Deuteronomy 14:6:10Deut.14.6.W10TAB
תֹּאכֵֽלוּ׃
tokhelu
“you may eat”
- Transliteration
- to-khe-LU
- Extended
- toh-kheh-LOO
- IPA
- /toˈxeːluː/
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-khe-LU
- clause
o-TAH to-khe-LU
- sentence
ve-KOL-be-he-MAH maf-re-SET par-SA ve-sho-SA-at she-SA shtey-fra-SOT ma-a-LAT-ge-RAH bab-be-he-MAH o-TAH to-khe-LU
Exegesis
The direct object pronoun otah {אֹתָהּ | ʾō-ṯāh} marks the noun phrase as the object of the finite verb tochelu {תֹּאכֵלוּ | tō-ḵê-lû} ‘you shall eat’. In English, these participles are rendered as relative clauses to preserve the ordered criteria before the main verb, emphasizing that only animals meeting all conditions qualify for consumption.
Root and etymology
א־כ־לʾ-k-l
“to eat, consume”
In context — Deuteronomy 14:6
And every animal that divides the hoof and splits it into two hoofs, and that brings up the cud among the animals, you shall eat .
About this coordinate
Deuteronomy 14:6:10 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 10 of Deuteronomy 14:6, so the Hebrew word תֹּאכֵֽלוּ׃ (tokhelu) 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.14.6.W10, which extends further down to each syllable (Deut.14.6.W10.S1) and character.