לחם
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Arabic[edit]
Noun[edit]
לחם • (laḥm) m
- Judeo-Arabic spelling of لَحْم (laḥm, “meat”)
- c. 10th century, Saadia Gaon, Tafsir[1], Numbers 11:4:
- ואללפיף אלד֗ין פימא בינהם תשהו שהוה פרג֗ע בנו אסראיל איצ֗א מעהם ובכו וקאלו מן יטעמנא לחמא
- And the crowd who were among them felt a craving, and the Israelites also wept with them and said, Let us have meat!
Hebrew[edit]
Root |
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ל־ח־ם (l-ḥ-m) |
Etymology[edit]
Cognate with Arabic لَحْم (laḥm, “meat”). The varying semantic developments are due to the differing agriculture and diets of the Arabian Peninsula and the Fertile Crescent.
Pronunciation[edit]
- (Modern Israeli Hebrew) IPA(key): /ˈleχem/
- (Tiberian Hebrew) IPA(key): [ˈlɛːχɛm]
Noun[edit]
לֶחֶם • (lékhem) m (singular construct לֶחֶם־, Biblical Hebrew pausal form לָחֶם) [pattern: קֶטֶל]
Derived terms[edit]
- בֵּית לֶחֶם (beit lékhem)
- לֶחֶם מִשְׁנֶה (lékhem mishné)
- לחמנייה / לַחְמָנִיָּה (lakhmaniyá)
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