וְ/אִכְל֥וּ
𐤅/𐤀𐤊𐤋𐤅
ʼâkal
and eat
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.
kuryá "to eat, devour" (Runyankore) · oolya "to eat (food)" (Makhuwa) · kũlya "to eat" (Kikuyu) +24 moreJeremiah 7:21 · Word #11
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/Vqv2mp
All morphology codes
| Part of Speech | V — Verb — An action or state |
| Binyan | q — Qal — Simple active |
| Conjugation | v — Imperative — A command |
| Person | 2 — 2nd person — Second person ("you") |
| Gender | m — Masculine — Masculine |
| Number | p — Plural — Plural |
Common Translation
| Phrase | and eat |
SIBI-P1 Translation H398-132
and eat!
| Morphological Notes | Verb, Qal stem, imperative, 2nd person masculine plural, with prefixed conjunction וְ ("and"). |
| Rendering Rationale | The Qal stem preserves the simple active sense "to eat/consume." As a 2nd person masculine plural imperative with prefixed conjunction וְ, it is rendered as a direct command to multiple males: "and eat!" |
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SILEX v2
SIBI-P2 (Context-Aware)
and eat
| Same as P1 | Yes |
| Rationale | Imperative 'and eat!' is contextually correct, corresponding to the imperative form and conjunction in the Hebrew. |
Bantu Hebrew
וְ/אִכְל֥וּ (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.
| Word | Meaning | Language |
|---|---|---|
| kuryá | to eat, devour | Runyankore |
| oolya | to eat (food) | Makhuwa |
| kũlya | to eat | Kikuyu |
| kuria | to eat | Meru |
| kũla | to eat, consume | Kamba |
| kulya | to eat | Sukuma |
| kulya | to eat | Nyamwezi |
| kulya | to eat, consume | Chokwe |
| okurya | to eat | Herero |
| kulya | to eat | Luvale |
| kulya | to eat | Kaonde |
| ukulya | to eat | Lamba |
| kulya | to eat | Tonga |
| kulya | to eat | Lozi |
| kulya | to eat | Tumbuka |
| kulya | to eat | Kongo |
| kolya | to eat | Lingala |
| okulya | to eat | Luganda |
| kurya | to eat | Kinyarwanda |
| kurya | to eat | Kirundi |
| kudya | to eat | Shona |
| kudya | to eat | Chichewa |
| ukudla | to eat | Xhosa |
| ukudla | to eat | Zulu |
| kula | to eat | Swahili |
| ukulya | to eat | Bemba |
| okèlè | swallow lump of food (eating) | Yoruba |