1 Samuel 20:24:91 Sam.20.24.W9TAB
לֶאֱכֹֽל׃
leekhol
“to eat”
- Transliteration
- le-e-KHOL
- Extended
- leh-eh-KHOHL
- IPA
- /lɛ.ʔɛˈxoːl/
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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The word
Word in context
- word
le-e-KHOL
- phraseyour reading level
va-ye-SHEV ha-ME-lekh al-eL-ha-LE-khem le-e-KHOL
- clause
va-ye-HI ha-KHO-desh va-ye-SHEV ha-ME-lekh al-eL-ha-LE-khem le-e-KHOL
- sentence
va-yis-sa-TER da-VID ba-sa-DE va-ye-HI ha-KHO-desh va-ye-SHEV ha-ME-lekh al-eL-ha-LE-khem le-e-KHOL
Exegesis
The infinitive construct lə-ʾēḵōl {לֶאֱכֹל | lə-ʾē-ḵōl} conveys purpose (“to eat”). To preserve readability, the Hebrew VSO order is rendered as subject-verb-object in English, maintaining narrative immediacy.
Root and etymology
ʾ-k-laleph–kaf–lamed
“to eat, consume”
In context — 1 Samuel 20:24
And David hid in the field, and the month came, and the king sat down to eat.
About this coordinate
1 Samuel 20:24:9 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 9 of 1 Samuel 20:24, so the Hebrew word לֶאֱכֹֽל׃ (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.20.24.W9, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Sam.20.24.W9.S1) and character.