לָחַם (lāḥam) is a Hebrew verb meaning use as food. It appears 177 times in 18 books of the Hebrew Bible (Strong's H3898).

Also rendered

• fight

Same Hebrew root (TWOT 1104)

Root family 1104: לָחַם lāḥam — I, fight, do battle

• מִלְחָמָה milḥāmâ — battle
• לְחוּם lĕḥûm — intestines
• לָחֶם lāḥem — then

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