Deuteronomy 15:22:2Deut.15.22.W2TAB
תֹּאכֲלֶ֑נּוּ
toakhalenu
“you shall eat it”
- Transliteration
- to-akh-a-LE-nu
- Extended
- toh-akh-ah-LEH-noo
- IPA
- /to.ʔaχaˈlɛ.nuː/
Meaning by language
- English
- you shall eat it
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 | |
| Hateph Patach | reduced 'ah' | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Nun | n as in new | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū |
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Word in context
- word
to-akh-a-LE-nu
- clause
bish-a-RE-kha to-akh-a-LE-nu
- sentence
bish-a-RE-kha to-akh-a-LE-nu ha-ta-ME ve-ha-ta-HOR yakh-DAW ka-tsvi ve-ka-ai-YAL
Exegesis
The Qal imperfect verb to'akhalennu {תֹּאכֲלֶנּוּ | tō-’ă-kal-lə-nû} expresses a second person singular command with direct object suffix.
Root and etymology
RootAleph Kaf Lamed
“eat, consume”
In context — Deuteronomy 15:22
In your gates , you shall eat it; the unclean and the clean, together , as the gazelle and as the deer.
About this coordinate
Deuteronomy 15:22:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of Deuteronomy 15:22, so the Hebrew word תֹּאכֲלֶ֑נּוּ (toakhalenu) 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.15.22.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (Deut.15.22.W2.S1) and character.