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title: לַחְמִי — Lahmi. See also · The Tanakh dictionary
description: לַחְמִי (3902), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 1 times: Lahmi. See also. BDB 1906: n.pr.m. With 1 verse in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# לַחְמִי

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«לַחְמִי» in the Tanakh dictionary: **Lahmi. See also** — 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:** 3902 · **BDB:** לַחְמִי

### Glosses

Lahmi (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

Lahmi. See also [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1500/3902/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.pr.m. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1500/3902/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.pr.m. brother of Goliath of Gath (q.v.) slain by Elhanan, according to 1 Ch 20:5 (את לחמי; 𝔊 Ελεμεε, Λεεμει, Λοομι); orig. reading prob. (as in ‖ 2 S 21:19) בֵּית הַלַּחְמִי q.v. p. 112a supra.

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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 (1 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 0 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (1 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «לַחְמִי» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1500/3902/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[1 Chronicles 20:5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/1CH.20.5/)

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וַתְּהִי־ע֥וֹד מִלְחָמָ֖ה אֶת־פְּלִשְׁתִּ֑ים וַיַּ֞ךְ אֶלְחָנָ֣ן בֶּן־יָעִ֗יר אֶת־לַחְמִי֙ אֲחִי֙ גָּלְיָ֣ת הַגִּתִּ֔י וְעֵ֣ץ חֲנִית֔וֹ כִּמְנ֖וֹר אֹרְגִֽים׃

*Word for word:* and it.was again a.battle with \[the\].Philistines and he.struck.down Elhanan the.son of.Jair (et) Lahmi the.brother of.Goliath the Gittite and the.wood his.spear his \[was\].like a.beam of.weavers

*JPS 1917:* And there was again war with the Philistines; and Elhanan the son of Jair slew Lahmi the brother of Goliath the Gittite, the staff of whose spear was like a weaver's beam.

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