לָחֶם

לָחֶם noun [masculine] only in אָז לָחֶ֣ם שְׁעָרִים Dom 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}