Strong's Lexicon

H3894

H3894 — לָחוּם לָחוּם

Hebrew / Aramaic entry for Bible study and original-language reference.

Hebrewlachuwmnoun mascOccurrences: 2TWOT: 1104b

Definition / Gloss

Strong's Number:H3894
Word:לָחוּם לָחוּם
Part of Speech:noun masc
Etymology:passive participle of H3898
Language:Hebrew
Occurrences:2
Transliteration:lachuwm
Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation:law-khoom' (or lachum {law-khoom'}) n-m.
Meaning:1. (properly) eaten, i.e. food 2. also flesh, i.e. body
KJV Renderings:while...is eating, flesh.

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Brown-Driver-Briggs Enhanced

BDB4393

לְחוּם noun [masculine] perhaps intestines, bowels (meaning and √ not wholly certain, compare ZMG xl. 886, 721; from לחם = press together, according to DlProl. 193); — only suffix: וּלְחֻמֿם כַּגְּלָלִים Zeph 1:17 their blood shall be poured out like water,and their bowels like dung Hi-St (ct. 2Sam 20:10), Dll.c. We ('ihr Mark'), RothstKau AT Di Job 20:23 ; Gr חֵילָם compare Job 20:12 (to which Now included); Now suggests also וְלֵחָם and their moisture (freshness, vigour, compare Deut 34:7); > and others who render flesh, ᵐ5 τὰς σάρκας (compare Arabic [untranscribed source text 2807] flesh, meat, see below לֶחֶם); וְיַמְטֵר עָלֵימוֺ בִּלְחוּמוֺ Job 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 (compare Di, and into his flesh De, see above); > distinguished from Zeph 1:17 Di (in translation) Da Hoffm Bu his food (as object of ימטר; read then לַחְמוֺ); ᵐ5 ὀδύνας, whence Me Sgfr חֲבָלִים, SchwZAW x, 1890, 179 בַּלָּהָה; l.c. wrath, compare Syriac [untranscribed source text 2808] threaten.


Other Resources

Theological Wordbook of the Old Testament
R. Laird Harris, Gleason L. Archer, and Bruce K. Waltke

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