לַחְמָֽ/ם
𐤋𐤇𐤌/𐤌
lachemam
their food
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 30:25 · Word #7
Lexicon H3899
| Lemma | לֶחֶם |
| Lemma (Paleo) | 𐤋𐤇𐤌 |
| Transliteration | lechem |
| Strong's | H3899 |
| In-context | their food |
Morphology HNcbsc/Sp3mp
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 H3899-12
their bread-food
| Root | לחם (l-ḥ-m) |
| Core Meanings | bread, food, sustenance; (verbally) to fight, do battle |
| Semantic Range | Bread, food in general, grain products, provisions, sustenance for humans or animals; by extension, livelihood or that which sustains life. |
| Conceptual Significance | לֶחֶם represents the fundamental provision of life in biblical thought—daily sustenance granted by YHWH. It signifies dependence, covenant provision (e.g., bread of the Presence), and the basic material means by which life is maintained. |
| Morphological Notes | Noun common masculine singular in construct form with a 3rd person masculine plural suffix ("their"). The form לַחְמָם literally means "bread of them" → "their bread." |
| Rendering Rationale | The noun לֶחֶם denotes bread as the basic food of sustenance. Rendering it "bread-food" preserves the concrete sense of staple nourishment inherent in the root, while "their" accurately reflects the 3rd person masculine plural pronominal suffix attached to the singular noun. |
AI-generated (openai/gpt-5.2-chat-latest)
Words from Root לחם (bread, food, sustenance; (verbally) to fight, do battle)
| 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 |
H3899-13 |
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! |
H3899-20 |
lechem | bread-food |
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 |