Original Language Studio
Deuteronomy 29:5
“And I have led you forty years in the wilderness: your clothes are not waxen old upon you, and thy shoe is not waxen old upon thy foot.” (KJV)
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Lexical meaning
לֶחֶםlechem · lekh'-em
H3899 · Hebrew
H3899 · Hebrew
- Definition
- food (for man or beast), especially bread, or grain (for making it)
- Derivation
- from H3898 (לָחַם); See also H1036 (בֵּית לְעַפְרָה)
- KJV renderings
- (shew-) bread, [idiom] eat, food, fruit, loaf, meat, victuals.
- Grammar
- לֶ֚חֶם — common noun, both genders, singular, absolute
- Usage
- Occurs 299 times in the Hebrew Bible.Genesis 3:19Genesis 14:18Genesis 18:5Genesis 21:14Genesis 25:34
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 לֶחֶם here.
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.