Lexical Definition

‎לָחֶם‎ lâchem (law-khem') war ^H:N-M
from ‎לָחַם‎,

war.

• battle

1) war
1a) meaning uncertain

Brown-Driver-Briggs

‎לָחֶם‎ noun [masculine] only in ‎אָז לָחֶ֣ם שְׁעָרִים‎ Judg 5:8 (so Masora; Manuscripts ‎לָחֵ֣ם‎, ‎לָחֶ֣ם‎), usually translated then was there war of ( = at) the gates, but improbable; text and meaning dubious; A ᵐ5^L read is ὡς ἄρτον κρίθινον, whence Bu^{RS 103} ‎אָז לֶחֶם שְׂעֹרִים‎ then they used to eat barley bread; but Bu^{Comm. {abbrev}}‎שׂ‎ ‎׳‎‎אָזַל ל‎ the barley bread was exhausted; Mayer Lambert^{RŠJ xxx, 115} ‎אז לחמשׁ ערים‎ then for (in) 5 citiesno shield was seen, etc.; other conjectures in Kau^AT; compare GFM^{on the passage}

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