Lekhem vesha'ashu'im (לחם ושעשועים) means bread and circuses in Hebrew.
It can also mean bread and games. It is a word, and the Hebrew dictionary's own definitions are below.
לֶחֶם וְשַׁעֲשׁוּעִים
lekhem vesha'ashu'im
word
In English
bread and circuses, bread and games
The stress falls on the part in bold.
The dictionary gives one meaning for Lekhem vesha'ashu'im.
The definitions are in Hebrew, as the dictionary writes them.
- 1ביטוי למצב מוסרי ורוחני ירוד של ציבור, שדבר אינו מעניין אותו מלבד תענוגות ודברים חומריים.
The word Lekhem vesha'ashu'im is a word.
- Written with vowel points
- לֶחֶם וְשַׁעֲשׁוּעִים
- Written without vowel points
- לחם ושעשועים
- Said
- lekhem vesha'ashu'im
- Gematria
- 880
This is how Lekhem vesha'ashu'im is said in other languages.
- English
- bread and circuses, bread and games
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What does Lekhem vesha'ashu'im (לחם ושעשועים) mean in Hebrew?
Lekhem vesha'ashu'im (לחם ושעשועים) means bread and circuses and bread and games. It is said lekhem vesha'ashu'im, with the stress on le.
The definitions, pronunciation, synonyms and translations on this page are adapted from the entry לחם ושעשועים of the Hebrew Wiktionary, read on 1 November 2026, and are shared under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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