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OSHB Jdg 19:2 לֶחֶם (leḩem) Strongs=1035 Lemma=‘בֵּית לֶחֶם’
contextual word gloss=‘-lehem’ possible word glosses=‘food / grain / bread’
Morphology=Np PoS=proper_noun
Year=-1406

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Other uses (21) of identical word form לֶחֶם (Morphology=Np PoS=proper_noun) in the Hebrew originals

The word form ‘לֶחֶם’ (Morphology=Np PoS=proper_noun) has 2 different glosses: ‘-lehem’, ‘food/grain/bread’.

JDG 17:7 word gloss=‘food / grain / bread’ OSHB JDG 17:7 word 4

OET-LV: 7 and_he/it _was a _young _man from food/grain/bread Yəhūdāh/(Judah) from_the _tribe _of Yəhūdāh and_he was_a _Lēviyyiy and_he was_sojourning there. (JDG_17:7)

OET-RV: 7 Now there was a young Levite man from the family of Yehudah who’d been staying in Bethlehem (in Yehudah). (JDG 17:7)

JDG 17:8 word gloss=‘food / grain / bread’ OSHB JDG 17:8 word 5

OET-LV: 8 And_he/it _went the_man from_the_city from food/grain/bread Yəhūdāh to_sojourn in_where he _will _find and_he _came the _hill _country _of ʼEfrayim to the _house _of Mīkāh for_doing its_road/course. (JDG_17:8)

OET-RV: 8 He left Bethlehem to find another place to say, and on his way, he ended up arriving at Micah’s place in the Efrayimite hill country. (JDG 17:8)

JDG 17:9 word gloss=‘food / grain / bread’ OSHB JDG 17:9 word 11

OET-LV: 9 And_he/it _said to_him/it Mīkāh from_where do _you _come and_he/it _said to_him/it am_a _Lēviyyiy I from food/grain/bread Yəhūdāh and_I am_going to_sojourn in_where I _will _find. (JDG_17:9)

OET-RV: 9 “Where have you come from?” Micah asked him.
¶ “I’m a Levite from Bethlehem in Yehudah,” he replied, “and I’m trying to find a good place to stay a while.” (JDG 17:9)

JDG 19:1 word gloss=‘food / grain / bread’ OSHB JDG 19:1 word 19

OET-LV: 19 and_he/it _was in _the_days the_those and_a _king there_was_not in_Yisrā^ʼēl/(Israel) and_he/it _was a _man a _Lēviyyiy sojourning in_the _the _remotest _parts _of the _hill _country _of ʼEfrayim and_he/it _took to_him/it a _woman a _concubine from food/grain/bread Yəhūdāh/(Judah). (JDG_19:1)

OET-RV: 19 In those days when there was no king over Yisrael, there was a Levite man who was staying in the remotest parts of the hill country of Efrayim. He took a slave-wife for himself from Bethlehem in Yehudah. (JDG 19:1)

JDG 19:18 word gloss=‘food / grain / bread’ OSHB JDG 19:18 word 6

OET-LV: 18 And_he/it _said to_him/it are_passing we from food/grain/bread Yəhūdāh/(Judah) to the _remotest _parts _of the _hill _country _of ʼEfrayim from_there I and_I _went to Bēyt- leḩem Yəhūdāh and_DOM the _house _of YHWH I am_going and_there_was_not anyone who _was_receiving me to_the_house. (JDG_19:18)

OET-RV: 18 “We’re passing through from Bethlehem in Yehudah,” the Levite replied. “Going to the remote parts of the Efrayimite hill country where I’m from. I went to Bethlehem, and I’m going to Shiloh where Yahweh’s house is. However, no one here has invited us into their home. (JDG 19:18)

JDG 19:18 contextual word gloss=‘-lehem’ possible word glosses=‘food / grain / bread’ OSHB JDG 19:18 word 17

RUTH 1:1 word gloss=‘food / grain / bread’ OSHB RUTH 1:1 word 11

OET-LV: 1 And_he/it _was in_the _days _of the _judging of_the _judges and_he/it _was a _famine on _the_earth and_he/it _went a _man from food/grain/bread Yəhūdāh/(Judah) to_sojourn in_the _region(s)_of Mōʼāⱱ he and_his/its_woman/wife and_the _two _of sons _of_his. (RUT_1:1)

OET-RV: 1 Back in the time when the tribal leaders ruled Yisrael (Israel), there was a drought which caused a shortage of food, so a man from the town of Beyt-Lehem (Bethlehem) in the Yehudah (Judah) region went to live in the country of Moab for a while, taking his wife and their two sons. (RUT 1:1)

RUTH 1:2 word gloss=‘food / grain / bread’ OSHB RUTH 1:2 word 14

OET-LV: 2 And_name _of the_man was_ʼElīmelek and_name _of his/its_wife/woman was_Nāˊₒmī and_name _of the _two _of sons _of_his was_Maḩlōn and_Kilion ʼEfrātī from food/grain/bread Yəhūdāh and_they _came the _region(s)_of Mōʼāⱱ and_they _were there. (RUT_1:2)

OET-RV: 2 The man’s name was Elimelek and he was married to Naomi, and their sons’ names were Mahlon and Kilion. (They were part of the clan of Efratah from Beyt-Lehem in Yehudah.) They travelled to the Moab countryside and lived there. (RUT 1:2)

RUTH 1:19 contextual word gloss=‘-lehem’ possible word glosses=‘food / grain / bread’ OSHB RUTH 1:19 word 10

OET-LV: 19 And_they _went the _two _of_of _them until they_came Bēyt- leḩem and_he/it _was just_as_they _came Bēyt- leḩem and_ all _of _it _was _stirred the_city on_them and_they(f)_said is_this Nāˊₒmī. (RUT_1:19)

OET-RV: 19 So the two of them travelled on until they reached Beyt-Lehem (Bethlehem). When they entered Beyt-Lehem, the whole town was curious about them, and the women began asking, “Is that Naomi?” (RUT 1:19)

RUTH 1:22 contextual word gloss=‘-lehem’ possible word glosses=‘food / grain / bread’ OSHB RUTH 1:22 word 13

OET-LV: 22 And_ Nāˊₒmī _she _returned and_Rūt the _Mōʼāⱱite_woman daughter-in-law _of_her with_her/it who_she _returned from_the _region(s)_of Mōʼāⱱ and_they they _came Bēyt- leḩem at_the_beginning _of the_harvest _of barley(s). (RUT_1:22)

OET-RV: 22 And so Naomi had returned to Yisrael (Israel), along with her daughter-in-law, Ruth the Moabitess, and they arrived there in Beyt-Lehem at the start of the barley harvest. (RUT 1:22)

RUTH 2:4 word gloss=‘food / grain / bread’ OSHB RUTH 2:4 word 5

OET-LV: 4 And_see/lo/see Boˊaz was_coming from food/grain/bread and_he/it _said to_harvesters YHWH be_with_you(pl) and_they _said to_him/it may_he _bless _you YHWH. (RUT_2:4)

OET-RV: 4 Just then, Boaz arrived from the town and greeted the harvesters, “May Yahweh be with you,” to which they replied, “May Yahweh bless you also.” (RUT 2:4)

1 SAM 17:12 word gloss=‘food / grain / bread’ OSHB 1 SAM 17:12 word 7

OET-LV: 12 and_Dāvid was_a _son _of a _man an _ʼEfrātī the_this from food/grain/bread Yəhūdāh/(Judah) and_his/its_name was_Yishay/(Jesse) and_to/for_him/it eight sons and_the_man in_the _days _of Shāʼūl he _was _old he _had _gone among_men. (SA1_17:12)

OET-RV: 12 Now David was the son of Yishay (from the Efrat clan, he lived in Bethlehem in Yehudah) who had eight sons, and by Sha’ul’s time, was quite old compared to other men. (SA1 17:12)

1 SAM 20:6 contextual word gloss=‘-lehem’ possible word glosses=‘food / grain / bread’ OSHB 1 SAM 20:6 word 12

OET-LV: 6 If actually _(miss) he_will _miss _me I _will _show_you(ms) and_you _will _say urgently _(ask) he _asked _for _himself from_me Dāvid to_run Bēyt- leḩem city _of_his if/because the _sacrifice _of the_days is_there to/from_all/each/any/every the_clan. (SA1_20:6)

OET-RV: 6 If your father misses me, then tell him, ‘David begged me to let him go to his home in Bethlehem, to join his clan for their yearly sacrifice.’ (SA1 20:6)

2 SAM 23:15 contextual word gloss=‘-lehem’ possible word glosses=‘food / grain / bread’ OSHB 2 SAM 23:15 word 9

OET-LV: 15 And_ Dāvid _he _desired and_he _said who will_he _give _me _to _drink water from_the _well _of Bēyt- leḩem which is_at_gate. (SA2_23:15)

OET-RV: 15 David was thirsty one day and asked, “Who’ll get me a drink of water from the Beyt-Lehem well by the gate?” (SA2 23:15)

2 SAM 23:16 contextual word gloss=‘-lehem’ possible word glosses=‘food / grain / bread’ OSHB 2 SAM 23:16 word 10

OET-LV: 16 And_they _broke _through the _three _of the_powerful/mighty(pl) in_the _camp _of the_Fəlishtiy and_they _drew water from_the _well _of Bēyt- leḩem which was_at_gate and_they _carried_them and_they _brought_them to Dāvid and_not he _was _willing to_drink_them and_he _poured _out DOM_them to/for_YHWH. (SA2_23:16)

OET-RV: 16 So the three powerful warriors broke through the Philistine camp and got water from the Beyt-Lehem well near the gate. They carried it back to David, but he wouldn’t drink it—pouring it out instead as an offering to Yahweh, (SA2 23:16)

1 CHR 2:54 contextual word gloss=‘-lehem’ possible word glosses=‘food / grain / bread’ OSHB 1 CHR 2:54 word 4

OET-LV: 54 the _sons _of Salmāʼ were_Bēyt- lehem and_the_Nəţofātī[s] ˊAţrōt _Bēyt- Yōʼāⱱ/(Joab) ˊAţrōt _Bēyt- and _(the)_half _of the _Mānaḩatite[s] the_Zorite[s]. (CH1_2:54)

OET-RV: 54 Salma’s descendants were the people of Beyt-Lehem, the Netofatites, the clan of Atrot-Beyt-Yoav, and half of the Manahatites, who were also Zorites. (CH1 2:54)

1 CHR 11:17 contextual word gloss=‘-lehem’ possible word glosses=‘food / grain / bread’ OSHB 1 CHR 11:17 word 9

OET-LV: 17 And_he _desired Dāvid and_he _said who will_he _give _me _to _drink water from_the _well _of Bēyt- lehem which is_at_gate. (CH1_11:17)

OET-RV: 17 and David was thirsty and asked, “Who’ll get me water to drink from the well by the Beyt-Lehem gate?” (CH1 11:17)

1 CHR 11:18 contextual word gloss=‘-lehem’ possible word glosses=‘food / grain / bread’ OSHB 1 CHR 11:18 word 9

OET-LV: 18 And_they _broke _through the_three in_the _camp _of the_Fəlishtiy and_they _drew water from_the _well _of Bēyt- lehem which was_at_gate and_they _carried_them and_they _brought_them to Dāvid and_not Dāvid he _was _willing to_drink_them and_he _poured _out DOM_them to/for_YHWH. (CH1_11:18)

OET-RV: 18 So those three broke through the Philistine camp, and they drew water from the well at the Beyt-Lehem gate, and they brought it back to David. But David wasn’t willing to drink it, and he poured it out on the ground as an offering to Yahweh. (CH1 11:18)

2 CHR 11:6 contextual word gloss=‘-lehem’ possible word glosses=‘food / grain / bread’ OSHB 2 CHR 11:6 word 4

OET-LV: 6 And_he/it _built DOM Bēyt- leḩem and_DOM ˊĒyţām and_DOM Təqōˊa. (CH2_11:6)

OET-RV: 6 Beyt-Lehem, Eytam, Tekoa, (CH2 11:6)

NEH 7:26 contextual word gloss=‘-lehem’ possible word glosses=‘food / grain / bread’ OSHB NEH 7:26 word 3

OET-LV: 26 the _men _of Bēyt- leḩem and_Nəţofāh one _hundred eighty and_eight. (NEH_7:26)

OET-RV: 26 Other men from these towns: • 188 from Beyt-Lehem and Netofah, (NEH 7:26)

MIC 5:1 contextual word gloss=‘-lehem’ possible word glosses=‘food / grain / bread’ OSHB MIC 5:1 word 3

OET-LV: 5  and_you(ms) Oh _Bēyt- leḩem ʼEfrātāh are_insignificant to_be among_the _families _of Yəhūdāh/(Judah) from_you to_me someone _will _go _out to_be ruler over_Yisrā^ʼēl/(Israel) and_his _of_origins from_east from_days _of antiquity. (MIC_5:1)

OET-RV: 5 Now come together in battle ranks, daughter of soldiers.
⇔ A siege has been set up against us.
⇔ They strike Yisrael’s judge on the cheek with a rod. (MIC 5:1)

The various word forms of the root word (lemma) ‘Lemma=‘בֵּית לֶחֶם’’ have 15 different glosses: ‘(of)_food’, ‘(of)_the_bread_of’, ‘-lehem’, ‘[is]_food_of’, ‘[the]_bread_of’, ‘[the]_food_of’, ‘bread’, ‘bread[s]’, ‘bread_of’, ‘food’, ‘food/grain/bread’, ‘food_of’, ‘of_bread_of’, ‘the_bread_of’, ‘the_food_of’.

Hebrew words (15) other than לֶחֶם (Morphology=Np PoS=proper_noun) with a gloss related to ‘-lehem’

Have 15 other words (לָחֶם, לָחֶם, לָחֶם, לָחֶם, לָחֶם, לָחֶם, לָחֶם, לָחֶם, לָחֶם, לָחֶם, לָחֶם, לָחֶם, לָחֶם, לָחֶם, לָחֶם) with 1 lemma altogether (Lemma=‘בֵּית לֶחֶם’)

GEN 35:19 לָחֶם (lāḩem) Lemma=‘בֵּית לֶחֶם’ contextual word gloss=‘-lehem’ word gloss=‘-leḩem’ OSHB GEN 35:19 word 8

OET-LV: 19 And_ Rāḩēl _she _died and_she _was _buried on_the _way _of ʼEfrātāh that is_Bēyt- leḩem. (GEN_35:19)

OET-RV: 19 Thus Rahel died and was buried on the path to Efrath (which is now called Bethlehem). (GEN 35:19)

GEN 48:7 לָחֶם (lāḩem) Lemma=‘בֵּית לֶחֶם’ contextual word gloss=‘-lehem’ word gloss=‘-leḩem’ OSHB GEN 48:7 word 21

OET-LV: 7 And_I when_I_came from_Paddan she _died on_me Rāḩēl in_land of _Kənaˊan/(Canaan) on_journey at_yet a _distance _of land to_go ʼEfrātāh and_I_buried _her there on_the _journey _of ʼEfrāt that is_Bēyt- leḩem. (GEN_48:7)

OET-RV: 7 As for me, when I was coming into Canaan from Paddan, Rahel died beside on the way when we were still quite some distance from Efrath, and I buried her there beside the road of Efrath (which is Bethlehem).” (GEN 48:7)

RUTH 1:19 לָחֶם (lāḩem) Lemma=‘בֵּית לֶחֶם’ contextual word gloss=‘-lehem’ word gloss=‘-leḩem’ OSHB RUTH 1:19 word 6

1 SAM 16:4 לָחֶם (lāḩem) Lemma=‘בֵּית לֶחֶם’ contextual word gloss=‘-lehem’ word gloss=‘-leḩem’ OSHB 1 SAM 16:4 word 9

OET-LV: 4 And_ Shəmū^ʼēl/(Samuel) _he/it _made DOM that_which YHWH he _said and_he _came Bēyt- leḩem and_they _trembled the _elders _of the_city to_meet_him and_he/it _said peace is_your_coming. (SA1_16:4)

OET-RV: 4 So Shemuel did what Yahweh had told him, and went to Bethlehem. The town elders trembled when they met him, and asked, “Do you come in peace?” (SA1 16:4)

1 SAM 17:15 לָחֶם (lāḩem) Lemma=‘בֵּית לֶחֶם’ contextual word gloss=‘-lehem’ word gloss=‘-leḩem’ OSHB 1 SAM 17:15 word 11

OET-LV: 15 and_Dāvid was_going and_was_returning from_under Shāʼūl to_shepherd DOM the _flock _of his/its_father Bēyt- leḩem. (SA1_17:15)

OET-RV: 15 David went back and forth between Sha’ul’s camp and looking after his father’s flock at Bethlehem. (SA1 17:15)

1 SAM 20:28 לָחֶם (lāḩem) Lemma=‘בֵּית לֶחֶם’ contextual word gloss=‘-lehem’ word gloss=‘-leḩem’ OSHB 1 SAM 20:28 word 11

OET-LV: 28 And_ Yōnātān _he _answered DOM Shāʼūl urgently _(ask) Dāvid he _asked _for _himself from_with_me to Bēyt- leḩem. (SA1_20:28)

OET-RV: 28 “David begged me to let him go to Bethlehem,” Yonatan answered. (SA1 20:28)

2 SAM 2:32 לָחֶם (lāḩem) Lemma=‘בֵּית לֶחֶם’ contextual word gloss=‘-lehem’ word gloss=‘-leḩem’ OSHB 2 SAM 2:32 word 9

OET-LV: 32 And_people _lifted _up DOM ˊAsāh^ʼēl and_they_buried _him in_the _tomb _of his/its_father which was_Bēyt- leḩem and_ all _of _they _went the_night Yōʼāⱱ and_his _of_men and_it _became _light to/for_them at_Ḩeⱱrōn. (SA2_2:32)

OET-RV: 32 They retrieved Asah-El’s body and buried it in his father’s tomb in Beyt-Lehem. Then they walked all night and got back to Hebron at first light. (SA2 2:32)

2 SAM 23:14 לָחֶם (lāḩem) Lemma=‘בֵּית לֶחֶם’ contextual word gloss=‘-lehem’ word gloss=‘-leḩem’ OSHB 2 SAM 23:14 word 8

OET-LV: 14 And_Dāvid then was_in_stronghold and_a _garrison _of Fəlishtiy then was_Bēyt- leḩem. (SA2_23:14)

OET-RV: 14 At the time, David was in the fortress, and there was another Philistine unit in Beyt-Lehem. (SA2 23:14)

2 SAM 23:24 לָחֶם (lāḩem) Lemma=‘בֵּית לֶחֶם’ contextual word gloss=‘-lehem’ word gloss=‘-leḩem’ OSHB 2 SAM 23:24 word 10

OET-LV: 24 ˊAsāh- ^ʼēl the _brother _of Yōʼāⱱ/(Joab) was_among_thirty ʼElḩānān the _son _of Dōdō Bēyt- leḩem. (SA2_23:24)

OET-RV: 24 The following were among ‘The Thirty’:

•

Yoav’s other brother Asah-El,

•

Dodo’s son Elhanan from Beyt-Lehem,

(SA2 23:24)

1 CHR 2:51 לָחֶם (lāḩem) Lemma=‘בֵּית לֶחֶם’ contextual word gloss=‘-lehem’ word gloss=‘-lehem’ OSHB 1 CHR 2:51 word 4

OET-LV: 51 Salmāʼ the _father _of Bēyt- lehem Ḩārēf the _father _of Bēyt- Gādēr. (CH1_2:51)

OET-RV: 51 Salma (founder of Beyt-Lehem), and Haref (founder of Beyt-Gader). (CH1 2:51)

1 CHR 4:4 לָחֶם (lāḩem) Lemma=‘בֵּית לֶחֶם’ contextual word gloss=‘-lehem’ word gloss=‘-lehem’ OSHB 1 CHR 4:4 word 14

OET-LV: 4 And_Pənū^ʼēl was_the _father _of Gədor and_ˊĒzer was_the _father _of Ḩūshāh these were_the _descendants _of Ḩūr the _firstborn _of ʼEfrāt the _father _of Bēyt- lehem. (CH1_4:4)

OET-RV: 4 Hur was the first son born to his mother Efratah, and he founded Beyt-Lehem city. Hur had these descendants: Penuel and Ezer. Penuel started the clans that lived in Gedor city, and Ezer started the clans that lived in Hushah city. (CH1 4:4)

1 CHR 11:16 לָחֶם (lāḩem) Lemma=‘בֵּית לֶחֶם’ word gloss=‘-lehem’ OSHB 1 CHR 11:16 word 8

OET-LV: 16 And_Dāvid then was_in_stronghold and_a _garrison _of Fəlishtiy then in_house _of lehem. (CH1_11:16)

OET-RV: 16 David was in that stronghold then, and the Philistine garrison was in Beyt-Lehem, (CH1 11:16)

1 CHR 11:26 לָחֶם (lāḩem) Lemma=‘בֵּית לֶחֶם’ word gloss=‘-lehem’ OSHB 1 CHR 11:26 word 11

OET-LV: 26 and_the _mighty_men_of (the)_strength(s) were_ˊAsāh- ^ʼēl the _brother _of Yōʼāⱱ/(Joab) ʼElḩānān the _son _of Dōdō from lehem. (CH1_11:26)

OET-RV: 26 These are the names of the powerful warriors: Asahel (Yoav’s brother), Elhanan (Dodo’s son from Beyt-Lehem), (CH1 11:26)

EZRA 2:21 לָחֶם (lāḩem) Lemma=‘בֵּית לֶחֶם’ contextual word gloss=‘-lehem’ word gloss=‘-leḩem’ OSHB EZRA 2:21 word 3

OET-LV: 21 the _descendants _of Bēyt- leḩem one _hundred twenty and_three. (EZR_2:21)

OET-RV: 21 And from these towns: • 123 from Bethlehem, (EZR 2:21)

JER 41:17 לָחֶם (lāḩem) Lemma=‘בֵּית לֶחֶם’ contextual word gloss=‘-lehem’ word gloss=‘-leḩem’ OSHB JER 41:17 word 8

OET-LV: 17 And_they _went and_they _lived at_Geruth _of mmm which is_beside Bēyt- leḩem to_go to_go Miʦrayim/(Egypt). (JER_41:17)

OET-RV: 17 ◙ (JER 41:17)