Deuteronomy 14:4:4Deut.14.4.W4TAB
תֹּאכֵ֑לוּ
toakhelu
“you may eat”
- Transliteration
- to-a-KHE-lu
- Extended
- toh-ah-KHEH-loo
- IPA
- /toː.ʔaˈxeːluː/
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
- phraseyour reading level
a-SHER to-a-KHE-lu
- clause
ZOT ha-be-HE-ma a-SHER to-a-KHE-lu
- sentence
ZOT ha-be-HE-ma a-SHER to-a-KHE-lu SHOR SE ke-sa-VIM ve-SE i-ZIM
Exegesis
The relative marker asher {אֲשֶׁר | ʾăšer} ‘which’ links to the Qal imperfect verb tokhelu {תֹּאכֵלוּ | tô-ʾkē-lû} ‘you shall eat’, indicating second-person plural instruction.
Root and etymology
Rootaleph-kaf-lamed
“to eat, consume”
In context — Deuteronomy 14:4
This is the animal that you shall eat: the ox, the sheep , and the goat.
About this coordinate
Deuteronomy 14:4:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Deuteronomy 14:4, so the Hebrew word תֹּאכֵ֑לוּ (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.14.4.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Deut.14.4.W4.S1) and character.