Leviticus 22:10:2Lev.22.10.W2TAB

לֹא־יֹ֣אכַל

lohyokhal

not eat

Transliteration
loh-YO-khal
Extended
loh-YOH-khal
IPA
/loˈjoːxal/

Meaning by language

English
not eat

Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it

Result
לֹא + יֹ֣א + כַל
loh + yo + khal
lohyokhal

Alphabet Analysis

Lamedl as in law
Holemlong 'oh' as in go
Alephsilent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points
Yody as in yes; marks long ī
Holemlong 'oh' as in go
Alephsilent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points
Kafk with dagesh; kh without
Patachshort 'ah' as in father
Lamedl as in law

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Word in context

  1. word

    loh-YO-khal

  2. phraseyour reading level

    loh-YO-khal KO-desh

  3. clause

    veh-kol-ZAR loh-YO-khal KO-desh

  4. sentence

    veh-kol-ZAR loh-YO-khal KO-desh to-SHAV ko-HEN veh-sa-KHIR loh-YO-khal KO-desh

Exegesis

The imperfect verb lō-yō-ʾăkhal {לֹא־יֹ֣אכַל | lō-yō-ʾă-kal} serves as a continuous prohibitive.

Root and etymology

RootAleph-Kaf-Lamed

to eat

In contextLeviticus 22:10

And no outsider may eat of the holy thing ; neither a sojourner of a priest nor a hired laborer may eat it.

About this coordinate

Leviticus 22:10:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of Leviticus 22:10, so the Hebrew word לֹא־יֹ֣אכַל (lohyokhal) 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.22.10.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (Lev.22.10.W2.S1) and character.