Exodus 16:18:10Exod.16.18.W10TAB
לְפִֽי־אָכְל֖וֹ
lefeeokhlo
“according to his eating”
- Transliteration
- le-fee-okh-LO
- Extended
- leh-fee-ohkh-LOH
- IPA
- /lə.fiː.ʔɔx.ˈloː/
Meaning by language
- English
- according to his eating
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Pe | p with dagesh; f without | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Kaf | k with dagesh; kh without | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go |
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The word
Word in context
- word
le-fee-okh-LO
- phraseyour reading level
EESH le-fee-okh-LO
- clause
EESH le-fee-okh-LO la-ka-TU
- sentence
va-ya-MOD-du va-O-mer ve-LO he-ed-DEEF ha-mar-BEH ve-ha-mam-EET LO he-khe-SEER EESH le-fee-okh-LO la-ka-TU
Exegesis
The final clause ish lefi-akhlo lakatu {אִישׁ לְפִי־אָכְל֖וֹ לָקָֽטוּ | ʾîš lə-pî-ʾā-ḵ-lô lā-qā-ṭû} “each man gathered according to his eating” uses the idiom lefi + noun construct for personalized sufficiency.
Root and etymology
ʾ-k-laleph–kaf–lamed
“to eat”
In context — Exodus 16:18
When they measured it by the omer, the one who gathered much did not have surplus , and the one who gathered little did not have shortage ; each man gathered according to his eating.
About this coordinate
Exodus 16:18:10 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 10 of Exodus 16:18, so the Hebrew word לְפִֽי־אָכְל֖וֹ (lefeeokhlo) 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 Exod.16.18.W10, which extends further down to each syllable (Exod.16.18.W10.S1) and character.