1 Kings 18:42:31 Kgs.18.42.W3TAB
לֶאֱכֹ֣ל
leekhol
“to eat”
- Transliteration
- le-e-KHOL
- Extended
- leh-eh-KHOHL
- IPA
- /lɛʔɛˈxoːl/
Meaning by language
- English
- to eat
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| 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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Word in context
- word
le-e-KHOL
- phraseyour reading level
le-e-KHOL ve-lish-TOT
- clause
va-ya-a-LE akh-AV le-e-KHOL ve-lish-TOT
- sentence
va-ya-a-LE akh-AV le-e-KHOL ve-lish-TOT ve-e-li-YA-hu a-LA el-ROSH ha-kar-MEL va-yig-HAR AR-tsa va-ya-SEM pa-NAV BEN ve-re-KHU bir-KAV
In context — 1 Kings 18:42
So Ahab went up to eat and drink, and Elijah went up to the top of Carmel and crouched down to the ground and put his face between his knees .
About this coordinate
1 Kings 18:42:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of 1 Kings 18:42, so the Hebrew word לֶאֱכֹ֣ל (leekhol) 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.18.42.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Kgs.18.42.W3.S1) and character.