Leviticus 22:6:7Lev.22.6.W7TAB
יֹאכַל֙
yokhal
“eat”
- Transliteration
- yo-KHAL
- Extended
- yoh-KHAL
- IPA
- /jo.ˈxal/
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
veh-LO yo-KHAL
- clause
veh-LO yo-KHAL min-ha-ko-da-SHIM KI im-ra-KHATS be-sa-RO bam-ma-YIM
- 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 context — Leviticus 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.