Word Study · Strong's H3899 · Hebrew
לֶחֶם
lechem
lekh'-em
“food (for man or beast), especially bread, or grain (for making it)”
Strong's Dictionary · 1890 · public domain
food (for man or beast), especially bread, or grain (for making it)
Rendered in the KJV as
(shew-) bread, [idiom] eat, food, fruit, loaf, meat, victuals.
- 298occurrencesin the Old Testament
- 30 of 39Old Testament bookswhere the word stands
- 96inflected formsdistinct spellings
Across 298 occurrences
The word itself
Inflected forms · 96
- לֶ֣חֶם25
- לָֽחֶם׃24
- לֶ֖חֶם23
- לֶ֔חֶם20
- לֶ֥חֶם20
- לֶ֙חֶם֙12
- לֶ֤חֶם11
- לָ֑חֶם11
- לֶ֜חֶם8
- הַלֶּ֖חֶם6
- וְלֶ֥חֶם6
- לֶ֛חֶם6
and 84 more spellings in the ledger below.
How it is rendered · 65
- bread72
- food70
- bread of13
- [the] food of12
- the bread10
- [the] bread of9
- bread your6
- bread[s]6
- food his6
- food my6
- and bread5
- food of5
The sense the word carries at each spot — how the translators read it there, not a fixed translation.
How it parses · 23
- noun · masculine singular151
- noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)44
- the definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singular16
- preposition with the article + noun · masculine singular11
- conjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine singular10
- noun · masculine or feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine singular8
- noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singular8
- conjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)7
- noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person masculine singular7
- noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine plural5
- preposition + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)5
- noun · masculine or feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine plural4
Show the grammar codes as tagged
- HNcmsa · 151
- HNcmsc · 44
- HTd/Ncmsa · 16
- HRd/Ncmsa · 11
- HC/Ncmsa · 10
- HNcbsc/Sp1ms · 8
- HNcmsc/Sp3ms · 8
- HC/Ncmsc · 7
- HNcmsc/Sp2ms · 7
- HNcmsc/Sp3mp · 5
- HR/Ncmsc · 5
- HNcbsc/Sp1mp · 4
All 298, in canonical order
The ledger of occurrences
Where this word lives
- 1 Samuel27 of 298 · 9%
- Genesis24 of 298 · 8%
- Leviticus24 of 298 · 8%
- 1 Kings24 of 298 · 8%
- Proverbs23 of 298 · 8%
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Genesis24 occurrences
- Genesis 3:19לֶ֔חֶםlechemnoun · masculine singularBy the sweat of your brow you will eat your bread, until you return to the ground— because out of it were you taken. For dust you are, and to dust you shall return.”here: food
- Genesis 14:18לֶ֣חֶםlechemnoun · masculine singularThen Melchizedek king of Salem brought out bread and wine—since he was priest of God Most High—here: bread
- Genesis 18:5לֶ֜חֶםlechemnoun · masculine singularAnd I will bring a bit of bread so that you may refresh yourselves. This is why you have passed your servant’s way. After that, you may continue on your way.” “Yes,” they replied, “you may do as you have said.”here: bread
- Genesis 21:14לֶחֶם֩lechemnoun · masculine singularEarly in the morning, Abraham got up, took bread and a skin of water, put them on Hagar’s shoulders, and sent her away with the boy. She left and wandered in the Wilderness of Beersheba.here: food
- Genesis 25:34לֶ֚חֶםlechemnoun · masculine singularThen Jacob gave some bread and lentil stew to Esau, who ate and drank and then got up and went away. Thus Esau despised his birthright.here: bread
- Genesis 27:17הַלֶּ֖חֶםhalechemthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singularThen she handed her son Jacob the tasty food and bread she had made.here: the bread
- Genesis 28:20לֶ֛חֶםlechemnoun · masculine singularThen Jacob made a vow, saying, “If God will be with me and watch over me on this journey, and if He will provide me with food to eat and clothes to wear,here: food
- Genesis 31:54לָ֑חֶםlachemnoun · masculine singularThen Jacob offered a sacrifice on the mountain and invited his relatives to eat a meal. And after they had eaten, they spent the night on the mountain.here: food
- Genesis 31:54לֶ֔חֶםlechemnoun · masculine singularThen Jacob offered a sacrifice on the mountain and invited his relatives to eat a meal. And after they had eaten, they spent the night on the mountain.here: food
- Genesis 37:25לֶחֶם֒lechemnoun · masculine singularAnd as they sat down to eat a meal, they looked up and saw a caravan of Ishmaelites coming from Gilead. Their camels were carrying spices, balm, and myrrh on their way down to Egypt.here: bread
- Genesis 39:6הַלֶּ֖חֶםhalechemthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singularSo Potiphar left all that he owned in Joseph’s care; he did not concern himself with anything except the food he ate. Now Joseph was well-built and handsome,here: the food
- Genesis 41:54לָֽחֶם׃lachemnoun · masculine singularthe seven years of famine began, just as Joseph had said. And although there was famine in every country, there was food throughout the land of Egypt.here: food
- Genesis 41:55לַלָּ֑חֶםlalachempreposition with the article + noun · masculine singularWhen extreme hunger came to all the land of Egypt and the people cried out to Pharaoh for food, he told all the Egyptians, “Go to Joseph and do whatever he tells you.”here: for the food
- Genesis 43:25לָֽחֶם׃lachemnoun · masculine singularSince the brothers had been told that they were going to eat a meal there, they prepared their gift for Joseph’s arrival at noon.here: food
- Genesis 43:31לָֽחֶם׃lachemnoun · masculine singularThen he washed his face and came back out. Regaining his composure, he said, “Serve the meal.”here: food
- Genesis 43:32לֶ֔חֶםlechemnoun · masculine singularThey separately served Joseph, his brothers, and the Egyptians. They ate separately because the Egyptians would not eat with the Hebrews, since that was detestable to them.here: food
- Genesis 45:23וָלֶ֧חֶםvalechemconjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine singularAnd he sent to his father the following: ten donkeys loaded with the best of Egypt, and ten female donkeys loaded with grain and bread and provisions for his father’s journey.here: and food
- Genesis 47:12לֶ֖חֶםlechemnoun · masculine singularJoseph also provided his father and brothers and all his father’s household with food for their families.here: food
- Genesis 47:13וְלֶ֤חֶםvelechemconjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine singularThere was no food, however, in all that region, because the famine was so severe; the lands of Egypt and Canaan had been exhausted by the famine.here: and [was] food
- Genesis 47:15לֶ֔חֶםlechemnoun · masculine singularWhen the money from the lands of Egypt and Canaan was gone, all the Egyptians came to Joseph and said, “Give us food. Why should we die before your eyes? For our funds have run out!”here: food
- Genesis 47:17לֶ֜חֶםlechemnoun · masculine singularSo they brought their livestock to Joseph, and he gave them food in exchange for their horses, their flocks and herds, and their donkeys. Throughout that year he provided them with food in exchange for all their livestock.here: food
- Genesis 47:17בַּלֶּ֙חֶם֙balechempreposition with the article + noun · masculine singularSo they brought their livestock to Joseph, and he gave them food in exchange for their horses, their flocks and herds, and their donkeys. Throughout that year he provided them with food in exchange for all their livestock.here: with the food
- Genesis 47:19בַּלָּ֑חֶםbalachempreposition with the article + noun · masculine singularWhy should we perish before your eyes—we and our land as well? Purchase us and our land in exchange for food. Then we, along with our land, will be slaves to Pharaoh. Give us seed that we may live and not die, and that the land may not become desolate.”here: for the food
- Genesis 49:20לַחְמ֑וֹlachmonoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singularAsher’s food will be rich; he shall provide royal delicacies.here: food his
Exodus21 occurrences
- Exodus 2:20לָֽחֶם׃lachemnoun · masculine singular“So where is he?” their father asked. “Why did you leave the man behind? Invite him to have something to eat.”here: food
- Exodus 16:3לֶ֖חֶםlechemnoun · masculine singular“If only we had died by the LORD’s hand in the land of Egypt!” they said. “There we sat by pots of meat and ate our fill of bread, but you have brought us into this desert to starve this whole assembly to death!”here: food
- Exodus 16:4לֶ֖חֶםlechemnoun · masculine singularThen the LORD said to Moses, “Behold, I will rain down bread from heaven for you. Each day the people are to go out and gather enough for that day. In this way I will test whether or not they will follow My instructions.here: bread
- Exodus 16:8וְלֶ֤חֶםvelechemconjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine singularAnd Moses added, “The LORD will give you meat to eat this evening and bread to fill you in the morning, for He has heard your grumbling against Him. Who are we? Your grumblings are not against us but against the LORD.”here: and bread
- Exodus 16:12לָ֑חֶםlachemnoun · masculine singular“I have heard the grumbling of the Israelites. Tell them, ‘At twilight you will eat meat, and in the morning you will be filled with bread. Then you will know that I am the LORD your God.’”here: bread
- Exodus 16:15הַלֶּ֔חֶםhalechemthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singularWhen the Israelites saw it, they asked one another, “What is it?” For they did not know what it was. So Moses told them, “It is the bread that the LORD has given you to eat.here: [is] the bread
- Exodus 16:22לֶ֙חֶם֙lechemnoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)On the sixth day, they gathered twice as much food—two omers per person—and all the leaders of the congregation came and reported this to Moses.here: bread of
- Exodus 16:29לֶ֣חֶםlechemnoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)Understand that the LORD has given you the Sabbath; that is why on the sixth day He will give you bread for two days. On the seventh day, everyone must stay where he is; no one may leave his place.”here: bread of
- Exodus 16:32הַלֶּ֗חֶםhalechemthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singularMoses said, “This is what the LORD has commanded: ‘Keep an omer of manna for the generations to come, so that they may see the bread I fed you in the wilderness when I brought you out of the land of Egypt.’”here: the bread
- Exodus 18:12לֶ֛חֶםlechemnoun · masculine singularThen Moses’ father-in-law Jethro brought a burnt offering and sacrifices to God, and Aaron came with all the elders of Israel to eat bread with Moses’ father-in-law in the presence of God.here: food
- Exodus 23:25לַחְמְךָ֖lachmekhanoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person masculine singularSo you shall serve the LORD your God, and He will bless your bread and your water. And I will take away sickness from among you.here: food your
- Exodus 25:30לֶ֥חֶםlechemnoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)And place the Bread of the Presence on the table before Me at all times.here: bread of
- Exodus 29:2וְלֶ֣חֶםvelechemconjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)along with unleavened bread, unleavened cakes mixed with oil, and unleavened wafers anointed with oil. Make them out of fine wheat flour,here: and bread of
- Exodus 29:23לֶ֜חֶםlechemnoun · masculine singularalong with one loaf of bread, one cake of bread made with oil, and one wafer from the basket of unleavened bread that is before the LORD.here: bread
- Exodus 29:23לֶ֥חֶםlechemnoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)along with one loaf of bread, one cake of bread made with oil, and one wafer from the basket of unleavened bread that is before the LORD.here: bread of
- Exodus 29:32הַלֶּ֖חֶםhalechemthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singularAt the entrance to the Tent of Meeting, Aaron and his sons are to eat the meat of the ram and the bread that is in the basket.here: the bread
- Exodus 29:34הַלֶּ֖חֶםhalechemthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singularAnd if any of the meat of ordination or any bread is left until the morning, you are to burn up the remainder. It must not be eaten, because it is sacred.here: the bread
- Exodus 34:28לֶ֚חֶםlechemnoun · masculine singularSo Moses was there with the LORD forty days and forty nights without eating bread or drinking water. He wrote on the tablets the words of the covenant—the Ten Commandments.here: food
- Exodus 35:13לֶ֥חֶםlechemnoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)the table with its poles, all its utensils, and the Bread of the Presence;here: [the] bread of
- Exodus 39:36לֶ֥חֶםlechemnoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)the table with all its utensils and the Bread of the Presence;here: [the] bread of
- Exodus 40:23לֶ֖חֶםlechemnoun · masculine singularHe arranged the bread on it before the LORD, just as the LORD had commanded him.here: bread
Leviticus24 occurrences
- Leviticus 3:11לֶ֥חֶםlechemnoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)Then the priest is to burn them on the altar as food, an offering made by fire to the LORD.here: food of
- Leviticus 3:16לֶ֤חֶםlechemnoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)Then the priest is to burn the food on the altar as an offering made by fire, a pleasing aroma. All the fat is the LORD’s.here: food of
- Leviticus 7:13לֶ֣חֶםlechemnoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)Along with his peace offering of thanksgiving he is to present an offering with cakes of leavened bread.here: bread of
- Leviticus 8:26לֶ֥חֶםlechemnoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)And from the basket of unleavened bread that was before the LORD, he took one cake of unleavened bread, one cake of bread made with oil, and one wafer, and he placed them on the fat portions and on the right thigh.here: bread of
- Leviticus 8:31הַלֶּ֔חֶםhalechemthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singularAnd Moses said to Aaron and his sons, “Boil the meat at the entrance to the Tent of Meeting and eat it there with the bread that is in the basket of ordination offerings, as I commanded, saying, ‘Aaron and his sons are to eat it.’here: the bread
- Leviticus 8:32וּבַלָּ֑חֶםuvalachemconjunction (“and”) + preposition with the article + noun · masculine singularThen you must burn up the remainder of the meat and bread.here: and in the bread
- Leviticus 21:6לֶ֧חֶםlechemnoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)They must be holy to their God and not profane the name of their God. Because they present to the LORD the offerings made by fire, the food of their God, they must be holy.here: [the] food of
- Leviticus 21:8לֶ֥חֶםlechemnoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)You are to regard him as holy, since he presents the food of your God. He shall be holy to you, because I the LORD am holy—I who set you apart.here: [the] food of
- Leviticus 21:17לֶ֥חֶםlechemnoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)“Say to Aaron, ‘For the generations to come, none of your descendants who has a physical defect may approach to offer the food of his God.here: [the] food of
- Leviticus 21:21לֶ֣חֶםlechemnoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)No descendant of Aaron the priest who has a defect shall approach to present the offerings made by fire to the LORD. Since he has a defect, he is not to come near to offer the food of his God.here: [the] food of
- Leviticus 21:22לֶ֣חֶםlechemnoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)He may eat the most holy food of his God as well as the holy food,here: [the] food of
- Leviticus 22:7לַחְמ֖וֹlachmonoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singularWhen the sun has set, he will become clean, and then he may eat from the sacred offerings, for they are his food.here: [is] food his
- Leviticus 22:11בְלַחְמֽוֹ׃velachmopreposition + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singularBut if a priest buys a slave with his own money, or if a slave is born in his household, that slave may eat his food.here: in food his
- Leviticus 22:13מִלֶּ֥חֶםmilechempreposition + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)But if a priest’s daughter with no children becomes widowed or divorced and returns to her father’s house, she may share her father’s food as in her youth. But no outsider may share it.here: any of [the] food of
- Leviticus 22:25לֶ֥חֶםlechemnoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)Neither you nor a foreigner shall present food to your God from any such animal. They will not be accepted on your behalf, because they are deformed and flawed.’”here: [the] food of
- Leviticus 23:14וְלֶחֶם֩velechemconjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine singularYou must not eat any bread or roasted or new grain until the very day you have brought this offering to your God. This is to be a permanent statute for the generations to come, wherever you live.here: and bread
- Leviticus 23:17לֶ֣חֶםlechemnoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)Bring two loaves of bread from your dwellings as a wave offering, each made from two-tenths of an ephah of fine flour, baked with leaven, as the firstfruits to the LORD.here: bread of
- Leviticus 23:18הַלֶּ֗חֶםhalechemthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singularAlong with the bread you are to present seven unblemished male lambs a year old, one young bull, and two rams. They will be a burnt offering to the LORD, together with their grain offerings and drink offerings—an offering made by fire, a pleasing aroma to the LORD.here: the bread
- Leviticus 23:20לֶ֨חֶםlechemnoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)The priest is to wave the lambs as a wave offering before the LORD, together with the bread of the firstfruits. The bread and the two lambs shall be holy to the LORD for the priest.here: [the] bread of
- Leviticus 24:7לַלֶּ֙חֶם֙lalechempreposition with the article + noun · masculine singularAnd you are to place pure frankincense near each row, so that it may serve as a memorial portion for the bread, an offering made by fire to the LORD.here: to the bread
- Leviticus 26:5לַחְמְכֶם֙lachmekhemnoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person masculine pluralYour threshing will continue until the grape harvest, and the grape harvest will continue until sowing time; you will have your fill of food to eat and will dwell securely in your land.here: bread your
- Leviticus 26:26לֶחֶם֒lechemnoun · masculine singularWhen I cut off your supply of bread, ten women will bake your bread in a single oven and dole out your bread by weight, so that you will eat but not be satisfied.here: bread
- Leviticus 26:26לַחְמְכֶם֙lachmekhemnoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person masculine pluralWhen I cut off your supply of bread, ten women will bake your bread in a single oven and dole out your bread by weight, so that you will eat but not be satisfied.here: bread your
- Leviticus 26:26לַחְמְכֶ֖םlachmekhemnoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person masculine pluralWhen I cut off your supply of bread, ten women will bake your bread in a single oven and dole out your bread by weight, so that you will eat but not be satisfied.here: bread your
Numbers7 occurrences
- Numbers 4:7וְלֶ֥חֶםvelechemconjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)Over the table of the Presence they are to spread a blue cloth and place the plates and cups on it, along with the bowls and pitchers for the drink offering. The regular bread offering is to remain on it.here: and [the] bread of
- Numbers 14:9לַחְמֵ֖נוּlachmenunoun · masculine or feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine pluralOnly do not rebel against the LORD, and do not be afraid of the people of the land, for they will be like bread for us. Their protection has been removed, and the LORD is with us. Do not be afraid of them!”here: [will be] bread our
- Numbers 15:19מִלֶּ֣חֶםmilechempreposition + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)and you eat the food of the land, you shall lift up an offering to the LORD.here: from [the] food of
- Numbers 21:5לֶ֙חֶם֙lechemnoun · masculine singularand spoke against God and against Moses: “Why have you led us up out of Egypt to die in the wilderness? There is no bread or water, and we detest this wretched food!”here: [is] food
- Numbers 21:5בַּלֶּ֖חֶםbalechempreposition with the article + noun · masculine singularand spoke against God and against Moses: “Why have you led us up out of Egypt to die in the wilderness? There is no bread or water, and we detest this wretched food!”here: in the food
- Numbers 28:2לַחְמִ֜יlachminoun · masculine or feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine singular“Command the Israelites and say to them: See that you present to Me at its appointed time the food for My offerings by fire, as a pleasing aroma to Me.here: food my
- Numbers 28:24לֶ֛חֶםlechemnoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)Offer the same food each day for seven days as an offering made by fire, a pleasing aroma to the LORD. It is to be offered with its drink offering and the regular burnt offering.here: food of
Deuteronomy8 occurrences
- Deuteronomy 8:3הַלֶּ֤חֶםhalechemthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singularHe humbled you, and in your hunger He gave you manna to eat, which neither you nor your fathers had known, so that you might understand that man does not live on bread alone, but on every word that comes from the mouth of the LORD.here: the bread
- Deuteronomy 8:9לֶ֔חֶםlechemnoun · masculine singulara land where you will eat food without scarcity, where you will lack nothing; a land whose rocks are iron and whose hills are ready to be mined for copper.here: food
- Deuteronomy 9:9לֶ֚חֶםlechemnoun · masculine singularWhen I went up on the mountain to receive the tablets of stone, the tablets of the covenant that the LORD made with you, I stayed on the mountain forty days and forty nights. I ate no bread and drank no water.here: food
- Deuteronomy 9:18לֶ֚חֶםlechemnoun · masculine singularThen I fell down before the LORD for forty days and forty nights, as I had done the first time. I did not eat bread or drink water because of all the sin you had committed in doing what was evil in the sight of the LORD and provoking Him to anger.here: food
- Deuteronomy 10:18לֶ֥חֶםlechemnoun · masculine singularHe executes justice for the fatherless and widow, and He loves the foreigner, giving him food and clothing.here: food
- Deuteronomy 16:3לֶ֣חֶםlechemnoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)You must not eat leavened bread with it; for seven days you are to eat with it unleavened bread, the bread of affliction, because you left the land of Egypt in haste—so that you may remember for the rest of your life the day you left the land of Egypt.here: bread of
- Deuteronomy 23:4בַּלֶּ֣חֶםbalechempreposition with the article + noun · masculine singularFor they did not meet you with food and water on your way out of Egypt, and they hired Balaam son of Beor from Pethor in Aram-naharaim to curse you.here: with the food
- Deuteronomy 29:6לֶ֚חֶםlechemnoun · masculine singularYou ate no bread and drank no wine or strong drink, so that you might know that I am the LORD your God.here: bread
Joshua2 occurrences
- Joshua 9:5לֶ֣חֶםlechemnoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)They put worn, patched sandals on their feet and threadbare clothing on their bodies, and their whole supply of bread was dry and moldy.here: [the] bread of
- Joshua 9:12לַחְמֵ֗נוּlachmenunoun · masculine or feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine pluralThis bread of ours was warm when we packed it at home on the day we left to come to you. But take a look, it is now dry and moldy.here: bread our
Judges7 occurrences
- Judges 7:13לֶ֤חֶםlechemnoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)And as Gideon arrived, a man was telling his friend about a dream. “Behold, I had a dream,” he said, “and I saw a loaf of barley bread come tumbling into the Midianite camp. It struck the tent so hard that the tent overturned and collapsed.”here: bread of
- Judges 8:5לֶ֔חֶםlechemnoun · masculine singularSo Gideon said to the men of Succoth, “Please give my troops some bread, for they are exhausted, and I am still pursuing Zebah and Zalmunna, the kings of Midian.”here: bread
- Judges 8:6לָֽחֶם׃lachemnoun · masculine singularBut the leaders of Succoth asked, “Are the hands of Zebah and Zalmunna already in your possession, that we should give bread to your army?”here: bread
- Judges 8:15לָֽחֶם׃lachemnoun · masculine singularAnd Gideon went to the men of Succoth and said, “Here are Zebah and Zalmunna, about whom you taunted me, saying, ‘Are the hands of Zebah and Zalmunna already in your possession, that we should give bread to your weary men?’”here: bread
- Judges 13:16בְּלַחְמֶ֔ךָbelachmekhapreposition + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person masculine singularAnd the angel of the LORD replied, “Even if I stay, I will not eat your food. But if you prepare a burnt offering, offer it to the LORD.” For Manoah did not know that it was the angel of the LORD.here: in food your
- Judges 19:5לֶ֖חֶםlechemnoun · masculine singularOn the fourth day, they got up early in the morning and prepared to depart, but the girl’s father said to his son-in-law, “Refresh your heart with a morsel of bread, and then you can go.”here: bread
- Judges 19:19לֶ֣חֶםlechemnoun · masculine singulareven though there is both straw and feed for our donkeys, and bread and wine for me and the maidservant and young man with me. There is nothing that we, your servants, lack.”here: food
Ruth2 occurrences
- Ruth 1:6לָֽחֶם׃lachemnoun · masculine singularWhen Naomi heard in Moab that the LORD had attended to His people by providing them with food, she and her daughters-in-law prepared to leave the land of Moab.here: food
- Ruth 2:14הַלֶּ֔חֶםhalechemthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singularAt mealtime Boaz said to her, “Come over here; have some bread and dip it into the vinegar sauce.” So she sat down beside the harvesters, and he offered her roasted grain, and she ate and was satisfied and had some left over.here: the food
1 Samuel27 occurrences
- 1 Samuel 2:5בַּלֶּ֙חֶם֙balechempreposition with the article + noun · masculine singularThe well-fed hire themselves out for food, but the starving hunger no more. The barren woman gives birth to seven, but she who has many sons pines away.here: for the food
- 1 Samuel 2:36לָ֑חֶםlachemnoun · masculine singularAnd everyone left in your house will come and bow down to him for a piece of silver or a morsel of bread, pleading, “Please appoint me to some priestly office so that I can eat a piece of bread.”’”here: bread
- 1 Samuel 2:36לָֽחֶם׃ סlachemnoun · masculine singularAnd everyone left in your house will come and bow down to him for a piece of silver or a morsel of bread, pleading, “Please appoint me to some priestly office so that I can eat a piece of bread.”’”here: bread
- 1 Samuel 9:7הַלֶּ֙חֶם֙halechemthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singular“If we do go,” Saul replied, “what can we give the man? For the bread in our packs is gone, and there is no gift to take to the man of God. What do we have?”here: the bread
- 1 Samuel 10:3לֶ֔חֶםlechemnoun · masculine singularThen you will go on from there until you come to the Oak of Tabor. Three men going up to God at Bethel will meet you there, one carrying three young goats, another carrying three loaves of bread, and another carrying a skin of wine.here: bread
- 1 Samuel 10:4לֶ֔חֶםlechemnoun · masculine singularThey will greet you and give you two loaves of bread, which you will accept from their hands.here: bread[s]
- 1 Samuel 14:24לֶ֜חֶםlechemnoun · masculine singularNow the men of Israel were in distress that day, for Saul had placed the troops under an oath, saying, “Cursed is the man who eats any food before evening, before I have taken vengeance on my enemies.” So none of the troops tasted any food.here: food
- 1 Samuel 14:24לָֽחֶם׃ סlachemnoun · masculine singularNow the men of Israel were in distress that day, for Saul had placed the troops under an oath, saying, “Cursed is the man who eats any food before evening, before I have taken vengeance on my enemies.” So none of the troops tasted any food.here: food
- 1 Samuel 14:28לֶ֖חֶםlechemnoun · masculine singularThen one of the soldiers told him, “Your father bound the troops with a solemn oath, saying, ‘Cursed is the man who eats food today.’ That is why the people are faint.”here: food
- 1 Samuel 16:20לֶ֙חֶם֙lechemnoun · masculine singularAnd Jesse took a donkey loaded with bread, a skin of wine, and one young goat, and sent them to Saul with his son David.here: bread
- 1 Samuel 17:17לֶ֖חֶםlechemnoun · masculine singularOne day Jesse said to his son David, “Take this ephah of roasted grain and these ten loaves of bread for your brothers and hurry to their camp.here: bread[s]
- 1 Samuel 20:24הַלֶּ֖חֶםhalechemthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singularSo David hid in the field, and when the New Moon had come, the king sat down to eat.here: the food
- 1 Samuel 20:27הַלָּֽחֶם׃halachemthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singularBut on the day after the New Moon, the second day, David’s place was still empty, and Saul asked his son Jonathan, “Why hasn’t the son of Jesse come to the meal either yesterday or today?”here: the food
- 1 Samuel 20:34לֶ֔חֶםlechemnoun · masculine singularJonathan got up from the table in fierce anger and did not eat any food that second day of the month, for he was grieved by his father’s shameful treatment of David.here: food
- 1 Samuel 21:3לֶ֖חֶםlechemnoun · masculine singularNow then, what do you have on hand? Give me five loaves of bread, or whatever can be found.”here: bread[s]
- 1 Samuel 21:4לֶ֥חֶםlechemnoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)“There is no common bread on hand,” the priest replied, “but there is some consecrated bread—provided that the young men have kept themselves from women.”here: [is] bread of
- 1 Samuel 21:4לֶ֤חֶםlechemnoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)“There is no common bread on hand,” the priest replied, “but there is some consecrated bread—provided that the young men have kept themselves from women.”here: [is] bread of
- 1 Samuel 21:6לֶ֗חֶםlechemnoun · masculine singularSo the priest gave him the consecrated bread, since there was no bread there but the Bread of the Presence, which had been removed from before the LORD and replaced with hot bread on the day it was taken away.here: bread
- 1 Samuel 21:6לֶ֤חֶםlechemnoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)So the priest gave him the consecrated bread, since there was no bread there but the Bread of the Presence, which had been removed from before the LORD and replaced with hot bread on the day it was taken away.here: [the] bread of
- 1 Samuel 21:6לֶ֣חֶםlechemnoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)So the priest gave him the consecrated bread, since there was no bread there but the Bread of the Presence, which had been removed from before the LORD and replaced with hot bread on the day it was taken away.here: bread of
- 1 Samuel 22:13לֶ֣חֶםlechemnoun · masculine singularAnd Saul asked him, “Why have you and the son of Jesse conspired against me? You gave him bread and a sword and inquired of God for him so that he could rise up against me to lie in wait, as he is doing today.”here: bread
- 1 Samuel 25:11לַחְמִי֙lachminoun · masculine or feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine singularWhy should I take my bread and water and the meat I have slaughtered for my shearers, and give them to these men whose origin I do not know?”here: bread my
- 1 Samuel 25:18לֶ֜חֶםlechemnoun · masculine singularThen Abigail hurried and took two hundred loaves of bread, two skins of wine, five butchered sheep, five seahs of roasted grain, a hundred clusters of raisins, and two hundred cakes of figs. She loaded them on donkeyshere: bread[s]
- 1 Samuel 28:20לֶ֔חֶםlechemnoun · masculine singularImmediately Saul fell flat on the ground, terrified by the words of Samuel. And his strength was gone, because he had not eaten anything all that day and night.here: food
- 1 Samuel 28:22לֶ֖חֶםlechemnoun · masculine singularNow please listen to your servant and let me set a morsel of bread before you so you may eat and have the strength to go on your way.”here: bread
- 1 Samuel 30:11לֶ֙חֶם֙lechemnoun · masculine singularNow his men found an Egyptian in the field and brought him to David. They gave the man water to drink and food to eat—here: bread
- 1 Samuel 30:12לֶ֙חֶם֙lechemnoun · masculine singulara piece of a fig cake and two clusters of raisins. So he ate and was revived, for he had not had any food or water for three days and three nights.here: food
2 Samuel13 occurrences
- 2 Samuel 3:29לָֽחֶם׃lachemnoun · masculine singularMay it whirl over the heads of Joab and the entire house of his father, and may the house of Joab never be without one having a discharge or skin disease, or one who leans on a staff or falls by the sword or lacks food.”here: bread
- 2 Samuel 3:35לֶ֖חֶםlechemnoun · masculine singularThen all the people came and urged David to eat something while it was still day, but David took an oath, saying, “May God punish me, and ever so severely, if I taste bread or anything else before the sun sets!”here: bread
- 2 Samuel 3:35לֶ֖חֶםlechemnoun · masculine singularThen all the people came and urged David to eat something while it was still day, but David took an oath, saying, “May God punish me, and ever so severely, if I taste bread or anything else before the sun sets!”here: bread
- 2 Samuel 6:19לֶ֙חֶם֙lechemnoun · masculine singularThen he distributed to every man and woman among the multitude of Israel a loaf of bread, a date cake, and a raisin cake. And all the people departed, each for his own home.here: bread
- 2 Samuel 9:7לֶ֛חֶםlechemnoun · masculine singular“Do not be afraid,” said David, “for surely I will show you kindness for the sake of your father Jonathan. I will restore to you all the land of your grandfather Saul, and you will always eat at my table.”here: food
- 2 Samuel 9:10לֶּ֙חֶם֙lechemnoun · masculine singularYou and your sons and servants are to work the ground for him and bring in the harvest, so that your master’s grandson may have food to eat. But Mephibosheth, your master’s grandson, is always to eat at my table.” Now Ziba had fifteen sons and twenty servants.here: food
- 2 Samuel 9:10לֶ֖חֶםlechemnoun · masculine singularYou and your sons and servants are to work the ground for him and bring in the harvest, so that your master’s grandson may have food to eat. But Mephibosheth, your master’s grandson, is always to eat at my table.” Now Ziba had fifteen sons and twenty servants.here: food
- 2 Samuel 12:17לָֽחֶם׃lachemnoun · masculine singularThe elders of his household stood beside him to help him up from the ground, but he was unwilling and would not eat anything with them.here: food
- 2 Samuel 12:20לֶ֖חֶםlechemnoun · masculine singularThen David got up from the ground, washed and anointed himself, changed his clothes, and went into the house of the LORD and worshiped. Then he went to his own house, and at his request they set food before him, and he ate.here: food
- 2 Samuel 12:21לָֽחֶם׃lachemnoun · masculine singular“What is this you have done?” his servants asked. “While the child was alive, you fasted and wept, but when he died, you got up and ate.”here: food
- 2 Samuel 13:5לֶ֗חֶםlechemnoun · masculine singularJonadab told him, “Lie down on your bed and pretend you are ill. When your father comes to see you, say to him, ‘Please let my sister Tamar come and give me something to eat. Let her prepare it in my sight so I may watch her and eat it from her hand.’”here: food
- 2 Samuel 16:1לֶ֜חֶםlechemnoun · masculine singularWhen David had gone a little beyond the summit, Ziba the servant of Mephibosheth was there to meet him. He had a pair of saddled donkeys loaded with two hundred loaves of bread, a hundred clusters of raisins, a hundred summer fruits, and a skin of wine.here: bread[s]
- 2 Samuel 16:2וְהַלֶּ֤חֶםuhalechemconjunction (“and”) + the definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singular“Why do you have these?” asked the king. Ziba replied, “The donkeys are for the king’s household to ride, the bread and summer fruit are for the young men to eat, and the wine is to refresh those who become exhausted in the wilderness.”here: and the bread
1 Kings24 occurrences
- 1 Kings 4:22לֶֽחֶם־lechem-noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)Solomon’s provisions for a single day were thirty cors of fine flour, sixty cors of meal,here: [the] food of
- 1 Kings 5:9לֶ֥חֶםlechemnoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)My servants will haul the logs from Lebanon to the Sea, and I will float them as rafts by sea to the place you specify. There I will separate the logs, and you can take them away. And in exchange, you can meet my needs by providing my household with food.”here: [the] food of
- 1 Kings 7:48לֶ֥חֶםlechemnoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)Solomon also made all the furnishings for the house of the LORD: the golden altar; the golden table on which was placed the Bread of the Presence;here: [the] bread of
- 1 Kings 11:18וְלֶ֙חֶם֙velechemconjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine singularHadad and his men set out from Midian and went to Paran. They took men from Paran with them and went to Egypt, to Pharaoh king of Egypt, who gave Hadad a house and land and provided him with food.here: and food
- 1 Kings 13:8לֶ֙חֶם֙lechemnoun · masculine singularBut the man of God replied, “If you were to give me half your possessions, I still would not go with you, nor would I eat bread or drink water in this place.here: bread
- 1 Kings 13:9לֶ֖חֶםlechemnoun · masculine singularFor this is what I was commanded by the word of the LORD: ‘You must not eat bread or drink water or return by the way you came.’”here: bread
- 1 Kings 13:15לָֽחֶם׃lachemnoun · masculine singularSo the prophet said to the man of God, “Come home with me and eat some bread.”here: bread
- 1 Kings 13:16לֶ֗חֶםlechemnoun · masculine singularBut the man replied, “I cannot return with you or eat bread or drink water with you in this place.here: bread
- 1 Kings 13:17לֶ֔חֶםlechemnoun · masculine singularFor I have been told by the word of the LORD: ‘You must not eat bread or drink water there or return by the way you came.’”here: bread
- 1 Kings 13:18לֶ֖חֶםlechemnoun · masculine singularThen the prophet replied, “I too am a prophet like you, and an angel spoke to me by the word of the LORD, saying, ‘Bring him back with you to your house, so that he may eat bread and drink water.’” The old prophet was lying to him,here: bread
- 1 Kings 13:19לֶ֛חֶםlechemnoun · masculine singularbut the man of God went back with him, ate bread in his house, and drank water.here: bread
- 1 Kings 13:22לֶ֙חֶם֙lechemnoun · masculine singularbut you went back and ate bread and drank water in the place where He told you not to do so, your body shall never reach the tomb of your fathers.’”here: bread
- 1 Kings 13:22לֶ֖חֶםlechemnoun · masculine singularbut you went back and ate bread and drank water in the place where He told you not to do so, your body shall never reach the tomb of your fathers.’”here: bread
- 1 Kings 13:23לֶ֖חֶםlechemnoun · masculine singularAnd after the man of God had finished eating and drinking, the old prophet who had brought him back saddled the donkey for him.here: bread
- 1 Kings 14:3לֶ֧חֶםlechemnoun · masculine singularTake with you ten loaves of bread, some cakes, and a jar of honey, and go to him. He will tell you what will become of the boy.”here: bread[s]
- 1 Kings 17:6לֶ֤חֶםlechemnoun · masculine singularThe ravens would bring him bread and meat in the morning and evening, and he would drink from the brook.here: bread
- 1 Kings 17:6וְלֶ֥חֶםvelechemconjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine singularThe ravens would bring him bread and meat in the morning and evening, and he would drink from the brook.here: and bread
- 1 Kings 17:11לֶ֖חֶםlechemnoun · masculine singularAnd as she was going to get it, he called to her and said, “Please bring me a piece of bread.”here: bread
- 1 Kings 18:4לֶ֥חֶםlechemnoun · masculine singularfor when Jezebel had slaughtered the prophets of the LORD, Obadiah had taken a hundred prophets and hidden them, fifty men per cave, providing them with food and water.)here: food
- 1 Kings 18:13לֶ֥חֶםlechemnoun · masculine singularWas it not reported to my lord what I did when Jezebel slaughtered the prophets of the LORD? I hid a hundred prophets of the LORD, fifty men per cave, and I provided them with food and water.here: food
- 1 Kings 21:4לָֽחֶם׃lachemnoun · masculine singularSo Ahab went to his palace, sullen and angry because Naboth the Jezreelite had told him, “I will not give you the inheritance of my fathers.” He lay down on his bed, turned his face away, and refused to eat.here: food
- 1 Kings 21:5לָֽחֶם׃lachemnoun · masculine singularSoon his wife Jezebel came in and asked, “Why are you so sullen that you refuse to eat?”here: food
- 1 Kings 21:7לֶ֙חֶם֙lechemnoun · masculine singularBut his wife Jezebel said to him, “Do you not reign over Israel? Get up, eat some food, and be cheerful, for I will get you the vineyard of Naboth the Jezreelite.”here: food
- 1 Kings 22:27לֶ֤חֶםlechemnoun · masculine singularand tell them that this is what the king says: ‘Put this man in prison and feed him only bread and water until I return safely.’”here: bread
2 Kings8 occurrences
- 2 Kings 4:8לָ֑חֶםlachemnoun · masculine singularOne day Elisha went to Shunem, and a prominent woman who lived there persuaded him to have a meal. So whenever he would pass by, he would stop there to eat.here: food
- 2 Kings 4:8לָֽחֶם׃lachemnoun · masculine singularOne day Elisha went to Shunem, and a prominent woman who lived there persuaded him to have a meal. So whenever he would pass by, he would stop there to eat.here: food
- 2 Kings 4:42לֶ֤חֶםlechemnoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)Now a man from Baal-shalishah came to the man of God with a sack of twenty loaves of barley bread from the first ripe grain. “Give it to the people to eat,” said Elisha.here: bread of
- 2 Kings 4:42לֶ֣חֶםlechemnoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)Now a man from Baal-shalishah came to the man of God with a sack of twenty loaves of barley bread from the first ripe grain. “Give it to the people to eat,” said Elisha.here: bread[s] of
- 2 Kings 6:22לֶ֨חֶםlechemnoun · masculine singular“Do not kill them,” he replied. “Would you kill those you have captured with your own sword or bow? Set food and water before them, that they may eat and drink and then return to their master.”here: food
- 2 Kings 18:32לֶ֣חֶםlechemnoun · masculine singularuntil I come and take you away to a land like your own—a land of grain and new wine, a land of bread and vineyards, a land of olive trees and honey—so that you may live and not die. But do not listen to Hezekiah, for he misleads you when he says, ‘The LORD will deliver us.’here: bread
- 2 Kings 25:3לֶ֖חֶםlechemnoun · masculine singularBy the ninth day of the fourth month, the famine in the city was so severe that the people of the land had no food.here: food
- 2 Kings 25:29לֶ֧חֶםlechemnoun · masculine singularSo Jehoiachin changed out of his prison clothes, and he dined regularly at the king’s table for the rest of his life.here: bread
1 Chronicles4 occurrences
- 1 Chronicles 9:32לֶ֣חֶםlechemnoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)Some of their Kohathite brothers were responsible for preparing the rows of the showbread every Sabbath.here: [the] bread of
- 1 Chronicles 12:40לֶ֡חֶםlechemnoun · masculine singularAnd their neighbors from as far away as Issachar, Zebulun, and Naphtali came bringing food on donkeys, camels, mules, and oxen—abundant supplies of flour, fig cakes and raisin cakes, wine and oil, oxen and sheep. Indeed, there was joy in Israel.here: food
- 1 Chronicles 16:3לֶ֔חֶםlechemnoun · masculine singularThen he distributed to every man and woman of Israel a loaf of bread, a date cake, and a raisin cake.here: bread
- 1 Chronicles 23:29וּלְלֶ֨חֶםulelechemconjunction (“and”) + preposition + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)as well as for the rows of the showbread, the fine flour for the grain offering, the wafers of unleavened bread, the baking, the mixing, and all measurements of quantity and size.here: and to [the] bread of
2 Chronicles3 occurrences
- 2 Chronicles 4:19לֶ֥חֶםlechemnoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)Solomon also made all the furnishings for the house of God: the golden altar; the tables on which was placed the Bread of the Presence;here: [the] bread of
- 2 Chronicles 13:11לֶ֜חֶםlechemnoun · masculine singularEvery morning and every evening they present burnt offerings and fragrant incense to the LORD. They set out the rows of showbread on the ceremonially clean table, and every evening they light the lamps of the gold lampstand. We are carrying out the requirements of the LORD our God, while you have forsaken Him.here: bread
- 2 Chronicles 18:26לֶ֤חֶםlechemnoun · masculine singularand tell them that this is what the king says: ‘Put this man in prison and feed him only bread and water until I return safely.’”here: bread
Nehemiah6 occurrences
- Nehemiah 5:14לֶ֥חֶםlechemnoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)Furthermore, from the day King Artaxerxes appointed me to be their governor in the land of Judah, from his twentieth year until his thirty-second year (twelve years total), neither I nor my brothers ate the food allotted to the governor.here: [the] food of
- Nehemiah 5:15בְּלֶ֤חֶםbelechempreposition + noun · masculine singularThe governors before me had heavily burdened the people, taking from them bread and wine plus forty shekels of silver. Their servants also oppressed the people, but I did not do this because of my fear of God.here: in food
- Nehemiah 5:18לֶ֤חֶםlechemnoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)Each day one ox, six choice sheep, and some fowl were prepared for me, and once every ten days an abundance of all kinds of wine was provided. But I did not demand the food allotted to the governor, because the burden on the people was so heavy.here: [the] food of
- Nehemiah 9:15וְ֠לֶחֶםvelechemconjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine singularIn their hunger You gave them bread from heaven; in their thirst You brought them water from the rock. You told them to go in and possess the land which You had sworn to give them.here: and bread
- Nehemiah 10:33לְלֶ֣חֶםlelechempreposition + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)for the showbread, for the regular grain offerings and burnt offerings, for the Sabbath offerings, for the New Moons and appointed feasts, for the holy offerings, for the sin offerings to make atonement for Israel, and for all the duties of the house of our God.here: for [the] bread of
- Nehemiah 13:2בַּלֶּ֣חֶםbalechempreposition with the article + noun · masculine singularbecause they had not met the Israelites with food and water, but had hired Balaam to call down a curse against them (although our God had turned the curse into a blessing).here: with the food
Job11 occurrences
- Job 3:24לַ֭חְמִיlachminoun · masculine or feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine singularI sigh when food is put before me, and my groans pour out like water.here: food my
- Job 6:7לַחְמִֽי׃lachminoun · masculine or feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine singularMy soul refuses to touch them; they are loathsome food to me.here: food my
- Job 15:23לַלֶּ֣חֶםlalechempreposition with the article + noun · masculine singularHe wanders about as food for vultures; he knows the day of darkness is at hand.here: for the food
- Job 20:14לַ֭חְמוֹlachmonoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singularyet in his stomach his food sours into the venom of cobras within him.here: food his
- Job 22:7לָֽחֶם׃lachemnoun · masculine singularYou gave no water to the weary and withheld food from the famished,here: bread
- Job 24:5לֶ֝֗חֶםlechemnoun · masculine singularIndeed, like wild donkeys in the desert, the poor go to work foraging for food; the wasteland is food for their children.here: food
- Job 27:14לָֽחֶם׃lachemnoun · masculine singularThough his sons are many, they are destined for the sword; and his offspring will never have enough food.here: bread
- Job 28:5לָ֑חֶםlachemnoun · masculine singularFood may come from the earth, but from below it is transformed as by fire.here: food
- Job 30:4לַחְמָֽם׃lachmamnoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine pluralThey plucked mallow among the shrubs, and the roots of the broom tree were their food.here: [for] food their
- Job 33:20לָ֑חֶםlachemnoun · masculine singularso that he detests his bread, and his soul loathes his favorite food.here: bread
- Job 42:11לֶחֶם֮lechemnoun · masculine singularAll his brothers and sisters and prior acquaintances came and dined with him in his house. They consoled him and comforted him over all the adversity that the LORD had brought upon him. And each one gave him a piece of silver and a gold ring.here: bread
Psalms19 occurrences
- Psalms 14:4לֶ֑חֶםlechemnoun · masculine singularWill the workers of iniquity never learn? They devour my people like bread; they refuse to call upon the LORD.here: bread
- Psalms 37:25לָֽחֶם׃lachemnoun · masculine singularI once was young and now am old, yet never have I seen the righteous abandoned or their children begging for bread.here: food
- Psalms 41:9לַחְמִ֑יlachminoun · masculine or feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine singularEven my close friend whom I trusted, the one who shared my bread, has lifted up his heel against me.here: food my
- Psalms 42:3לֶ֭חֶםlechemnoun · masculine singularMy tears have been my food both day and night, while men ask me all day long, “Where is your God?”here: food
- Psalms 53:4לֶ֑חֶםlechemnoun · masculine singularWill the workers of iniquity never learn? They devour my people like bread; they refuse to call upon God.here: bread
- Psalms 78:20לֶ֭חֶםlechemnoun · masculine singularWhen He struck the rock, water gushed out and torrents raged. But can He also give bread or supply His people with meat?”here: food
- Psalms 78:25לֶ֣חֶםlechemnoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)Man ate the bread of angels; He sent them food in abundance.here: bread of
- Psalms 80:5לֶ֣חֶםlechemnoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)You fed them with the bread of tears and made them drink the full measure of their tears.here: bread of
- Psalms 102:4לַחְמִֽי׃lachminoun · masculine or feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine singularMy heart is afflicted, and withered like grass; I even forget to eat my bread.here: food my
- Psalms 102:9כַּלֶּ֣חֶםkalechempreposition with the article + noun · masculine singularFor I have eaten ashes like bread and mixed my drink with tearshere: like the food
- Psalms 104:14לֶ֝֗חֶםlechemnoun · masculine singularHe makes the grass grow for the livestock and provides crops for man to cultivate, bringing forth food from the earth:here: food
- Psalms 104:15וְ֝לֶ֗חֶםvelechemconjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine singularwine that gladdens the heart of man, oil that makes his face to shine, and bread that sustains his heart.here: and food
- Psalms 105:16לֶ֥חֶםlechemnoun · masculine singularHe called down famine on the land and cut off all their supplies of food.here: bread
- Psalms 105:40וְלֶ֥חֶםvelechemconjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)They asked, and He brought quail and satisfied them with the bread of heaven.here: and bread of
- Psalms 127:2לֶ֣חֶםlechemnoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)In vain you rise early and stay up late, toiling for bread to eat— for He gives sleep to His beloved.here: of [the] bread of
- Psalms 132:15לָֽחֶם׃lachemnoun · masculine singularI will bless her with abundant provisions; I will satisfy her poor with bread.here: food
- Psalms 136:25לֶ֭חֶםlechemnoun · masculine singularHe gives food to every creature. His loving devotion endures forever.here: food
- Psalms 146:7לֶ֭חֶםlechemnoun · masculine singularHe executes justice for the oppressed and gives food to the hungry. The LORD sets the prisoners free,here: food
- Psalms 147:9לַחְמָ֑הּlachmahnoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person feminine singularHe provides food for the animals, and for the young ravens when they call.here: food its
Proverbs23 occurrences
- Proverbs 4:17לֶ֣חֶםlechemnoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)For they eat the bread of wickedness and drink the wine of violence.here: [the] bread of
- Proverbs 6:8לַחְמָ֑הּlachmahnoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person feminine singularit prepares its provisions in summer; it gathers its food at harvest.here: food its
- Proverbs 6:26לָ֥חֶםlachemnoun · masculine singularFor the levy of the prostitute is poverty, and the adulteress preys upon your very life.here: bread
- Proverbs 9:5בְֽלַחֲמִ֑יvelachamipreposition + noun · masculine or feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine singular“Come, eat my bread and drink the wine I have mixed.here: in food my
- Proverbs 9:17וְלֶ֖חֶםvelechemconjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)“Stolen water is sweet, and bread eaten in secret is tasty!”here: and bread of
- Proverbs 12:9לָֽחֶם׃lachemnoun · masculine singularBetter to be lightly esteemed yet have a servant, than to be self-important but lack food.here: food
- Proverbs 12:11לָ֑חֶםlachemnoun · masculine singularThe one who works his land will have plenty of food, but whoever chases fantasies lacks judgment.here: food
- Proverbs 20:13לָֽחֶם׃lachemnoun · masculine singularDo not love sleep, or you will grow poor; open your eyes, and you will have plenty of food.here: food
- Proverbs 20:17לֶ֣חֶםlechemnoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)Food gained by fraud is sweet to a man, but later his mouth is full of gravel.here: food of
- Proverbs 22:9מִלַּחְמ֣וֹmilachmopreposition + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singularA generous man will be blessed, for he shares his bread with the poor.here: some of food his
- Proverbs 23:3לֶ֣חֶםlechemnoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)Do not crave his delicacies, for that food is deceptive.here: [is] food of
- Proverbs 23:6לֶ֭חֶםlechemnoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)Do not eat the bread of a stingy man, and do not crave his delicacies;here: [the] food of
- Proverbs 25:21לָ֑חֶםlachemnoun · masculine singularIf your enemy is hungry, give him food to eat, and if he is thirsty, give him water to drink.here: food
- Proverbs 27:27לְֽ֭לַחְמְךָlelachmekhapreposition + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person masculine singularYou will have plenty of goats’ milk to feed you— food for your household and nourishment for your maidservants.here: for food your
- Proverbs 27:27לְלֶ֣חֶםlelechempreposition + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)You will have plenty of goats’ milk to feed you— food for your household and nourishment for your maidservants.here: for [the] food of
- Proverbs 28:3לָֽחֶם׃lachemnoun · masculine singularA destitute leader who oppresses the poor is like a driving rain that leaves no food.here: [is] food
- Proverbs 28:19לָ֑חֶםlachemnoun · masculine singularThe one who works his land will have plenty of food, but whoever chases fantasies will have his fill of poverty.here: food
- Proverbs 28:21לֶ֝֗חֶםlechemnoun · masculine singularTo show partiality is not good, yet a man will do wrong for a piece of bread.here: bread
- Proverbs 30:8לֶ֣חֶםlechemnoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)Keep falsehood and deceitful words far from me. Give me neither poverty nor riches; feed me with the bread that is my portion.here: [the] food of
- Proverbs 30:22לָֽחֶם׃lachemnoun · masculine singulara servant who becomes king, a fool who is filled with food,here: food
- Proverbs 30:25לַחְמָֽם׃lachmamnoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine pluralThe ants are creatures of little strength, yet they store up their food in the summer;here: food their
- Proverbs 31:14לַחְמָֽהּ׃lachmahnoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person feminine singularShe is like the merchant ships, bringing her food from afar.here: food her
- Proverbs 31:27וְלֶ֥חֶםvelechemconjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)She watches over the affairs of her household and does not eat the bread of idleness.here: and [the] bread of
Ecclesiastes4 occurrences
- Ecclesiastes 9:7לַחְמֶ֔ךָlachmekhanoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person masculine singularGo, eat your bread with joy, and drink your wine with a cheerful heart, for God has already approved your works:here: food your
- Ecclesiastes 9:11לֶ֙חֶם֙lechemnoun · masculine singularI saw something else under the sun: The race is not to the swift, nor the battle to the strong; neither is the bread to the wise, nor the wealth to the intelligent, nor the favor to the skillful. For time and chance happen to all.here: food
- Ecclesiastes 10:19לֶ֔חֶםlechemnoun · masculine singularA feast is prepared for laughter, and wine makes life merry, but money is the answer for everything.here: food
- Ecclesiastes 11:1לַחְמְךָ֖lachmekhanoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person masculine singularCast your bread upon the waters, for after many days you will find it again.here: bread your
Isaiah16 occurrences
- Isaiah 3:1לֶ֔חֶםlechemnoun · masculine singularFor behold, the Lord GOD of Hosts is about to remove from Jerusalem and Judah both supply and support: the whole supply of food and water,here: food
- Isaiah 3:7לֶ֖חֶםlechemnoun · masculine singularOn that day he will cry aloud: “I am not a healer. I have no food or clothing in my house. Do not make me leader of the people!”here: [is] food
- Isaiah 4:1לַחְמֵ֣נוּlachmenunoun · masculine or feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine pluralIn that day seven women will take hold of one man and say, “We will eat our own bread and provide our own clothes. Just let us be called by your name. Take away our disgrace!”here: own food our
- Isaiah 21:14בְּלַחְמ֖וֹbelachmopreposition + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singularBring water for the thirsty, O dwellers of Tema; meet the refugees with food.here: with bread his
- Isaiah 28:28לֶ֣חֶםlechemnoun · masculine singularGrain for bread must be ground, but it is not endlessly threshed. Though the wheels of the cart roll over it, the horses do not crush it.here: bread
- Isaiah 30:20לֶ֥חֶםlechemnoun · masculine singularThe Lord will give you the bread of adversity and the water of affliction, but your Teacher will no longer hide Himself—with your own eyes you will see Him.here: bread
- Isaiah 30:23וְלֶ֙חֶם֙velechemconjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine singularThen He will send rain for the seed that you have sown in the ground, and the food that comes from your land will be rich and plentiful. On that day your cattle will graze in open pastures.here: and [will be] food
- Isaiah 33:16לַחְמ֣וֹlachmonoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singularhe will dwell on the heights; the mountain fortress will be his refuge; his food will be provided and his water assured.here: food his
- Isaiah 36:17לֶ֖חֶםlechemnoun · masculine singularuntil I come and take you away to a land like your own—a land of grain and new wine, a land of bread and vineyards.here: bread
- Isaiah 44:15לָ֑חֶםlachemnoun · masculine singularIt serves as fuel for man. He takes some of it to warm himself, and he kindles a fire and bakes his bread; he even fashions it into a god and worships it; he makes an idol and bows down to it.here: bread
- Isaiah 44:19לֶ֔חֶםlechemnoun · masculine singularAnd no one considers in his heart, no one has the knowledge or insight to say, “I burned half of it in the fire, and I baked bread on its coals; I roasted meat and I ate. Shall I make something detestable with the rest of it? Shall I bow down to a block of wood?”here: bread
- Isaiah 51:14לַחְמֽוֹ׃lachmonoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singularThe captive will soon be freed; he will not die in the dungeon, and his bread will not be lacking.here: food his
- Isaiah 55:2לֶ֔חֶםlechemnoun · masculine singularWhy spend money on that which is not bread, and your labor on that which does not satisfy? Listen carefully to Me, and eat what is good, and your soul will delight in the richest of foods.here: bread
- Isaiah 55:10וְלֶ֖חֶםvelechemconjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine singularFor just as rain and snow fall from heaven and do not return without watering the earth, making it bud and sprout, and providing seed to sow and food to eat,here: and bread
- Isaiah 58:7לַחְמֶ֔ךָlachmekhanoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person masculine singularIsn’t it to share your bread with the hungry, to bring the poor and homeless into your home, to clothe the naked when you see him, and not to turn away from your own flesh and blood?here: bread your
- Isaiah 65:25לַחְמ֑וֹlachmonoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singularThe wolf and the lamb will feed together, and the lion will eat straw like the ox, but the food of the serpent will be dust. They will neither harm nor destroy on all My holy mountain,” says the LORD.here: food its
Jeremiah10 occurrences
- Jeremiah 5:17וְלַחְמֶ֗ךָvelachmekhaconjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person masculine singularThey will devour your harvest and food; they will consume your sons and daughters; they will eat up your flocks and herds; they will feed on your vines and fig trees. With the sword they will destroy the fortified cities in which you trust.”here: and food your
- Jeremiah 11:19בְּלַחְמוֹ֙belachmopreposition + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singularFor I was like a gentle lamb led to slaughter; I did not know that they had plotted against me: “Let us destroy the tree with its fruit; let us cut him off from the land of the living, that his name may be remembered no more.”here: with bread its
- Jeremiah 37:21לֶ֤חֶםlechemnoun · masculine singularSo King Zedekiah gave orders for Jeremiah to be placed in the courtyard of the guard and given a loaf of bread daily from the street of the bakers, until all the bread in the city was gone. So Jeremiah remained in the courtyard of the guard.here: bread
- Jeremiah 37:21הַלֶּ֖חֶםhalechemthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singularSo King Zedekiah gave orders for Jeremiah to be placed in the courtyard of the guard and given a loaf of bread daily from the street of the bakers, until all the bread in the city was gone. So Jeremiah remained in the courtyard of the guard.here: the bread
- Jeremiah 38:9הַלֶּ֛חֶםhalechemthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singular“My lord the king, these men have acted wickedly in all that they have done to Jeremiah the prophet. They have dropped him into the cistern, where he will starve to death, for there is no more bread in the city.”here: [is] the food
- Jeremiah 41:1לֶ֛חֶםlechemnoun · masculine singularIn the seventh month, Ishmael son of Nethaniah, the son of Elishama, who was a member of the royal family and one of the king’s chief officers, came with ten men to Gedaliah son of Ahikam at Mizpah, and they ate a meal together there.here: food
- Jeremiah 42:14וְלַלֶּ֥חֶםvelalechemconjunction (“and”) + preposition with the article + noun · masculine singularand if you say, ‘No, but we will go to the land of Egypt and live there, where we will not see war or hear the sound of the ram’s horn or hunger for bread,’here: and for the bread
- Jeremiah 44:17לֶ֙חֶם֙lechemnoun · masculine singularInstead, we will do everything we vowed to do: We will burn incense to the Queen of Heaven and offer drink offerings to her, just as we, our fathers, our kings, and our officials did in the cities of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem. At that time we had plenty of food and good things, and we saw no disaster.here: food
- Jeremiah 52:6לֶ֖חֶםlechemnoun · masculine singularBy the ninth day of the fourth month, the famine in the city was so severe that the people of the land had no food.here: food
- Jeremiah 52:33לֶ֧חֶםlechemnoun · masculine singularSo Jehoiachin changed out of his prison clothes, and he dined regularly at the king’s table for the rest of his life.here: food
Lamentations4 occurrences
- Lamentations 1:11לֶ֔חֶםlechemnoun · masculine singularAll her people groan as they search for bread. They have traded their treasures for food to keep themselves alive. Look, O LORD, and consider, for I have become despised.here: bread
- Lamentations 4:4לֶ֔חֶםlechemnoun · masculine singularThe nursing infant’s tongue clings in thirst to the roof of his mouth. Little children beg for bread, but no one gives them any.here: bread
- Lamentations 5:6לָֽחֶם׃lachemnoun · masculine singularWe submitted to Egypt and Assyria to get enough bread.here: bread
- Lamentations 5:9לַחְמֵ֔נוּlachmenunoun · masculine or feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine pluralWe get our bread at the risk of our lives because of the sword in the wilderness.here: bread our
Ezekiel20 occurrences
- Ezekiel 4:9לְלָ֑חֶםlelachempreposition + noun · masculine singularBut take wheat, barley, beans, lentils, millet, and spelt; put them in a single container and make them into bread for yourself. This is what you are to eat during the 390 days you lie on your side.here: into bread
- Ezekiel 4:13לַחְמָ֖םlachmamnoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine pluralThen the LORD said, “This is how the Israelites will eat their defiled bread among the nations to which I will banish them.”here: bread their
- Ezekiel 4:15לַחְמְךָ֖lachmekhanoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person masculine singular“Look,” He replied, “I will let you use cow dung instead of human excrement, and you may bake your bread over that.”here: bread your
- Ezekiel 4:16לֶ֙חֶם֙lechemnoun · masculine singularThen He told me, “Son of man, I am going to cut off the supply of food in Jerusalem. They will anxiously eat bread rationed by weight, and in despair they will drink water by measure.here: bread
- Ezekiel 4:16לֶ֥חֶםlechemnoun · masculine singularThen He told me, “Son of man, I am going to cut off the supply of food in Jerusalem. They will anxiously eat bread rationed by weight, and in despair they will drink water by measure.here: bread
- Ezekiel 4:17לֶ֣חֶםlechemnoun · masculine singularSo they will lack food and water; they will be appalled at the sight of one another wasting away in their iniquity.here: bread
- Ezekiel 5:16לָֽחֶם׃lachemnoun · masculine singularWhen I shower you with the deadly arrows of famine and destruction that I will send to destroy you, I will intensify the famine against you and cut off your supply of food.here: bread
- Ezekiel 12:18לַחְמְךָ֖lachmekhanoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person masculine singular“Son of man, eat your bread with trembling, and drink your water with quivering and anxiety.here: food your
- Ezekiel 12:19לַחְמָם֙lachmamnoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine pluralThen tell the people of the land that this is what the Lord GOD says about those living in Jerusalem and in the land of Israel: ‘They will eat their bread with anxiety and drink their water in dread, for their land will be stripped of everything in it because of the violence of all who dwell in it.here: food their
- Ezekiel 13:19לֶחֶם֒lechemnoun · masculine singularYou have profaned Me among My people for handfuls of barley and scraps of bread. By lying to My people who would listen, you have killed those who should not have died and spared those who should not have lived.here: bread
- Ezekiel 14:13לָ֑חֶםlachemnoun · masculine singular“Son of man, if a land sins against Me by acting unfaithfully, and I stretch out My hand against it to cut off its supply of food, to send famine upon it, and to cut off from it both man and beast,here: bread
- Ezekiel 16:19וְלַחְמִי֩velachmiconjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine or feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine singularAnd you set before them as a pleasing aroma the food I had given you—the fine flour, oil, and honey that I had fed you. That is what happened, declares the Lord GOD.here: and food my
- Ezekiel 16:49לֶ֜חֶםlechemnoun · masculine singularNow this was the iniquity of your sister Sodom: She and her daughters were arrogant, overfed, and complacent; they did not help the poor and needy.here: food
- Ezekiel 18:7לַחְמוֹ֙lachmonoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singularHe does not oppress another, but restores the pledge to the debtor. He does not commit robbery, but gives his bread to the hungry and covers the naked with clothing.here: food his
- Ezekiel 18:16לַחְמוֹ֙lachmonoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singularHe does not oppress another, or retain a pledge, or commit robbery. He gives his bread to the hungry and covers the naked with clothing.here: food his
- Ezekiel 24:17וְלֶ֥חֶםvelechemconjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)Groan quietly; do not mourn for the dead. Put on your turban and strap your sandals on your feet; do not cover your lips or eat the bread of mourners.”here: and food of
- Ezekiel 24:22וְלֶ֥חֶםvelechemconjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)Then you will do as I have done: You will not cover your lips or eat the bread of mourners.here: and food of
- Ezekiel 44:3לֶ֖חֶםlechemnoun · masculine singularOnly the prince himself may sit inside the gateway to eat in the presence of the LORD. He must enter by way of the portico of the gateway and go out the same way.”here: bread
- Ezekiel 44:7לַחְמִי֙lachminoun · masculine or feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine singularIn addition to all your other abominations, you brought in foreigners uncircumcised in both heart and flesh to occupy My sanctuary; you defiled My temple when you offered My food—the fat and the blood; you broke My covenant.here: food my
- Ezekiel 48:18לְלֶ֔חֶםlelechempreposition + noun · masculine singularThe remainder of the length bordering the holy portion and running adjacent to it will be 10,000 cubits on the east side and 10,000 cubits on the west side. Its produce will supply food for the workers of the city.here: into food
Hosea3 occurrences
- Hosea 2:5לַחְמִי֙lachminoun · masculine or feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine singularFor their mother has played the harlot and has conceived them in disgrace. For she thought, ‘I will go after my lovers, who give me bread and water, wool and linen, oil and drink.’here: of food my
- Hosea 9:4כְּלֶ֤חֶםkelechempreposition + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)They will not pour out wine offerings to the LORD, and their sacrifices will not please Him, but will be to them like the bread of mourners; all who eat will be defiled. For their bread will be for themselves; it will not enter the house of the LORD.here: [will be] like bread of
- Hosea 9:4לַחְמָ֣םlachmamnoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine pluralThey will not pour out wine offerings to the LORD, and their sacrifices will not please Him, but will be to them like the bread of mourners; all who eat will be defiled. For their bread will be for themselves; it will not enter the house of the LORD.here: bread their
Amos3 occurrences
- Amos 4:6לֶ֔חֶםlechemnoun · masculine singular“I beset all your cities with cleanness of teeth and all your towns with lack of bread, yet you did not return to Me,” declares the LORD.here: bread
- Amos 7:12לֶ֔חֶםlechemnoun · masculine singularAnd Amaziah said to Amos, “Go away, you seer! Flee to the land of Judah; earn your bread there and do your prophesying there.here: bread
- Amos 8:11לַלֶּ֙חֶם֙lalechempreposition with the article + noun · masculine singularBehold, the days are coming, declares the Lord GOD, when I will send a famine on the land— not a famine of bread or a thirst for water, but a famine of hearing the words of the LORD.here: for the bread
