Original Language Studio
Jeremiah 1:19
“And they shall fight against thee; but they shall not prevail against thee; for I am with thee, saith the Lord, to deliver thee.” (KJV)
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Lexical meaning
לָחַםlâcham · law-kham'
H3898 · Hebrew
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
- וְ — conjunction
- נִלְחֲמ֥וּ — verb Niphal, sequential perfect, 3rd person, common, plural
- Usage
- Occurs 177 times in the Hebrew Bible.Exodus 1:10Exodus 14:14Exodus 14:25Exodus 17:8Exodus 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.
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.