Leviticus 19:25:3Lev.19.25.W3TAB
תֹּֽאכְלוּ֙
tokheloo
“eat”
- Transliteration
- to-khe-LOO
- Extended
- toh-kheh-LOO
- IPA
- /toxəˈluː/
Meaning by language
- English
- eat
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Kaf | k with dagesh; kh without | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū |
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The word
Word in context
- word
to-khe-LOO
- clause
oo-vah-sha-NAH ha-kha-mi-SHIT to-khe-LOO et-pir-YO leh-ho-SEEf la-KHEM te-vu-a-TO
- sentence
oo-vah-sha-NAH ha-kha-mi-SHIT to-khe-LOO et-pir-YO leh-ho-SEEf la-KHEM te-vu-a-TO a-NI Ye-ho-VAH e-lo-HEE-KHEM
Exegesis
The Qal imperfect toakhlu {תֹּאכְלוּ | tōʾăḵ-lū} expresses a communal action, while the direct object marker et- {אֶת־ | ʾet-} introduces piryō {פִּרְי֔וֹ | pîr-yō} ‘its fruit’.
In context — Leviticus 19:25
And in the fifth year you shall eat its fruit to increase its yield for you. I am the LORD your God .
About this coordinate
Leviticus 19:25:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Leviticus 19:25, so the Hebrew word תֹּֽאכְלוּ֙ (tokheloo) 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.19.25.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Lev.19.25.W3.S1) and character.