Ezekiel 18:6:3Ezek.18.6.W3TAB
אָכָ֔ל
akhal
“he ate”
- Transliteration
- a-KHAL
- Extended
- aa-KHAAL
- IPA
- /ʔaˈχaːl/
Meaning by language
- English
- he ate
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
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
el-ha-he-ha-RIM LO a-KHAL ve-e-NAIV LO na-SA el-gil-lu-LE BET yis-ra-EL
- sentence
el-ha-he-ha-RIM LO a-KHAL ve-e-NAIV LO na-SA el-gil-lu-LE BET yis-ra-EL ve-et-E-shet re-E-hu LO tim-ME ve-el-ish-SHA nid-DA LO yik-RAV
Exegesis
The verb akhal {אָכָל | ʾā-ḵal} ‘he ate’ reflects cultic participation.
Root and etymology
ʾ-k-l
“to eat, consume”
In context — Ezekiel 18:6
He does not eat upon the mountains , nor lift his eyes to the idols of the house of Israel, nor defile the wife of his neighbor, nor approach a woman in her menstrual impurity .
About this coordinate
Ezekiel 18:6:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Ezekiel 18:6, 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.18.6.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Ezek.18.6.W3.S1) and character.