Jeremiah 22:15:8Jer.22.15.W8TAB
אָכַ֣ל
akhal
“ate”
- Transliteration
- a-KHAL
- Extended
- aa-KHAHL
- IPA
- /ʔaːˈχal/
Meaning by language
- English
- 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 | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Lamed | l as in law |
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The word
Word in context
- word
a-KHAL
- phraseyour reading level
ha-LO a-KHAL ve-sha-TA
- clause
a-VI-kha ha-LO a-KHAL ve-sha-TA ve-a-SA mish-paT u-tse-da-KA AZ TOV LO
- sentence
ha-tim-LOKH KI a-TA me-ta-kha-RE va-A-rez a-VI-kha ha-LO a-KHAL ve-sha-TA ve-a-SA mish-paT u-tse-da-KA AZ TOV LO
Exegesis
The contrast between these self-focused efforts and his father’s conduct—hālōʾ ʾāḥal wə-šātāh wə-ʿāśāh mishpāṭ û-ṣə-ḏā-qāh {הֲל֧וֹא אָכַ֣ל וְשָׁתָ֗ה וְעָשָׂ֤ה מִשְׁפָּט֙ וּצְדָקָ֔ה | ha-lōʾ ʾā-ḥal wə-šā-tāh wə-ʿā-śāh miš-pāṭ û-ṣə-ḏā-qāh} ‘did he not eat and drink and do justice and righteousness’—reinforces the rhetorical contrast.
In context — Jeremiah 22:15
Will you reign because you are striving in cedar? Did not your father eat and drink and do justice and righteousness ? Then it was well for him.
About this coordinate
Jeremiah 22:15:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of Jeremiah 22:15, so the Hebrew word אָכַ֣ל (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 Jer.22.15.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (Jer.22.15.W8.S1) and character.