Genesis 3:2:6Gen.3.2.W6TAB
נֹאכֵֽל׃
nokhel
“we may eat”
- Transliteration
- no-KHEL
- Extended
- noh-KHEHL
- IPA
- /noː.ˈxeːl/
Meaning by language
- English
- we may eat
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Nun | n as in new | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Kaf | k with dagesh; kh without | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Lamed | l as in law |
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The word
Word in context
- word
no-KHEL
- clause
mi-pe-RI ets-ha-GAN no-KHEL
- sentence
va-TO-mer ha-ish-SHA el-ha-na-KHASH mi-pe-RI ets-ha-GAN no-KHEL
Exegesis
The imperfect nokeil {נֹאכֵל | nō-ʾḵēl} conveys permission rather than simple futurity. In the formal rendering the singular construct is maintained while rendering “trees” to clarify the collective sense of the garden’s trees; the dynamic translation similarly emphasizes the pluralized “trees” to reflect the Hebrew sense.
Root and etymology
ʾ-k-laleph–kaf–lamed
“to eat, consume”
In context — Genesis 3:2
The woman said to the serpent, “From the fruit of the trees of the garden we may eat.”
About this coordinate
Genesis 3:2:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of Genesis 3:2, so the Hebrew word נֹאכֵֽל׃ (nokhel) 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 Gen.3.2.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.3.2.W6.S1) and character.