לֶ֣חֶם

𐤋𐤇𐤌

lechem

bread

from לָחַם; See also בֵּית לְעַפְרָה; food (for man or beast), especially bread, or grain (for making it); (shew-) bread, [idiom] eat, food, fruit, loaf, meat, victuals.

H3899

Proverbs 23:3 · Word #5

Lexicon H3899

Lemmaלֶחֶם
Lemma (Paleo)𐤋𐤇𐤌
Transliterationlechem
Strong'sH3899
In-contextbread

Morphology HNcbsc All morphology codes

Part of Speech N — Noun — A person, place, thing, or idea
Subtype c — Common — Common noun
Gender b — Both — Both (masculine and feminine)
Number s — Singular — Singular
State c — Construct — The noun is bound to the following word

SIBI-P1 H3899-20

bread-food

Rootלחם (l-ḥ-m)
Core Meaningsto fight, to battle, to consume, to devour
Semantic Rangebread, food in general, grain products, provisions, sacrificial bread, metaphorical sustenance
Conceptual Significanceלֶחֶם represents the staple sustenance of daily life in ancient Israel and often symbolizes provision, covenant fellowship (as in showbread), and divine sustenance. It can also signify livelihood or sustenance more broadly, forming a foundation for theological themes of dependence on YHWH for daily provision.
Morphological NotesCommon gender noun, singular absolute (HNcbsa). No pronominal suffix; functions as a simple singular substantive meaning bread or food.
Rendering RationaleThe noun לֶחֶם is a common singular absolute form meaning "bread" or "food." By rendering it "bread-food," the translation preserves its concrete sense as staple nourishment while subtly reflecting its likely connection to the root לָחַם (to fight, consume), conveying the idea of that which is consumed for sustenance.

AI-generated (openai/gpt-5.2-chat-latest)

Words from Root לחם (to fight, to battle, to consume, to devour)

SILEX Code Transliteration SIBI-P1
H3899-01 balachem in the bread
H3899-02 balechem in the bread
H4421-01 bamilechamah in the fighting
H3898-01 behilachamo in his battling
H3899-03 belachemekha with your bread
H3899-04 belachemo with his bread
H3899-05 belechem in fought-for bread
H3898-02 elecham I wage battle
H3899-06 halachem the bread-food
H1022-01 halachemi the Bread-House man
H3899-07 halechem the sustaining-bread
H4421-02 hamilechamah the warfare
H4421-03 hamilechamot the fightings
H3898-03 hanilecham the one who is battling
H3898-04 hanilechamim the battling ones
H3898-05 hilachamv they have warred against him
H3898-06 hilachem Engage yourself in the consuming battle!
H3899-08 kalechem as the bread
H4421-04 kamilechamah as the battle
H3899-09 kelechem like bread-food
H3898-07 lachamu they war-consumed / wage-battle! (you men)
H3899-10 lachem bread
H3899-11 lachemah her bread-sustenance
H3899-12 lachemam their bread-food
H3899-13 lachemekha your bread
H3899-14 lachemekhem your bread-sustenance
H3899-15 lachemenu our sustaining-bread
H3899-16 lachemi my bread
H3899-17 lachemo his sustenance-bread
H3899-18 lalachem for the bread
H3899-19 lalechem for the bread
H4421-05 lamilechamah to the battle
H3898-08 lecham Devour!
H3898-09 lehilachem to wage devouring-battle
H3899-21 lelachem to bread (sustenance)
H3899-22 lelachemekha for your bread
H3899-23 lelechem for bread
H4421-06 lemilechamah for battle
H3898-10 lilechom to wage consuming-battle
H3898-11 lochamay those battling me
H3898-12 lochamim battling men
H3898-13 lochem battling one
H3899-24 milachemo from his bread-food
H4421-07 milechamah a battle
H4421-08 milechametah her battle-struggle
H4421-09 milechametam their battle-struggle
H4421-10 milechametekha your battle-struggle
H4421-11 milechametekhe your battle-struggle
H4421-12 milechameti my battle
H4421-13 milechameto his battle
H4421-14 milechamot fightings of
H4421-15 milechamotayv his fighting-battles
H4421-16 milechamotenu our fightings
H3899-25 milechem from bread-of
H4421-17 milechemet battle-of
H4421-18 mimilechamah from battle
H3898-14 nilachem let us engage ourselves in devouring-battle
H3898-15 nilecham he engaged in battle
H3898-16 nilechameti I have engaged myself in battle
H3898-17 nilechamim the battling men
H3898-18 nilechamu they engaged themselves in battle
H3898-19 nilechom to engage-in-battle
H3898-20 tilachamu you men will wage battle
H3898-21 tilachamun you men will engage in battle
H3898-22 tilachem she will wage devouring-battle
H3898-23 tilecham you will battle
H3898-24 ulechumey and the consumed ones of
H3898-25 ulehilachem and to engage-in-battle
H3899-26 ulelechem and for bread
H4421-19 umilechamah and battle
H4421-20 umilechamot and battles
H3899-27 uvalachem and with the bread
H4421-21 uvemilechamah and in battle
H4421-22 uvemilechamot and in fightings
H3899-28 valechem and bread-food
H4421-23 vamilechamah in the battle
H3898-26 vayilachamu and they engaged in devouring battle
H3898-27 vayilachamuni and they warred against me
H3898-28 vayilachem and he engaged in battle
H3899-29 vehalechem and the bread-food
H4421-24 vehamilechamah and the battle
H3898-29 vehilachamu and you (masculine plural) battled
H3898-30 vehilachem and you must engage in battle
H3899-30 velachami with my bread
H3899-31 velachemekha and your bread
H3899-32 velachemi and my bread-food
H3899-33 velachemo with his bread
H3899-34 velalechem and for the bread
H3899-35 velechem and bread
H4421-25 vemilechamah in the battle-fight
H3898-31 venilachamah and let us engage in battle
H3898-32 venilecham and he engaged in devouring-battle
H3898-33 venilechamenu and we will wage devouring-battle
H3898-34 venilechameta and you shall engage yourself in battle
H3898-35 venilechametem and you men will engage in devouring-battle
H3898-36 venilechameti and I engaged in battle
H3898-37 venilechamu and they engaged themselves in battle
H3899-36 vlhlchm and for the bread
H3898-38 yilachem he will engage in battle

Word Usage (299 occurrences of H3899)

Location Form Transliteration Meaning
Genesis 3:19 לֶ֔חֶם lechem bread
Genesis 14:18 לֶ֣חֶם lechem bread
Genesis 18:5 לֶ֜חֶם lechem of bread
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