אוֹכֵ֑ל

𐤀𐤅𐤊𐤋

okhel

was eating

a primitive root; to eat (literally or figuratively); [idiom] at all, burn up, consume, devour(-er, up), dine, eat(-er, up), feed (with), food, [idiom] freely, [idiom] in...wise(-deed, plenty), (lay) meat, [idiom] quite.

H398

Genesis 39:6 · Word #16

Lexicon H398

Lemmaאָכַל
Lemma (Paleo)𐤀𐤊𐤋
Transliterationʼâkal
Strong'sH398
In-contextwas eating

Morphology HVqrmsa All morphology codes

Part of Speech V — Verb — An action or state
Binyan q — Qal — Simple active
Conjugation r — Participle Active — The one doing the action
Gender m — Masculine — Masculine
Number s — Singular — Singular
State a — Absolute — The noun stands independently

SIBI-P1 H398-61

food (that which is eaten)

Morphological NotesMasculine singular noun (absolute or construct) from the root אכל; also related to the Qal masculine singular participle "eating/one who eats" in other occurrences of the same form.
Rendering RationaleThe noun אֹכֶל is a masculine singular form derived directly from the root אכל, "to eat." Rendering it as "food (that which is eaten)" preserves the active sense of the root by highlighting that it is the object of eating, while reflecting its masculine singular morphology.

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AI-generated (openai/gpt-5.2-chat-latest)

Words from Root אכל (to eat, consume, devour, partake)

SILEX Code Transliteration SIBI-P1
H398-01 akhal he consumed
H398-02 akhalah she consumed
H398-03 akhalani he devoured me

Word Usage (815 occurrences of H398)

Location Form Transliteration Meaning
Genesis 2:16 אָכֹ֥ל akhol eat
Genesis 2:16 תֹּאכֵֽל tokhel you may eat
Genesis 2:17 תֹאכַ֖ל tokhal you shall eat