לחם

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לחם^¹

/ˈlaħm/
/ˈlɛ.ħɛm/ [ˈlɛː.ħɛm]
/ˈla.ħam/ [ˈlæː.ħæm]
/ˈleχem/ Modern Israeli

Where it comes from

Cognate with Arabic لَحْم (laḥm, “meat”), with the varying semantic developments being due to the differing agriculture and diets of the Arabian Peninsula and the Fertile Crescent. The verb follows from the noun and is usually employed to form figurae etymologicae.

noun לֶחֶם · lékhem · לֶחֶם־ · form לָחֶם · לַחְמִי

bread
archaic, poetic food
poetic grain from which bread is made

לחם^²

verb לָחַם · lakhám · יִלְחַם

Biblical, construction pa'al, poetic to eat כִּי לָחֲמוּ לֶחֶם רֶשַׁע וְיֵין חֲמָסִים יִשְׁתּוּ׃
construction pa'al, figuratively to inflict, wreak מְזֵי רָעָב וּלְחֻמֵי רֶשֶׁף וְקֶטֶב מְרִירִי וְשֶׁן־בְּהֵמֹת אֲשַׁלַּח־בָּם עִם־חֲמַת זֹחֲלֵי עָפָר׃

לחם^³

/laˈχam/ Modern Israeli

verb לָחַם · lakhám

construction pa'al to fight

לחם^⁴

noun לָחֶם · lákhem

Biblical The meaning of this term is uncertain. Possibilities include: combat, battle; war; a fighter אָז לָחֶם שְׁעָרִים

לחם^⁵

/ˈlaχam/ Modern Israeli

noun לַחַם · lákham

solder (metal used for welding)

In English

bread baked dough made from cereals
solder any of various alloys that are used to join small pieces of metal together

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@misc{micwyn_2026,
  title = {לחם},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/he/%D7%9C%D7%97%D7%9D},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}

לחם