Leviticus 17:13:14Lev.17.13.W14TAB

יֵאָכֵ֑ל

yeakhel

may be eaten

Transliteration
ye-a-KHEL
Extended
YEH-ah-KHEHL
IPA
/jeːʔaˈxeːl/

Meaning by language

English
may be eaten

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Result
יֵ + אָ + כֵ֑ל
ye + a + khel
yeakhel

Alphabet Analysis

Yody as in yes; marks long ī
Tserelong 'ey' as in they
Alephsilent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points
Qametslong 'ah'
Kafk with dagesh; kh without
Tserelong 'ey' as in they
Lamedl as in law

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Word in context

  1. word

    ye-a-KHEL

  2. phraseyour reading level

    a-SHER ye-a-KHEL

  3. clause

    ve-ISH ISH mih-BEH-NEH yis-ra-EL oo-min-ha-GER ha-GAR be-to-KHAM a-SHER ya-TSUD TSEID khai-YA OHF a-SHER ye-a-KHEL

  4. sentence

    ve-ISH ISH mih-BEH-NEH yis-ra-EL oo-min-ha-GER ha-GAR be-to-KHAM a-SHER ya-TSUD TSEID khai-YA OHF a-SHER ye-a-KHEL veh-SHA-fakh et-da-MO veh-khi-SAA-hoo be-a-FAR

Exegesis

The relative clause ʾăšer yā-ṣû-ḏ ṣē-yî-ḏ ḥay-yāh ʿōp̄ ʾăšer yē-ʾā-kēl {אֲשֶׁר יָצ֜וּד צֵ֥יד חַיָּה אוֹ־ע֖וֹף אֲשֶׁר יֵאָכֵ֑ל | ʾăšer yā-ṣû-ḏ ṣē-yî-ḏ ḥay-yāh ʿōp̄ ʾăšer yē-ʾā-kēl} ‘that he hunts prey, animal or bird, which is eaten’ specifies permissible game.

In contextLeviticus 17:13

And any man of the sons of Israel, or from the stranger who sojourns among them, who hunts prey—animal or bird—that may be eaten, shall pour out its blood and cover it with dust .

About this coordinate

Leviticus 17:13:14 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 14 of Leviticus 17:13, so the Hebrew word יֵאָכֵ֑ל (yeakhel) 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 Lev.17.13.W14, which extends further down to each syllable (Lev.17.13.W14.S1) and character.