1 Samuel 14:34:181 Sam.14.34.W18TAB

לֶאֱכֹ֣ל

leekhol

by eating

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

Meaning by language

English
by eating

Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it

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 el-ha-DAM

  3. clause

    va-YO-mer sha-UL pu-TSU va-AM va-a-mar-TEM la-HEM ha-gi-SHU e-LAI ISH sho-RO ve-ISH se-YE-hu u-she-khat-TEM ba-ZE va-a-khal-TEM ve-LO-te-khe-TE-u la-ye-ho-VAH le-e-KHOL el-ha-DAM

  4. sentence

    va-YO-mer sha-UL pu-TSU va-AM va-a-mar-TEM la-HEM ha-gi-SHU e-LAI ISH sho-RO ve-ISH se-YE-hu u-she-khat-TEM ba-ZE va-a-khal-TEM ve-LO-te-khe-TE-u la-ye-ho-VAH le-e-KHOL el-ha-DAM va-ya-gi-SHU khol-ha-AM ISH sho-RO be-ya-DO ha-LAI-la va-yish-kha-TU-sham

Exegesis

The infinitive construct lěʼĕkōl ’el–hādām {לֶאֱכֹל אֶל־הַדָּם | lěʼĕkōl ’el–hādām} marks the prohibition rooted in life-blood symbolism.

Root and etymology

א-כ-ל

eat

In context1 Samuel 14:34

And Saul said, “Disperse yourselves among the people and say to them, ‘Each man bring his ox and each man his sheep to me; slaughter them here and eat. Do not sin against the LORD by eating blood .’” So all the people, each with his ox in hand, brought it that night and slaughtered it there.

About this coordinate

1 Samuel 14:34:18 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 18 of 1 Samuel 14:34, 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.14.34.W18, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Sam.14.34.W18.S1) and character.