Ezekiel 18:15:3Ezek.18.15.W3TAB
אָכָ֔ל
akhal
“he ate”
- Transliteration
- a-KHAL
- Extended
- aa-KHAHL
- IPA
- /ʔaːˈχal/
Meaning by language
- English
- he ate
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Alphabet Analysis
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Kaf | k with dagesh; kh without | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Lamed | l as in law |
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The word
Word in context
- word
a-KHAL
- phraseyour reading level
LO a-KHAL
- clause
al-he-ha-RIM LO a-KHAL ve-e-NAV LO na-SA el-gil-lu-LE BET yis-ra-EL
- sentence
al-he-ha-RIM LO a-KHAL ve-e-NAV LO na-SA el-gil-lu-LE BET yis-ra-EL et-E-shet re-E-hu LO tim-ME
Exegesis
In the first clause, the prepositional phrase al-heharim {עַל־הֶֽהָרִים֙ | ʿal-he-hā-rîm} situates the action in a cultic mountain worship setting, paired with the Qal perfect verb akhal {אָכָ֔ל | ʾā-ḵal} ‘he ate’, indicating completed refusal to join such feasts.
Root and etymology
“to eat, consume”
In context — Ezekiel 18:15
He has not eaten upon the mountains , nor lifted his eyes to the idols of the house of Israel, nor defiled his neighbor’s wife .
About this coordinate
Ezekiel 18:15:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Ezekiel 18:15, so the Hebrew word אָכָ֔ל (akhal) 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 Ezek.18.15.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Ezek.18.15.W3.S1) and character.