2 Kings 18:27:162 Kgs.18.27.W16TAB
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 ET kha-re-HEM tso-a-TAM
- clause
ha-LO al-ha-a-na-SHIM ha-yo-she-VIM al-ha-kho-MA le-e-KHOL ET kha-re-HEM tso-a-TAM ve-lish-TOT et-shi-ne-HEM mi-ME rag-le-HEM im-ma-KHEM
- sentence
va-YO-mer a-le-HEM rav-sha-KE HA-al a-do-NE-kha ve-e-LE-kha she-la-KHA-ni a-do-NI le-dab-BER et-ha-de-va-RIM ha-E-le ha-LO al-ha-a-na-SHIM ha-yo-she-VIM al-ha-kho-MA le-e-KHOL ET kha-re-HEM tso-a-TAM ve-lish-TOT et-shi-ne-HEM mi-ME rag-le-HEM im-ma-KHEM
Exegesis
The infinitive constructs leekhol {לֶאֱכֹל | lĕ’ĕ-kōl} ‘to eat’ and lishtot {לִשְׁתּוֹת | liš-tōṯ} ‘to drink’ are linked by velishtot to underscore parallel actions under siege.
In context — 2 Kings 18:27
And Rabshakeh said to them, “Did my master send me to your master and to you alone to speak these words, and not also to the men sitting on the wall —who will eat their own dung and drink the water of their feet with you?”
About this coordinate
2 Kings 18:27:16 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 16 of 2 Kings 18:27, 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 2 Kgs.18.27.W16, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Kgs.18.27.W16.S1) and character.