1 Samuel 14:33:81 Sam.14.33.W8TAB

לֶאֱכֹ֣ל

leekhol

by eating

Transliteration
le-e-KHOL
Extended
leh-eh-KHOHL
IPA
/lɛʔɛˈxoːl/

Meaning by language

English
by eating

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Result
לֶ + אֱ + כֹ֣ל
le + e + khol
leekhol

Alphabet Analysis

Lamedl as in law
Segholshort 'eh' as in met
Alephsilent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points
Hateph Segholreduced 'eh'
Kafk with dagesh; kh without
Holemlong 'oh' as in go
Lamedl as in law

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Word in context

  1. word

    le-e-KHOL

  2. phraseyour reading level

    le-e-KHOL al-ha-DAM

  3. clause

    va-ya-GI-du le-sha-UL le-MOR hi-NE ha-AM kho-ti-IM la-ye-ho-VAH le-e-KHOL al-ha-DAM

  4. sentence

    va-ya-GI-du le-sha-UL le-MOR hi-NE ha-AM kho-ti-IM la-ye-ho-VAH le-e-KHOL al-ha-DAM va-yo-MER be-gad-TEM go-LU-e-LAI ha-YOM E-ven ge-do-LA

Exegesis

The infinitive le’ekhol {לֶאֱכֹל | le-’ĕ-kȏl} ‘to eat’ combined with ’al hadam {עַל־הַדָּם | ’al-ha-ḏām} ‘upon the blood’ details the proscribed action.

Root and etymology

א-כ-ל

eat

In context1 Samuel 14:33

And they told Saul, saying, “Behold, the people are sinning against the LORD by eating blood.” And he said, “You have acted treacherously ; roll to me today a great stone.”

About this coordinate

1 Samuel 14:33:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of 1 Samuel 14:33, 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 Sam.14.33.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Sam.14.33.W8.S1) and character.