לחם

Hebrew

Etymology

Root
ל־ח־ם (l-kh-m)

From the root ל־ח־ם (l-ḥ-m). Related to Arabic لَحْم (laḥm, “meat”).

Noun

לֶחֶם • (lékhem) m (singular construct לֶחֶם־, Biblical Hebrew pausal form לָחֶם) [pattern: קֶטֶל]

1. bread
2. (archaic or poetic) food
3. (poetic) grain from which bread is made

Derived terms

• בֵּית לֶחֶם (beit lékhem)
• לַחְמָנִיָּה (lakhmaniyá)

References

• H3899 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible

Anagrams

• חלם
• מלח