לָחוּם
lâchûwm · law-khoom'
properly, eaten, i.e. food; also flesh, i.e. body
Lexicon
Derivation: or לָחֻם; passive participle of H3898 (לָחַם);
properly, eaten, i.e. food; also flesh, i.e. body
- properly, eaten, i.e. food
- also, flesh, i.e. body
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: while...is eating, flesh.
Letters
- לLamed30
Picture: shepherd's staff or goad
- Concrete
- staff · goad · yoke · cattle prod
- Extended
- authority · to lead · to teach · to bind · toward
- חHet8
Picture: courtyard wall or enclosure
- Concrete
- wall · fence · tent wall
- Extended
- to separate · protection · the inside vs. the outside · private
- וVav6
Picture: tent peg or hook
- Concrete
- nail · peg · hook
- Extended
- to fasten · to secure · to establish · and (joining)
- מMem40
Picture: waves of water
- Concrete
- water · sea · blood · liquid
- Extended
- chaos · mighty and uncontrollable · the masses · from / out of
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
authority, the one who leads › to separate and protect › to fasten and establish › water, chaos, the mighty deep
Authority, the one who leads that works to separate and protect that works to fasten and establish of water, chaos, the mighty deep.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of לָחוּם above is the attested meaning; this pictographic reading is a tradition about how the sign-shapes may have been heard. Both can be held at once, they are answering different questions.
Usage
2 occurrences · 2 OT · 0 NT · 2 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- it upon him while he is eating1 · 50%
- and their flesh1 · 50%
Inflected forms found in the text.
Counts are computed from the tagged Hebrew and Greek text aligned to the King James Version, not from an estimate.