Leviticus 22:12:10Lev.22.12.W10TAB
תֹאכֵֽל׃
tokhel
“eat”
- Transliteration
- to-KHEL
- Extended
- toh-KHEHL
- IPA
- /θo.ˈxeːl/
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 | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Lamed | l as in law |
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The word
Word in context
- word
to-KHEL
- phraseyour reading level
LO to-KHEL
- clause
HEE bit-eh-roo-MAT ha-ko-da-SHIM LO to-KHEL
- sentence
oo-vat-ko-HEN KEE tih-YEH leh-EESH ZAR HEE bit-eh-roo-MAT ha-ko-da-SHIM LO to-KHEL
Exegesis
The negative particle lo {לֹא | lōʾ} with the imperfect tochel {תֹאכֵל | tō-ḵēl} ‘she shall eat’ expresses a binding prohibition. In English, the VSO order shifts to conditional SVO for clarity and idiomatic flow.
Root and etymology
RootAleph-Kaf-Lamed
“to eat”
In context — Leviticus 22:12
And if a daughter of a priest becomes the wife of a layman , she shall not eat of the contribution of the holy things.
About this coordinate
Leviticus 22:12:10 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 10 of Leviticus 22:12, so the Hebrew word תֹאכֵֽל׃ (tokhel) 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.22.12.W10, which extends further down to each syllable (Lev.22.12.W10.S1) and character.