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לֶחֶם (lechem) n-m (lekh'-em)
Source: from H3898; See also H1036
Meaning: food (for man or beast), especially bread, or grain (for making it)
KJV: (shew-) bread, × eat, food, fruit, loaf, meat, victuals.

Brown, Driver, Briggs lexicon entry

l.bi.ab

לֶ֫חֶם 296 occurrences n.m. and (rarely) f. bread, food

Displaying only every 10^th verse out of 277:

PSA 105:16

OET-LV: 16 And_he/it _called a _famine on the_earth/land every _of staff _of bread he _broke. (PSA_105:16)

OET-RV: 16 He called for a famine in that land—
⇔ ≈ all food supply chains were broken. (PSA 105:16)

GEN 41:55

OET-LV: 55 And_ all _of _it _was _hungry the _land _of Miʦrayim and_it _cried _out the_people to Parˊoh for_food and_ Parˊoh _he/it _said to/from_all/each/any/every Miʦrayim/(Egypt) go to Yōşēf that_which he _will _say to/for_you(pl) you(pl)_will _do. (GEN_41:55)

OET-RV: 55 All the land of Egypt became famished, and the people cried to the king for food, so Far’oh said to all the Egyptians, “Go to Yosef and do whatever he tells you.” (GEN 41:55)

EZE 24:17

OET-LV: 17 Groaning be _silent dead_people mourning not you _must _do turban _of_your bind on_you and_sandals _of_your you _will _put on_feet _of_your and_not you _must _cover over a _moustache and_food _of people not you _must _eat. (EZE_24:17)

OET-RV: 17 You must groan silently. Don’t organise a funeral when she’s dead. Put on your turban and your sandals, but don’t veil your beard, or eat the bread of men who mourn who’ve lost their wives.” (EZE 24:17)

EZE 44:3

OET-LV: 3 DOM the_prince prince he he _will _sit in/on/over_him/it to_eat bread to_(the)_face _of/in _front _of/before YHWH from_the _way _of the _porch _of the _gate he _will _come and_from_way _of_its he _will _go _out. (EZE_44:3)

OET-RV: 3 Only Yisrael’s ruler will sit by it to eat food in front of Yahweh, but he’ll enter via the gate’s porch, and leave the same way.” (EZE 44:3)

ECC 11:1

OET-LV: 11 Send bread _of_your on the _surface _of the_waters if/because in _(the)_abundance _of the_days you_will _find _it. (ECC_11:1)

OET-RV: 11 Throw your bread out onto the waters
⇔ because you’ll find it again in several days. (ECC 11:1)

DEU 10:18

OET-LV: 18 he_is_bringing _about judgement _of a _fatherless _one and_a _widow and_he_is_loving a _sojourner to_give to_him/it food and_clothing. (DEU_10:18)

OET-RV: 18 He delivers fair judgements for the fatherless and for widows, and shows love towards foreigners—giving them food and clothing, (DEU 10:18)

DEU 8:3

OET-LV: 3 And_he_humbled _you and_he_allowed _you _to _hunger and_he_caused _you _to _eat DOM the_manna which not you _had _known and_not they_had _known ancestors _of_your so _as to_make _you _know if/because _that not on the_bread for_him/it_being _alone he _lives the_humankind if/because on every _of (the)_utterance _of the _mouth _of YHWH he _lives the_humankind. (DEU_8:3)

OET-RV: 3 He humbled you by making you hungry and feeding you some stuff that neither you nor your ancestors had heard of, in order to teach you that people don’t just need food, but can only properly live by following what Yahweh says. (DEU 8:3)

ISA 28:28

OET-LV: 28 bread it _is _crushed if/because not to_perpetuity continually _(thresh) anyone_threshes _it and_he _sets _in _motion the _wheel _of his _cart _of_his and_horses _of_his not he_crushes _it. (ISA_28:28)

OET-RV: 28 Grain for bread must be ground because anyone threshing it doesn’t keep at it forever.
⇔ He can run his cart wheel over it and his horses don’t crush it. (ISA 28:28)

KI2 4:8

OET-LV: 8 and_he/it _was the_day and_ ʼElīshāˊ _he/it _passed _through to Shūnēm and_there a _woman great and_she _urged in/on/over_him/it to_eat food and_he/it _was from_sufficiency he_passed _by he _turned _aside to_(to) to_eat food. (KI2_4:8)

OET-RV: 8 One day, Elisha went to Shunem, and there was a wealthy woman there who invited him in for a meal. After that, he dropped in there for a meal whenever he was going past, (KI2 4:8)

LEV 8:26

OET-LV: 26 And_from_the _basket _of (the)_unleavened _bread(s) which to_(the)_face _of/in _front _of/before YHWH he _took a _cake _of unleavened _bread(s) one and_a _cake _of bread _of oil one and_a _wafer one and_he/it _assigned on the_fat(s) and_on the _thigh _of the _right. (LEV_8:26)

OET-RV: 26 Then from the basket of unleavened bread that was there in front of Yahweh, he took one flat bread bun, and one flat bread that had been smeared with oil, and one flat biscuit, and placed them on top of the fat and the right thigh. (LEV 8:26)

EZE 18:7

OET-LV: 7 And_anyone not he _oppressed pledge _of_his a _debt he _returned robbery not he _robbed food _of_his to_the_hungry he _gave and_the_naked he _covered clothing. (EZE_18:7)

OET-RV: 7 who doesn’t oppress anyone, who gives back to debtors what they put up as security for loans, who doesn’t steal but rather gives his food to the hungry and gives clothes to those without them, (EZE 18:7)

EXO 16:32

OET-LV: 32 And_ Mosheh _he/it _said this is_the_message which he _has _commanded YHWH the _fullness _of the _ˊomer from_him/it will_be_for _keeping to_generations _of_your(pl) so _that they _may _see DOM the_bread which I _caused _to _eat you(pl) in_wilderness when_I_brought _out you(pl) from_the _land _of Miʦrayim/(Egypt). (EXO_16:32)

OET-RV: 32 Then Mosheh said, “This is the procedure that Yahweh has commanded: Keep a full measure of it for preservation for your descendants so that they can see the food which I fed you in the wilderness, when I brought you out from Egypt.” (EXO 16:32)

ISA 33:16

OET-LV: 16 He high _places he _will _dwell will _be_strongholds _of cliffs refuge _of_his food _of_his will _be_given water _of_his will _be_reliable. (ISA_33:16)

OET-RV: 16 that person will live in high places—
⇔ the mountain fortress will be their refuge.
⇔ They’ll have a reliable source of food and water. (ISA 33:16)

LEV 23:20

OET-LV: 20 And_he _will _wave the_priest/officer DOM_them with the _bread _of the _first-fruits a _wave-offering to_(the)_face _of/in _front _of/before YHWH with two _of male _lambs a _holy _thing they _will _be to/for_YHWH for_priest. (LEV_23:20)

OET-RV: 20 The priest must raise them along with the firstfruits bread as a wave offering in front of Yahweh, with the two lambs. They will become sacred to Yahweh, but for the priest to eat. (LEV 23:20)

PSA 102:5

OET-LV: 5  it _has _been _struck like_vegetation heart _of_my and_it _has _withered if/because I _have _forgotten from_eating food _of_my. (PSA_102:5)

OET-RV: 5 My skin clings to me
⇔ because of the loud groaning of my bones. (PSA 102:5)

JOB 6:7

OET-LV: 7 It _refuses to_touch_them self _of_my they are_like_the _illness _of my _food _of_my. (JOB_6:7)

OET-RV: 7 My soul refuses to touch them—
⇔ they are like detestable food to me. (JOB 6:7)

GEN 47:19

OET-LV: 19 To/for_what will _we _die to_eyes _of_your both we as _well _as land _of_our buy us and_DOM land _of_our for_food and_we _will _be we and_land _of_our slaves of_Parˊoh and_give seed so_that _we _may _live and_not we _will _die and_the_land not it _will _be _desolate. (GEN_47:19)

OET-RV: 19 Why should we die right in front of you—both we and our land? Buy us and our land in exchange for food, and we and our land will be slaves to Far’oh. And give us seed so that we’ll live and not die, and so that the land won’t be barren.” (GEN 47:19)

DEU 9:9

OET-LV: 9 When_I_went _up to_the_mountain to_take/accept/receive the _tablets _of (the)_stone(s) the _tablets _of the _covenant which he _had _made YHWH with_you(pl) and_I _remained on_mountain forty day[s] and_forty night[s] food not I _ate and_water not I _drank. (DEU_9:9)

OET-RV: 9 When I went up the mountain to receive the stone tablets containing Yahweh’s agreement with you, I stayed up on the mountain for forty days and nights without eating or drinking. (DEU 9:9)

PRO 6:26

OET-LV: 26 If/because the_price a _woman a _prostitute is_to a _round _loaf _of bread and_the_wife _of a _man a _life precious she _hunts. (PRO_6:26)

OET-RV: 26 because the price of a prostitute might be as cheap as a loaf of bread,
⇔ but another man’s wife might cost you your precious life. (PRO 6:26)

KI1 21:4

OET-LV: 4 And_ ʼAḩʼāⱱ _he _went to house _of_his sullen and_furious on the_message which he _had _spoken to_him/it Nāⱱōt the_Yizrəˊ^ʼēlī and_he/it _said not I _will _give to/for_yourself(m) DOM the _inheritance _of my _ancestors _of_my and_he _lay _down on bed _of_his and_he _turned DOM his/its_faces/face and_not he _ate food. (KI1_21:4)

OET-RV: 4 So Ahav went back to his palace bitter and angry because of Navot’s refusal to turn over the land. He refused to eat and went to bed with his face towards the wall, (KI1 21:4)

PRO 25:21

OET-LV: 21 if is_hungry one _of_who_hates _you give_him _to _eat food and_if he_is_thirsty give_him _to _drink water. (PRO_25:21)

OET-RV: 21 Give your enemy food to eat if they’re hungry,
⇔ ≈ and water to drink if they’re thirsty, (PRO 25:21)

LEV 8:31

OET-LV: 31 And_ Mosheh _he/it _said to ʼAhₐron and_near/to sons _of_his boil DOM the_meat the _entrance _of the _tent _of meeting and_there you(pl)_will _eat DOM_him/it and_DOM the_bread which is_in_the _basket _of the _installation _offering(s) just_as I _commanded to_say ʼAhₐron and_sons _of_his they_will _eat _it. (LEV_8:31)

OET-RV: 31 Then Mosheh told Aharon and his sons, “Boil the meat at the entrance to the sacred tent and eat it, along with the flat bread that’s in the basket as part of the ordination offering, just as I had instructed that Aharon and his sons should eat it. (LEV 8:31)

EZE 24:22

OET-LV: 22 And_you(pl)_will _do just_as I _have _done over a _moustache not you(pl)_must _cover and_food _of people not you(pl)_must _eat. (EZE_24:22)

OET-RV: 22 When that happens, you people will do exactly as I’ve done: you won’t veil your beards, or eat the bread of mourning men, (EZE 24:22)

LEV 26:26

OET-LV: 26 When_break_I to/for_you(pl) staff _of bread and_they _will _bake ten women bread _of_your(pl) in_an _oven one and_they _will _bring _back bread _of_your(pl) by_weight and_you(pl)_will _eat and_not you(pl)_will _be _satisfied. (LEV_26:26)

OET-RV: 26 When I limit your food supplies, ten women will bake bread in one oven and it will be rationed by weight—you’ll all eat but never be satisfied. (LEV 26:26)

PRO 28:21

OET-LV: 21 To _pay _regard _to faces not is_good and_on a _piece _of bread he _will _transgress a _man. (PRO_28:21)

OET-RV: 21 It’s not good to show partiality,
⇔ yet a person will break the rules for a piece of bread. (PRO 28:21)

JER 41:1

OET-LV: 41 and_he/it _was in_month the_seventh Ishmael he _came the _son _of Nətan^yāh the _son _of ʼElīshāˊma one_of _the _offspring _of the_royalty and_the _chiefs _of the_king and_ten men with_him/it to Gədal^yāh the _son _of ʼAḩīqām to_(the)_Mizpah and_they _ate there food together at_Mizpah. (JER_41:1)

OET-RV: 41 ◙ (JER 41:1)

GEN 21:14

OET-LV: 14 And_ ʼAⱱrāhām _he _rose _early in_morning and_he/it _took food and_a _skin _of water and_he/it _gave to Hāgār placing on shoulder _of_her and_DOM the_boy and_he_sent _her _away and_she _went and_she _wandered in_the _wilderness _of Bəʼēr. (GEN_21:14)

OET-RV: 14 Abraham got up early the next morning, and got some bread and a skin of water and helped Hagar put them on her shoulder. Then he gave her the child and sent her away, and she left and wandered in the wilderness around Be’er-Sheva. (GEN 21:14)

EZE 13:19

OET-LV: 19 And_you(pl)_have _profaned DOM_me to people _of_my for_handfuls _of barley(s) and_for_fragments _of bread by_putting _to _death persons who not they _will _die and_by_preserving _alive persons who not they _will _live when_you_speak _falsehood to_people _of_my who_listen _to _of (of)_falsehood. (EZE_13:19)

OET-RV: 19 You’ve profaned me among my people for handfuls of barley and crumbs of bread. You people have killed people who shouldn’t have died, and saved the lives of those who shouldn’t have continued to live, because of your lies to my people who heard you. (EZE 13:19)

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