לָחַם

«לָחַם» in the Tanakh dictionary: use as food — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 2 verses in layers.

Used: 6 times · Key: lemma:לָחַם · BDB: לָחַם²

Glosses

eat (3); I.will.eat (1); eaten (1)

Meaning (OSHB)

use as food tree →

Meaning (BDB 1906)

vb. use as food, eat tree →

The whole BDB entry

vb. use as food, eat, poet. (so Thes Buhl, cf. Frä30 GuidiDella Sede 33; this would explain diff. between לֶחֶם and لَحْمٌ; yet verb rare and chiefly late);— Pf. 3 pl. לָֽחֲמוּ Pr 4:17; Impf. 2 ms. תִּלְחַם Pr 23:6, 1 s. אֶלְחַם ψ 141:4; Imv. mpl. לַחֲמוּ Pr 9:5; Inf. cstr. לְחוֹם Pr 23:1; Pt. pass. pl. cstr. לְחֻמֵי Dt 32:24; eat (mostly Pr), abs. Pr 23:1; sq. acc. cogn. לֶחֶם 4:17; 23:6; sq. בְּלַחְמִי 9:5; sq. בְּמַנְעַמֵּיהֶם ψ 141:4 eat of their dainties; לְחֻמֵי רֶשֶׁף Dt 32:24 (poem) eaten up with the Fire-bolt, fig. of pestilence (Dr).

Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 6 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses (5 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 2 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (5 candidates)

Trees and pragmatics

Every English meaning of «לָחַם» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

In the verses

Proverbs 4:17

כִּ֣י לָ֭חֲמוּ לֶ֣חֶם רֶ֑שַׁע וְיֵ֖ין חֲמָסִ֣ים יִשְׁתּֽוּ׃

Word for word: (dm) they.eat [the].bread of.wickedness and.[the] wine of.violence(s) they.drink

JPS 1917: For they eat the bread of wickedness, and drink the wine of violence.

Proverbs 9:5

לְ֭כוּ לַחֲמ֣וּ בְֽלַחֲמִ֑י וּ֝שְׁת֗וּ בְּיַ֣יִן מָסָֽכְתִּי׃

Word for word: come eat in food my and drink in.[the] wine [which].I.have.mixed

JPS 1917: 'Come, eat of my bread, and drink of the wine which I have mingled.

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