Ezekiel 19:6:8Ezek.19.6.W8TAB
אָכָֽל׃
akhal
“he ate or devoured”
- Transliteration
- a-KHAL
- Extended
- aa-KHAAL
- IPA
- /ʔaːˈxaːl/
Meaning by language
- English
- he ate or devoured
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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Word in context
- word
a-KHAL
- phraseyour reading level
a-DAM a-KHAL
- clause
va-yil-MAD lit-RAF-TE-ref a-DAM a-KHAL
- sentence
va-yit-ha-LEKH be-TOKH-a-ra-YOT ke-FIR ha-YA va-yil-MAD lit-RAF-TE-ref a-DAM a-KHAL
Exegesis
The verse concludes with akhal {אָכָֽל | ʾā-ḵāl} ‘he devoured’ and its object adam {אָדָם | ʾā-ḏām}, creating an abrupt, violent closure. These Hebrew structures—Hitpael stem, nominal clauses, and infinitive constructs—are rendered in English through progressive and past tenses and infinitives to preserve narrative momentum and vivid predatory imagery.
Root and etymology
ʾ-k-laleph–kaf–lamed
“to eat, consume”
In context — Ezekiel 19:6
And he moved about among lions ; he became a young lion, learned to seize prey, and he devoured men .
About this coordinate
Ezekiel 19:6:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of Ezekiel 19:6, so the Hebrew word אָכָֽל׃ (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.19.6.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (Ezek.19.6.W8.S1) and character.