2 Samuel 16:2:142 Sam.16.2.W14TAB
לֶאֱכ֣וֹל
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 | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| 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 han-ne-a-RIM
- clause
va-YO-mer tsi-VA ha-kha-mo-RIM le-VEIT-ha-ME-lekh lir-KHOV ve-le-le-KHEM ve-hal-LE-khem ve-ha-ka-YITS le-e-KHOL han-ne-a-RIM ve-ha-ya-YIN lish-TE-ot ha-ya-EF ba-mid-BAR
- sentence
va-YO-mer ha-ME-lekh el-tsi-va ma-E-le LAKH va-YO-mer tsi-VA ha-kha-mo-RIM le-VEIT-ha-ME-lekh lir-KHOV ve-le-le-KHEM ve-hal-LE-khem ve-ha-ka-YITS le-e-KHOL han-ne-a-RIM ve-ha-ya-YIN lish-TE-ot ha-ya-EF ba-mid-BAR
In context — 2 Samuel 16:2
And the king said to Ziba, “What are these to you?” And Ziba replied, “The donkeys are for the house of the king to ride, and the bread and the summer fruit for the young men to eat, and the wine for the weary to drink in the wilderness.”
About this coordinate
2 Samuel 16:2:14 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 14 of 2 Samuel 16:2, so the Hebrew word לֶאֱכ֣וֹל (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.16.2.W14, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Sam.16.2.W14.S1) and character.