread, which she had prepared, into the hand of her son Jacob.

    הַלֶּ֖חֶם (לֶּ֖חֶם) Le.chem “bread”

  7. Genesis 28:20

    And Jacob vowed a vow, saying: 'If God will be with me, and will keep me in this way that I go, and will give me bread to eat, and raiment to put on,

    לֶ֛חֶם Le.chem “food”

  8. Genesis 31:54

    And Jacob offered a sacrifice in the mountain, and called his brethren to eat bread; and they did eat bread, and tarried all night in the mountain.

    לָ֑חֶם La.chem “food”לֶ֔חֶם Le.chem “food”

  9. Genesis 41:54

    And the seven years of famine began to come, according as Joseph had said; and there was famine in all lands; but in all the land of Egypt there was bread.

    לָֽחֶם׃ La.chem “food”

  10. Genesis 41:55

    And when all the land of Egypt was famished, the people cried to Pharaoh for bread; and Pharaoh said unto all the Egyptians: 'Go unto Joseph; what he saith to you, do.'

    לַלָּ֑חֶם (לָּ֑חֶם) La.chem “food”

  11. Genesis 43:25

    And they made ready the present against Joseph's coming at noon; for they heard that they should eat bread there.

    לָֽחֶם׃ La.chem “food”

  12. Genesis 45:23

    And to his father he sent in like manner ten asses laden with the good things of Egypt, and ten she-asses laden with corn and bread and victual for his father by the way.

    וָלֶ֧חֶם (לֶ֧חֶם) Le.chem “food”

  13. Exodus 2:20

    And he said unto his daughters: 'And where is he? Why is it that ye have left the man? call him, that he may eat bread.'

    לָֽחֶם׃ La.chem “food”

  14. Exodus 16:3

    and the children of Israel said unto them: 'Would that we had died by the hand of the LORD in the land of Egypt, when we sat by the flesh-pots, when we did eat bread to the full; for ye have brought us forth into this wilderness, to kill this whole assem

    לֶ֖חֶם Le.chem “food”

  15. Exodus 16:4

    Then said the LORD unto Moses: 'Behold, I will cause to rain bread from heaven for you; and the people shall go out and gather a day's portion every day, that I may prove them, whether they will walk in My law, or not.

    לֶ֖חֶם Le.chem “bread”

  16. Exodus 16:8

    And Moses said: 'This shall be, when the LORD shall give you in the evening flesh to eat, and in the morning bread to the full; for that the LORD heareth your murmurings which ye murmur against Him; and what are we? your murmurings are not against us, bu

    וְלֶ֤חֶם (לֶ֤חֶם) Le.chem “bread”

  17. Exodus 16:12

    'I have heard the murmurings of the children of Israel. Speak unto them, saying: At dusk ye shall eat flesh, and in the morning ye shall be filled with bread; and ye shall know that I am the LORD your God.'

    לָ֑חֶם La.chem “bread”

  18. Exodus 16:15

    And when the children of Israel saw it, they said one to another: 'What is it?' --for they knew not what it was. And Moses said unto them: 'It is the bread which the LORD hath given you to eat.

    הַלֶּ֔חֶם (לֶּ֔חֶם) Le.chem “bread”

  19. Exodus 16:22

    And it came to pass that on the sixth day they gathered twice as much bread, two omers for each one; and all the rulers of the congregation came and told Moses.

    לֶ֙חֶם֙ le.chem “bread of”

  20. Exodus 16:29

    See that the LORD hath given you the sabbath; therefore He giveth you on the sixth day the bread of two days; abide ye every man in his place, let no man go out of his place on the seventh clay.'

    לֶ֣חֶם Le.chem “bread of”

  21. Exodus 16:32

    And Moses said: 'This is the thing which the LORD hath commanded: Let an omerful of it be kept throughout your generations; that they may see the bread wherewith I fed you in the wilderness, when I brought you forth from the land of Egypt.'

    הַלֶּ֗חֶם (לֶּ֗חֶם) Le.chem “bread”

  22. Exodus 18:12

    And Jethro, Moses' father-in-law, took a burnt-offering and sacrifices for God; and Aaron came, and all the elders of Israel, to eat bread with Moses' father-in-law before God.

    לֶ֛חֶם Le.chem “food”

  23. Exodus 23:25

    And ye shall serve the LORD your God, and He will bless thy bread, and thy water; and I will take sickness away from the midst of thee.

    לַחְמְךָ֖ (לַחְמְ) lach.me. “food”

  24. Exodus 25:30

    And thou shalt set upon the table showbread before Me alway.

    לֶ֥חֶם Le.chem “bread of”

  25. Exodus 29:2

    and unleavened bread, and cakes unleavened mingled with oil, and wafers unleavened spread with oil; of fine wheaten flour shalt thou make them.

    וְלֶ֣חֶם (לֶ֣חֶם) Le.chem “bread of”