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Re: [b-hebrew] ובלחם

From: Isaac Fried <if AT math.bu.edu>
To: Mike Burke <michaelgburk AT yahoo.com>
Cc: "b-hebrew AT lists.ibiblio.org" <b-hebrew AT lists.ibiblio.org>
Subject: Re: [b-hebrew] ובלחם
Date: Wed, 10 Apr 2013 01:00:38 -0400

Appears to me that לחם LEXEM refers to solid food. It is from LXM, 'coalesce, consolidate, fuse', the root also of מלחמה MI-LXAM-AH, 'struggle, combat' (come-beat).

In present day Hebrew הלחמה HA-LXAM-AH is 'welding'.

In Mishnaic Hebrew we encounter לגם LEGEM, 'a mouthful of drink', reminding us of the גמא GAMA, 'gulp', of Gen. 24:17.

Isaac Fried, Boston University

On Apr 9, 2013, at 10:44 PM, Mike Burke wrote:

Can ובלחם (lechem) mean grain?
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Re: [b-hebrew] ובלחם , (continued)
- Re: [b-hebrew] ובלחם, Isaac Fried, 04/10/2013
- Re: [b-hebrew] ובלחם, Jonathan Mohler, 04/11/2013
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  - Re: [b-hebrew] ובלחם, George Athas, 04/14/2013
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