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2 Samuel 12:26

“And Joab fought against Rabbah of the children of Ammon, and took the royal city.” (KJV)

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Lexical meaning

לָחַםlâcham · law-kham'
H3898 · Hebrew

Definition: to feed on; figuratively, to consume; by implication, to battle (as destruction)
Derivation: a primitive root;
KJV renderings: devour, eat, [idiom] ever, fight(-ing), overcome, prevail, (make) war(-ring).
Grammar: וַ — conjunction
יִּלָּ֣חֶם — verb Niphal, sequential imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular
Code HC/VNw3ms
Usage: Occurs 177 times in the Hebrew Bible.Exodus 1:10 Exodus 14:14 Exodus 14:25 Exodus 17:8 Exodus 17:9

Theological interpretation (AI)

The card on the left shows lexical data from published sources. Interpretation is separate: ask the Companion to explain how traditions read לָחַם here.

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Hebrew text: Westminster Leningrad Codex (public domain). Morphology & lemmas: Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible, CC BY 4.0 (hb.openscriptures.org). Lexicon: Strong's Hebrew Dictionary (1894, public domain; JSON edition © Open Scriptures, CC BY-SA). Verse numbers follow the Hebrew text, which occasionally differs from English Bibles.