לחם

Arabic

Noun

לחם • (laḥm) m

  1. Judeo-Arabic spelling of لَحْم‎ (laḥm, “meat”)‎‎
    • Numbers 11:4 in Saadia Gaon's Tafsir (circa 10th century)
      ‏ואללפיף אלד֗ין פימא בינהם תשהו שהוה פרג֗ע בנו אסראיל איצ֗א מעהם ובכו וקאלו מן יטעמנא לחמא‎‎
      And the crowd who were among them felt a craving, and the Israelites also wept with them and said, Let us have meat!

Hebrew
Root
ל־ח־ם‎ (l-ḥ-m)

Etymology

Cognate with Arabic لَحْم‎ (laḥm, “meat”).

Pronunciation

Noun

לֶחֶם • (lékhem) m (singular construct לֶחֶם־, Biblical Hebrew pausal form לָחֶם) [pattern: קֶטֶל]

  1. bread
  2. (archaic or poetic) food
  3. (poetic) grain from which bread is made

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