לְחוּם

n.[m.] perhaps intestines, bowels (meaning and √ not wholly certain, cf. NöZMG xl. 1886, 721; from לחם = press together, according to DlProl. 193);— only sf.: וּלְחֻמָֿם כַּגְּלָלִים Zp 1:17 their blood shall be poured out like water, and their bowels like dung, Hi-St (cf. 2 S 20:10), Dll.c. We (‘ihr Mark’), RothsteinKauAT Di Jb 20:23; Gr חֵילָם cf. v 12 (to wh. Now incl.); Now suggests also וְלֵחָם and their moisture (freshness, vigour, cf. Dt 34:7); > al. who render flesh, 𝔊 τὰς σάρκας (cf. Arabic لَحْمٌ flesh, meat, v. sub לֶחֶם); וְיַמְטֵר עָלֵימוֹ בִּלְחוּמוֹ Jb 20:23 to fill his belly, God sendeth into him his burning anger, and raineth it upon him, into his (very) bowels Hi Dll.c. BaeKauAT (cf. Di, and into his flesh De, v. supr.); > disting. from Zp 1:17 Di (in transl.) Da Hoffm Bu his food (as obj. of ימטר; read then לַחְמוֹ); 𝔊 ὀδύνας, whence Me Sgfr חֲבָלִים, SchwallyZAW x, 1890, 179 בַּלָּהָה; Nöl.c. wrath, cf. Syriac ܠܚܡ threaten.