Leviticus 22:6:7Lev.22.6.W7TAB

יֹאכַל֙

yokhal

eat

Transliteration
yo-KHAL
Extended
yoh-KHAL
IPA
/jo.ˈxal/

Meaning by language

English
eat

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Result
יֹא + כַל֙
yo + khal
yokhal

Alphabet Analysis

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

    yo-KHAL

  2. phraseyour reading level

    veh-LO yo-KHAL

  3. clause

    veh-LO yo-KHAL min-ha-ko-da-SHIM KI im-ra-KHATS be-sa-RO bam-ma-YIM

  4. sentence

    NE-fesh a-SHER tig-ga-BO veh-tah-meh-AH ad-ha-AH-rev veh-LO yo-KHAL min-ha-ko-da-SHIM KI im-ra-KHATS be-sa-RO bam-ma-YIM

Exegesis

The negative prohibition welo yokal {וְלֹ֤א יֹאכַל֙ | wə·lōʾ yō·kā·l} ‘and not he shall eat’ governs minhakkodashim {מִן־הַקֳּדָשִׁ֔ים | min·hak·ḏā·šîm} ‘from the holy things’.

Root and etymology

RootAleph-Kaf-Lamed

to eat

In contextLeviticus 22:6

Any person who touches it shall be unclean until the evening, and he shall not eat from the holy things unless he has washed his flesh in water.

About this coordinate

Leviticus 22:6:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of Leviticus 22:6, so the Hebrew word יֹאכַל֙ (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.22.6.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (Lev.22.6.W7.S1) and character.