2 Samuel 22:9:62 Sam.22.9.W6TAB
תֹּאכֵ֑ל
tokhel
“devours or consumes”
- Transliteration
- to-KHEL
- Extended
- toh-KHEEL
- IPA
- /toˈʔoːxeːl/
Meaning by language
- English
- devours or consumes
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Kaf | k with dagesh; kh without | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Lamed | l as in law |
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The word
Word in context
- word
to-KHEL
- clause
A-LA a-SHAN be-AP-po ve-ESH mi-PI-v to-KHEL
- sentence
A-LA a-SHAN be-AP-po ve-ESH mi-PI-v to-KHEL ge-kha-LIM ba-A-RU mi-ME-nu
Exegesis
The second clause places esh {אֵשׁ | ʾēš} ‘fire’ before the imperfect toakhel {תֹּאכֵל | tō-ʾāh-ēl} ‘devours,’ with mi-piv {מִפִּיו | mi-pîw} ‘from His mouth’ indicating the source.
Root and etymology
Rootayin–kaf–lamed
“to eat; consume; destroy”
In context — 2 Samuel 22:9
Smoke rose from His nostrils, and fire devoured from His mouth; coals blazed out from Him.
About this coordinate
2 Samuel 22:9:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of 2 Samuel 22:9, so the Hebrew word תֹּאכֵ֑ל (tokhel) 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.22.9.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Sam.22.9.W6.S1) and character.