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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:
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