HebrewH3902Proper Noun (Masculine)
לַחְמִי
lach.mi
“Lahmi”
1Occurrences
H3902Strong's #
Proper Noun (Masculine)Part of Speech
Definition
Quick Definition(Strong's Concordance)
Lachmi, an Israelite; or rather probably a brief form
from H3899 (לֶחֶם); foodful; (or perhaps erroneous transcription) for H1022 (בֵּית הַלַּחְמִי)
Full Lexicon Entry(Abbott-Smith)
A man living at the time of United Monarchy, first mentioned at ; son of: Rapha (H7497A); brother of: Goliath (H1555), Ishbi-benob (H3430), Saph (H5593), huge_man (H4060A); also translated "[brother of] Goliath" at ; § Lahmi = "my bread" brother of Goliath the Gittite and slain by Elhanan the son of Zair
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Grammar & Morphology
Part of Speech
Proper Noun (Masculine)
Morphology Code
N:N-M-P
Full Description
Proper Noun, Masculine
Occurrences
לַחְמִי appears 1 time in the Old Testament.
Distribution by Book
1 Chronicles
1
Key Passages
1 Chronicles 20:5BSB
Once again there was a battle with the Philistines, and Elhanan son of Jair killed Lahmi the brother of Goliath the Gittite, the shaft of whose spear was like a weaver’s beam.
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