STRONGS NUMBER H3901

H3901. lachem

לָחֶם‎ noun [masculine] only in שְׁעָרִים לָחֶ֣ם אָז‎ Judges 5:8 (so Masora; Manuscripts לָחֶ֣ם לָחֵ֣ם,‎), 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} שְׂעֹרִים לֶחֶם אָז‎ then they used to eat barley bread; but Bu^{Comm. {abbrev}}ל ׳אָזַל שׂ‎ the barley bread was exhausted; Mayer Lambert^{RŠJ xxx, 115} ערים לחמשׁ אז‎ then for (in) 5 citiesno shield was seen, etc.; other conjectures in Kau^AT; compare GFM^{on the passage}