Aramaic

Noun

לַחְמָא • ‎(laḥmā) m ‎(uncountable)

1. bread
   • a. 500 CE, Babylonian Talmud, Berachot 35b:

     אלא חמרא סעיד ומשמח לחמא סעיד מיסעד שמוחי לא משמח‎

     ʾellā ḥamrā śəʿīḏ ūməsammḗaḥ laḥmā śəʿīḏ miśʿaḏ śammūḥē lā məsammḗaḥ

     Only wine satiates and makes one happy; bread indeed satiates, but does not actually make one happy.

   • Passover Haggadah:

     הָא לַחְמָא עַנְיָא דִּי אֲכָלוּ אַבְהָתָנָא בְּאַרְעָא דְמִצְרַיִם‎

     hā laḥmā ʿanyā dī ʾăḵā́lū ʾaḇhāṯānā bəʾarʿā ḏəmiṣráyim

     this is the poor bread that our ancestors ate in the Land of Egypt

2. food
   • Daniel 5:1, with translation of the Jewish Publication Society:

     בֵּלְשַׁאצַּר מַלְכָּא עֲבַד לְחֶם רַב לְרַבְרְבָנוֹהִי אֲלַף וְלָקֳבֵל אַלְפָּא חַמְרָא שָׁתֵה׃‎

     bēləšaṣṣar malkā ʿăḇaḏ ləḥem raḇ ləraḇrəḇānṓhī ʾălap̄ wəloqŏḇēl ʾalpā ḥamrā šāṯē.

     Belshazzar the king made a great feast to a thousand of his lords, and drank wine before the thousand.

Descendants

• Middle Persian: (in spelling) 𐭫𐭧𐭬𐭠 ‎(nān [LḤMʾ])