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title: לָחֶם — then · The Tanakh dictionary
description: לָחֶם (3901), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 1 times: then. With 1 verse in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# לָחֶם

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«לָחֶם» in the Tanakh dictionary: **then** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 1 verse in layers.

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**Used:** 1 times · **Key:** 3901 · **BDB:** לָחֶם

### Glosses

war (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

then [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1500/3901/#m1)

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**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.

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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)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «לָחֶם» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1500/3901/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Judges 5:8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JDG.5.8/)

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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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