אֻ֨כְּל֔וּ

𐤀𐤊𐤋𐤅

ukelu

they shall be devoured

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

Nahum 1:10 · Word #7

Lexicon H398

Lemmaאָכַל
Lemma (Paleo)𐤀𐤊𐤋
Transliterationʼâkal
Strong'sH398
In-contextthey shall be devoured

Morphology HVQp3cp All morphology codes

Part of Speech V — Verb — An action or state
Binyan Q — Qal Passive — Simple passive
Conjugation p — Perfect — Completed action
Person 3 — 3rd person — Third person ("he/she/they")
Gender c — Common — Common (both genders)
Number p — Plural — Plural

SIBI-P1 H398-90

they were eaten up

Morphological NotesVerb, Qal stem, perfect (suffix conjugation), 3rd person common plural; passive form (Qal passive), indicating completed action affecting a plural subject.
Rendering RationaleThe form is Qal perfect 3rd person common plural in the passive voice, indicating a completed action experienced by “they.” Rendering it as “they were eaten up” preserves both the passive morphology and the root sense of being consumed or devoured.

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

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

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