לֶחֶם m. (b. h.; fr. לחח to chew, v. Ges. H. Dict.10 s. v. לוע) food, bread; [Arab. meat]. Ber. V, 1 the benediction over bread (פת) reads: המוציא ל׳ וכ׳ who makest food grow out of the earth; ib. 37ᵇ. Men. XI, 1 שתי הל׳ (sub. ככרות) the two loaves of bread (Lev. XXIII, 17). Ib. ל׳ הפנים the show-bread (on the table of the Sanctuary); a. fr.—Trnsf. tribute, tax, salary (cmp. annona). Ruth R. to II, 14 זו לַחְמָהּ של מלכות that is (thou shalt partake of) the royal maintenance. Zeb. 85ᵃ; Meïl. 7ᵇ לַחְמוֹ של מזבח the tribute belonging to the altar (cmp. Lev. XXI, 6; 8; Neh. V, 14).—Pl. לְחָמִים. Y. Ḥag. III, end, 79ᵈ שני ל׳ two sets of show-bread, opp. to לחם אחד.
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לֶחֶם m. (b. h.; fr. לחח to chew , v. Ges. H. Dict. 10 s. v. לוע ) food, bread; [Arab. meat ]. Ber. V, 1 the benediction over bread ( פת ) reads:…
References
- Jastrow, לוֹעַ 1
- Mishnah Berakhot 5:1
- Jastrow, פת 1
- Berakhot 37b:13
- Mishnah Menachot 11:1
- Leviticus 23:17
- Ruth Rabbah 5:6
- Zevachim 85a
- Meilah 7b:9
- Leviticus 21:6
- Leviticus 21:8
- Nehemiah 5:14
- Jerusalem Talmud Chagigah 3:8:3