1 Kings 18:41:51 Kgs.18.41.W5TAB
אֱכֹ֣ל
ekhol
“eat”
- Transliteration
- e-KHOL
- Extended
- eh-KHOHL
- IPA
- /ʔɛˈxoːl/
Meaning by language
- English
- eat
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Hateph Seghol | reduced 'eh' | |
| Kaf | k with dagesh; kh without | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Lamed | l as in law |
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The word
Word in context
- word
e-KHOL
- phraseyour reading level
e-KHOL u-she-TE
- clause
va-YO-mer e-li-YA-hu le-akh-AV a-LE e-KHOL u-she-TE
- sentence
va-YO-mer e-li-YA-hu le-akh-AV a-LE e-KHOL u-she-TE ki-KOL ha-MON ha-GA-shem
Exegesis
A sequence of Qal imperatives—aleh {עֲלֵה | ʿă-lêh} ‘go up’, ekhol {אֱכֹל | ’ĕ-kōl} ‘eat’, usheteh {וּשְׁתֵה | ū-šĕ-thêh} ‘drink’—mirrors the Hebrew urgency.
Root and etymology
ʾ-k-lʾ-k-l
“to eat, consume”
In context — 1 Kings 18:41
And Elijah said to Ahab, “Go up, eat and drink, for the roaring of the rain is heard.”
About this coordinate
1 Kings 18:41:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of 1 Kings 18:41, so the Hebrew word אֱכֹ֣ל (ekhol) can be cited, linked and studied at exactly this position rather than somewhere in the verse. In the Biblical Knowledge Coordinate System the same position is written 1 Kgs.18.41.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Kgs.18.41.W5.S1) and character.