H4202 H4202
food, provisions (noun); sustenance or supplies for eating
This Hebrew noun means food or provisions for sustenance. In Genesis 45:23, Joseph sends his father 'grain and bread and food' (possibly 'food' is a later gloss according to some scholars, who note its Aramaic character). In 2 Chronicles 11:23, Rehoboam provided abundant provisions for his dispersed sons. The word emphasizes prepared food or traveling provisions rather than raw ingredients. BDB notes this may be an Aramaic borrowing into later Hebrew.
Senses
1. sense 1 — Refers to food or provisions, particularly prepared sustenance for journeys or sustenance. Genesis uses it alongside grain and bread in Joseph's generous supply to his father, while Chronicles describes abundant provisions given to royal sons. Spanish uses 'alimento' and 'provisiones' (food/provisions), German 'Nahrung' (nourishment), emphasizing prepared sustenance. Some scholars detect Aramaic influence in this term, possibly explaining its relative rarity in Hebrew biblical texts. 2×
AR["الطَّعامَ", "وَ-طَعَامًا"]·ben["আর-খাদ্য", "খাদ্য"]·DE["[המזון]", "und-Nahrung"]·EN["and-food", "the-provisions"]·FR["[המזון]", "et-nourriture"]·heb["ה-מזון", "ו-מזון"]·HI["और-भोजन", "भोजन-को"]·ID["dan-makanan", "makanan"]·IT["[המזון]", "e-cibo"]·jav["lan-sangu", "tedhan"]·KO["그-음식-을", "그리고-양식을"]·PT["a-comida", "e-mantimento"]·RU["и-пищу", "пропитание"]·ES["el-alimento", "y-provisiones"]·SW["chakula", "ugali"]·TR["erzakı", "ve-yiyecek"]·urd["اور-خوراک", "خوراک"]
Related Senses
H8081 1. oil (substance) (180×)H3196 1. wine (fermented grape juice) (141×)H1706 1. honey (54×)H4682 1. unleavened bread/cakes (53×)H2461 1. milk (42×)H8492 1. new wine / must (38×)H0400 1. food, nourishment (36×)G3631 1. wine (34×)H3978 1. food, nourishment (30×)H1314 1. spice / perfume / balsam (29×)H7416 1. pomegranate (fruit/ornament) (28×)H3323 1. fresh oil, olive oil (23×)H2964 1. prey, torn flesh (19×)H3899 2. food, sustenance (19×)G1033 1. food (17×)G5160 1. food (16×)H5561 1. spices, aromatic substances (16×)H0402 1. food, nourishment (14×)G2219 1. leaven (13×)H4478a 1. manna (13×)
BDB / Lexicon Reference
† מָזוֹן n.m. food, sustenance (so Talm Biblical Aramaic Syriac)—בָּר וָלֶחֶם וּמָזוֹן Gn 45:23 (Di ‘מ׳ rather an Aramaic word; perhaps later gloss for orig. צֵדָה v 21; 42:25’); הַמָּזוֹן לָרֹב 2 Ch 11:23.