Lexical Summary lachem: perhaps war Original Word: לָחֶםTransliteration: lachem Phonetic Spelling: (law-khem') Part of Speech: Noun Masculine Short Definition: perhaps war Meaning: perhaps war Strong's Concordance war From lacham, battle -- war. see HEBREW lacham Brown-Driver-Briggs H3901. lachem לָחֶם noun [masculine] only in שְׁעָרִים לָחֶ֣ם אָז Judges 5:8 (so Masora; Manuscripts לָחֶ֣ם לָחֵ֣ם,), usually translated then was there war of ( = at) the gates, but improbable; text and meaning dubious; A ᵐ5L read is ὡς ἄρτον κρίθινον, whence BuRS 103 שְׂעֹרִים לֶחֶם אָז then they used to eat barley bread; but BuComm. {abbrev}ל ׳אָזַל שׂ the barley bread was exhausted; Mayer LambertRŠJ xxx, 115 ערים לחמשׁ אז then for (in) 5 citiesno shield was seen, etc.; other conjectures in KauAT; compare GFMon the passage |
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