אָ֝כַ֗ל
𐤀𐤊𐤋
ʼâkal
he-ate
To consume food by eating, to partake of nourishment. Beyond literal ingestion, it can also mean to destroy, consume, or use up in various contexts. May refer figuratively to the act of consuming, destroying, or experiencing something, including fire consuming objects, land being 'eaten' by locusts, or someone enduring suffering.
kulya "to eat, consume" (Chokwe) · oolya "to eat (food)" (Makhuwa) · kulya "to eat" (Nyamwezi) +24 moreJob 21:25 · Word #6
Lexicon H398
| Lemma | אָכַל |
| Lemma (Paleo) | 𐤀𐤊𐤋 |
| Transliteration | ʼâkal |
| Strong's | H398 |
| Definition | To consume food by eating, to partake of nourishment. Beyond literal ingestion, it can also mean to destroy, consume, or use up in various contexts. May refer figuratively to the act of consuming, destroying, or experiencing something, including fire consuming objects, land being 'eaten' by locusts, or someone enduring suffering. |
Morphology HVqp3ms
All morphology codes
| Part of Speech | V — Verb — An action or state |
| Binyan | q — Qal — Simple active |
| Conjugation | p — Perfect — Completed action |
| Person | 3 — 3rd person — Third person ("he/she/they") |
| Gender | m — Masculine — Masculine |
| Number | s — Singular — Singular |
Common Translation
| Phrase | he-ate |
SIBI-P1 Translation H398-01
to eat
| Morphological Notes | Verb, Qal stem, infinitive construct (verbal noun expressing the action "to eat"). |
| Rendering Rationale | The Qal infinitive construct expresses the simple verbal action in its basic form. "To eat" preserves the root’s primary sense of consuming nourishment, from which its extended meanings of consuming or devouring derive. |
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SILEX v2
SIBI-P2 (Context-Aware)
to eat
| Same as P1 | Yes |
| Rationale | The infinitive form matches the syntactic role here, expressing that the person did not eat or experience the next idea. |
Bantu Hebrew
אָ֝כַ֗ל (ʼâkal) — To consume food by eating, to partake of nourishment. Beyond literal ingestion, it can also mean to destroy, consume, or use up in various contexts. May refer figuratively to the act of consuming, destroying, or experiencing something, including fire consuming objects, land being 'eaten' by locusts, or someone enduring suffering.