1 Samuel 14:28:121 Sam.14.28.W12TAB
אֲשֶׁר־יֹ֥אכַל
asheryokhal
“who will eat”
- Transliteration
- a-sher-yo-KHAL
- Extended
- ah-shehr-yoh-KHAHL
- IPA
- /ʔăʃɛr.joːˈχal/
Meaning by language
- English
- who will eat
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Hateph Patach | reduced 'ah' | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Kaf | k with dagesh; kh without | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Lamed | l as in law |
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The word
Word in context
- word
a-sher-yo-KHAL
- phraseyour reading level
a-sher-yo-KHAL LE-khem
- clause
va-ya-AN ISH me-ha-AM va-yo-MER hash-be-A hish-bi-A a-VI-kha ET-ha-AM le-MOR a-RUR ha-ISH a-sher-yo-KHAL LE-khem ha-YOM
- sentence
va-ya-AN ISH me-ha-AM va-yo-MER hash-be-A hish-bi-A a-VI-kha ET-ha-AM le-MOR a-RUR ha-ISH a-sher-yo-KHAL LE-khem ha-YOM va-ya-AF ha-AM
Exegesis
The embedded curse formula combines ’ārūr {אָר֥וּר | ’ārūr} ‘cursed’ with ’ăšer-yōkhal {אֲשֶׁר־יֹ֥אכַל | ’ăšer-yōkhal} ‘who eats’, forming a strict conditional prohibition.
Root and etymology
א-כ-ל
“eat”
In context — 1 Samuel 14:28
Then a man from the people answered and said, “Your father made the people solemnly swear, saying, ‘Cursed is the man who eats bread today.’” And the people became faint.
About this coordinate
1 Samuel 14:28:12 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 12 of 1 Samuel 14:28, so the Hebrew word אֲשֶׁר־יֹ֥אכַל (asheryokhal) 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 Sam.14.28.W12, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Sam.14.28.W12.S1) and character.