2 Samuel 18:8:92 Sam.18.8.W9TAB
לֶאֱכֹ֣ל
leekhol
“to devour”
- Transliteration
- le-e-KHOL
- Extended
- leh-eh-KHOHL
- IPA
- /lɛʔɛˈxoːl/
Meaning by language
- English
- to devour
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 ba-AM
- sentence
vat-te-HI-SHAM ham-mil-kha-MA ne-fu-TSAT na-FO-tset al-pe-NE KAL-ha-A-rets va-ye-REV hay-YA-ar le-e-KHOL ba-AM me-a-SHER a-khe-LA ha-KHE-rev bay-YOM ha-HU
In context — 2 Samuel 18:8
And the battle was scattered there and dispersed across the face of the whole land, and the forest consumed more people than the sword did on that day.
About this coordinate
2 Samuel 18:8:9 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 9 of 2 Samuel 18:8, 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 Sam.18.8.W9, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Sam.18.8.W9.S1) and character.