Deuteronomy 14:8:12Deut.14.8.W12TAB
תֹאכֵ֔לוּ
toakhelu
“eat”
- Transliteration
- to-a-KHE-lu
- Extended
- toh-a-KHEH-loo
- IPA
- /toːʔaˈxeːluː/
Meaning by language
- English
- 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
LO to-a-KHE-lu
- clause
mi-be-sa-RAM LO to-a-KHE-lu u-ve-niv-la-TAM LO tig-GA-u
- sentence
ve-ET-ha-kha-ZIR KI-maf-RIS par-SA HU ve-LO ge-RA ta-ME HU la-KHEM mi-be-sa-RAM LO to-a-KHE-lu u-ve-niv-la-TAM LO tig-GA-u
Exegesis
The prepositional phrase mi-b'saram {מִבְּשָׂרָם | mi-bə-śā-rām} together with the imperfect tokhelu {תֹאכֵלּוּ | tō-ʾə-kê-lû} and negation lo {לֹא | lōʾ} yields the first prohibition.
Root and etymology
Rootaleph-kaf-lamed
“to eat, consume”
In context — Deuteronomy 14:8
And the pig, because it splits the hoof but does not chew the cud, is unclean for you; from their flesh you shall not eat, and you shall not touch their carcass .
About this coordinate
Deuteronomy 14:8:12 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 12 of Deuteronomy 14:8, so the Hebrew word תֹאכֵ֔לוּ (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.14.8.W12, which extends further down to each syllable (Deut.14.8.W12.S1) and character.