Leviticus 22:4:11Lev.22.4.W11TAB
יֹאכַ֔ל
yokhal
“eat”
- Transliteration
- yo-KHAL
- Extended
- yoh-KHAL
- IPA
- /joːˈχal/
Meaning by language
- English
- eat
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Kaf | k with dagesh; kh without | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Lamed | l as in law |
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Word in context
- word
yo-KHAL
- phraseyour reading level
LO yo-KHAL
- clause
ISH ISH mi-ZE-RA a-ha-RON ve-HU tsa-RU-ah O ZAV ba-ko-da-SHIM LO yo-KHAL AD a-SHER yit-HAR
- sentence
ISH ISH mi-ZE-RA a-ha-RON ve-HU tsa-RU-ah O ZAV ba-ko-da-SHIM LO yo-KHAL AD a-SHER yit-HAR veh-ha-no-GEA beh-khol-teh-meh-NEH-fesh O ISH a-SHER-te-TSE mi-me-NU shikh-VAT-ZA-RA
Exegesis
The coordinate disjunction links tsarua {צָר֙וּעַ֙ | ṣā-rû-ʿa} ‘skin disease’ and zav {זָ֔ב | zāḇ} ‘discharge’ under the prohibition lo yoakhal {לֹ֣א יֹאכַ֔ל | lōʾ yō-ʾă-ḵal}.
Root and etymology
RootAleph-Kaf-Lamed
“to eat”
In context — Leviticus 22:4
Any man from the offspring of Aaron who is afflicted with a skin disease or has a discharge must not eat the holy things until he is clean. And anyone who touches anything unclean through contact with a dead person or a man with a semen emission must not eat them.
About this coordinate
Leviticus 22:4:11 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 11 of Leviticus 22:4, so the Hebrew word יֹאכַ֔ל (yokhal) 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.22.4.W11, which extends further down to each syllable (Lev.22.4.W11.S1) and character.