וְ/אֹכֵ֖ל
𐤅/𐤀𐤊𐤋
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.
kulya "to eat, consume" (Chokwe) · oolya "to eat (food)" (Makhuwa) · kulya "to eat" (Nyamwezi) +24 moreEcclesiastes 4:5 · Word #5
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 HC/Vqrmsa
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 Translation H398-139
and I will eat
| Morphological Notes | Verb, Qal stem, imperfect (yiqtol), 1st person common singular, with prefixed conjunction וְ. |
| Rendering Rationale | The Qal stem preserves the simple active sense of the root "to eat/consume." The imperfect first person singular form, with prefixed conjunction, is reflected as "and I will eat," maintaining person, number, and verbal aspect without contextual expansion. |
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SILEX v2
SIBI-P2 (Context-Aware)
and he eats
| Same as P1 | No — adjusted for context |
| Rationale | P1 mistranslates the verb as first person; the context (and Hebrew form) indicates third person masculine singular—'and he eats' is correct. |
Bantu Hebrew
וְ/אֹכֵ֖ל (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.