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H3898 לָחַם (lâcham) law-kham'
Hebrew
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Strong's Definition

a primitive root; to feed on; figuratively, to consume; by implication, to battle (as destruction)

KJV Usage: devour, eat, X ever, fight(-ing), overcome, prevail, (make) war(-ring)

STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon

לָחַם (la.cham) — to fight. 1) to fight, do battle, make war 1a) (Qal) to fight, do battle 1b) (Niphal) to engage in battle, wage war

לָחַם (la.cham) — to feed on. (Qal) to eat, use as food

UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew

verb · לָחֶם · לֶחֶם · מִלְחָמָה

Ingest | verb qal

to eat = action by which humans ingest food

PSA 141:4 · PRO 4:17 · PRO 9:5 · PRO 23:6

Ingest | verb qal

to have a meal = action by which humans share a meal with other humans

PRO 23:1

Dead | verb qal ptc.pass

to be devoured literally: to be eaten; hence: = process by which humans die as a result of hunger and sickness

DEU 32:24

verb · לָחֶם · מִלְחָמָה

Conflict | verb qal

to attack = action by which humans or deities initiate a confrontation with (other) humans

PSA 35:1 · PSA 35:1 · PSA 56:2 · PSA 56:3

Conflict | verb nif

to fight = action by which humans or deities engage in a confrontation with (other) humans

EXO 1:10 · EXO 14:14 · EXO 14:25 · EXO 17:8 · EXO 17:9 · EXO 17:10 · NUM 21:1 · NUM 21:23 · NUM 21:26 · NUM 22:11 · DEU 1:30 · DEU 1:41 · DEU 1:42 · DEU 3:22 · DEU 20:4 · DEU 20:10 · DEU 20:19 · JOS 9:2 · JOS 10:5 · JOS 10:14 · JOS 10:25 · JOS 10:29 · JOS 10:31 · JOS 10:34 · JOS 10:36 · JOS 10:38 · JOS 10:42 · JOS 11:5 · JOS 19:47 · JOS 23:3 · JOS 23:10 · JOS 24:8 · JOS 24:9 · JOS 24:11 · JDG 1:1 · JDG 1:3 · JDG 1:5 · JDG 1:8 · JDG 1:9 · JDG 5:19 · JDG 5:19 · JDG 5:20 · JDG 5:20 · JDG 8:1 · JDG 9:17 · JDG 9:38 · JDG 9:39 · JDG 9:45 · JDG 9:52 · JDG 10:9 · JDG 10:18 · JDG 11:4 · JDG 11:5 · JDG 11:6 · JDG 11:8 · JDG 11:9 · JDG 11:12 · JDG 11:20 · JDG 11:25 · JDG 11:25 · JDG 11:27 · JDG 11:32 · JDG 12:1 · JDG 12:3 · JDG 12:4 · 1SA 4:9 · 1SA 4:10 · 1SA 8:20 · 1SA 12:9 · 1SA 13:5 · 1SA 14:47 · 1SA 15:18 · 1SA 17:9 · 1SA 17:10 · 1SA 17:19 · 1SA 17:32 · 1SA 17:33 · 1SA 18:17 · 1SA 19:8 · 1SA 23:1 · 1SA 23:5 · 1SA 25:28 · 1SA 28:1 · 1SA 28:15 · 1SA 29:8 · 1SA 31:1 · 2SA 2:28 · 2SA 8:10 · 2SA 10:17 · 2SA 11:17 · 2SA 11:20 · 2SA 12:26 · 2SA 12:27 · 2SA 12:29 · 2SA 21:15 · 1KI 12:21 · 1KI 12:24 · 1KI 14:19 · 1KI 20:1 · 1KI 20:23 · 1KI 20:25 · 1KI 22:31 · 1KI 22:32 · 1KI 22:46 · 2KI 3:21 · 2KI 6:8 · 2KI 8:29 · 2KI 9:15 · 2KI 10:3 · 2KI 12:18 · 2KI 13:12 · 2KI 14:15 · 2KI 14:28 · 2KI 16:5 · 2KI 19:8 · 2KI 19:9 · 1CH 10:1 · 1CH 18:10 · 1CH 19:17 · 2CH 11:1 · 2CH 11:4 · 2CH 13:12 · 2CH 17:10 · 2CH 18:30 · 2CH 18:31 · 2CH 20:17 · 2CH 20:29 · 2CH 22:6 · 2CH 26:6 · 2CH 27:5 · 2CH 32:8 · 2CH 35:20 · 2CH 35:22 · 2CH 35:22 · NEH 4:2 · NEH 4:8 · NEH 4:14 · PSA 109:3 · ISA 7:1 · ISA 19:2 · ISA 20:1 · ISA 30:32 · ISA 37:8 · ISA 37:9 · ISA 63:10 · JER 1:19 · JER 15:20 · JER 21:2 · JER 21:4 · JER 21:5 · JER 32:5 · JER 32:24 · JER 32:29 · JER 33:5 · JER 34:1 · JER 34:7 · JER 34:22 · JER 37:8 · JER 37:10 · JER 41:12 · JER 51:30 · DAN 10:20 · DAN 11:11 · ZEC 10:5 · ZEC 14:3 · ZEC 14:3 · ZEC 14:14

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Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon

[לָחַם] 171 vb. fight, do battle Qal fight, do battle

Niph. engage in battle (recipr.), sometimes wage war

base

[לָחַם] vb. use as food, eat base

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