Deuteronomy 14:11:3Deut.14.11.W3TAB
תֹּאכֵֽלוּ׃
toakhelu
“you may eat”
- Transliteration
- to-a-KHE-lu
- Extended
- toh-ah-KHEH-loo
- IPA
- /toʔaˈxeːlu/
Meaning by language
- English
- you may eat
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 | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū |
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Word in context
- word
to-a-KHE-lu
- sentence
KOL-tsi-POR te-ho-RAH to-a-KHE-lu
Exegesis
The verb tokhelu {תֹּאכֵלוּ | tō·ʾă·ḵê·lû} ‘you shall eat’, a Qal imperfect 2nd person masculine plural, acts as a permissive directive in the Deuteronomic law. Hebrew allows subject-fronting without a copula; English therefore inserts a modal verb to convey permission. This SV order emphasizes the category of permitted birds before the action of eating.
Root and etymology
ʾ-k-laleph-kaf-lamed
“to eat, consume”
In context — Deuteronomy 14:11
You may eat any clean bird .
About this coordinate
Deuteronomy 14:11:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Deuteronomy 14:11, so the Hebrew word תֹּאכֵֽלוּ׃ (toakhelu) 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 Deut.14.11.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Deut.14.11.W3.S1) and character.