Jeremiah 16:8:5Jer.16.8.W5TAB
לֶאֱכֹ֖ל
leekhol
“to eat”
- Transliteration
- le-e-KHOL
- Extended
- leh-eh-KHOHL
- IPA
- /lɛ.ʔɛˈxoːl/
Meaning by language
- English
- to eat
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Hateph Seghol | reduced 'eh' | |
| Kaf | k with dagesh; kh without | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Lamed | l as in law |
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The word
Word in context
- word
le-e-KHOL
- clause
le-e-KHOL ve-lish-TOT
- sentence
u-VEIT-mish-TE lo-ta-VO la-SHE-vet o-TAM le-e-KHOL ve-lish-TOT
Exegesis
The parallel infinitives le’ekhol {לֶאֱכֹל | le-ʾeḵōl} ‘to eat’ and velishtot {וְלִשְׁתּוֹת | wə-liš-tōṯ} ‘and to drink’ form a triple infinitive sequence that conveys cumulative action forbidden by the decree. The formal translation maintains this sequence to reflect emphasis, while the dynamic translation consolidates the actions into a single participial phrase for readability.
Root and etymology
א-כ-ל
“to eat”
In context — Jeremiah 16:8
And you shall not go into a house of feasting to sit with them to eat and to drink.
About this coordinate
Jeremiah 16:8:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Jeremiah 16:8, so the Hebrew word לֶאֱכֹ֖ל (leekhol) 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 Jer.16.8.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Jer.16.8.W5.S1) and character.