לָחֶם
Biblical Hebrew · Strong's H3901
Meaning
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Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906
The whole BDB entry
n.[m.] only in אָז לֶחֶ֣ם שְׁעָרִים Ju 5:8 (so Mass; Codd. לָחֵ֣ם, לָ֣חֶם), usually tr. then was there war of (= at) the gates, but improb.; text and meaning dub.; A𝔊L read ὡς ἄρτον κρίθινον, whence BuRS 103 אָז לָחֶם שְׂעֹרִים then they used to eat barley bread; but BuComm. אָזַל ל׳ שׂ׳ the barley bread was exhausted; Mayer LambertRÉJ xxx, 115 אז לחמשׁ ערים then for (in) 5 cities no shield was seen, etc.; other conj. in KauAT; cf. GFMad loc.
Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (5 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (5 candidates)
Glosses
MACULA's English glosses of the word in the text, with how often each is used: war (1).
In the verses
יִבְחַר֙ אֱלֹהִ֣ים חֲדָשִׁ֔ים אָ֖ז לָחֶ֣ם שְׁעָרִ֑ים מָגֵ֤ן אִם־יֵֽרָאֶה֙ וָרֹ֔מַח בְּאַרְבָּעִ֥ים אֶ֖לֶף בְּיִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃
Word for word: it.chose gods new then war [was.in.the].gates a.shield if it.was.seen and a.spear among forty thousand in Israel
JPS 1917: They chose new gods; then was war in the gates; was there a shield or spear seen among forty thousand in Israel?
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