2 Samuel 13:11:32 Sam.13.11.W3TAB
לֽ͏ֶאֱכֹ֑ל
leekhol
“to eat”
- Transliteration
- le-e-KHOL
- Extended
- leh-eh-KHOHL
- IPA
- /lɛ.ʔɛˈχoːl/
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
- clause
va-tag-GESH e-LAV le-e-KHOL
- sentence
va-tag-GESH e-LAV le-e-KHOL va-ya-kha-ZEK-BAH va-yo-MER LAH BO-i shikh-VI im-MI a-kho-TI
Exegesis
The infinitive construct lə-ʾē-khol {לֽ͏ֶאֱכֹל | lə-ʾē-khol} expresses purpose ‘to eat’.
In context — 2 Samuel 13:11
And she brought it near to him to eat, but he seized her and said to her, “Come, lie down with me, my sister .”
About this coordinate
2 Samuel 13:11:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of 2 Samuel 13:11, so the Hebrew word לֽ͏ֶאֱכֹ֑ל (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 Sam.13.11.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Sam.13.11.W3.S1) and character.