Not really sure where you're going with that, other than that linguistically one is a metathesis of the other. But as John Leake pointed out to me, my theory doesn't hold, since LXM is bread in all the cognate languages. On Apr 11, 2013, at 5:14 PM, Isaac Fried wrote:
> In other words, you are saying that לחם LAXAM is a variant of הלם HALAM, but > what about חלם XALAM, 'dream, reverie'? > > Isaac Fried, Boston University > > On Apr 11, 2013, at 5:42 PM, Jonathan Mohler wrote: > >> My theory is that there is only one root, להם. This original root is "to >> beat," hence "to fight." The idea of beating dough or kneading leads to the >> noun, lechem, bread. >
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