יֹאכַ֥ל

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 יֹאכַ֥ל

   yo-a-KHAL

   may eat
2. phraseyour reading level🔊 יֹאכַ֥ל אֹתֽוֹ׃

   yo-a-KHAL o-TO

   may eat it
3. clause🔊 כָּל־טָה֥וֹר בְּבֵיתְךָ֖ יֹאכַ֥ל אֹתֽוֹ׃

   KOL-ta-HOR be-VEIT-kha yo-a-KHAL o-TO

   every clean {person} in your house may eat it
4. sentence🔊 וְזֶה־לְּךָ֞ תְּרוּמַ֣ת מַתָּנָ֗ם לְכָל־תְּנוּפֹת֮ בְּנֵ֣י יִשְׂרָאֵל֒ לְךָ֣ נְתַתִּ֗ים וּלְבָנֶ֧יךָ וְלִבְנֹתֶ֛יךָ אִתְּךָ֖ לְחָק־עוֹלָ֑ם כָּל־טָה֥וֹר בְּבֵיתְךָ֖ יֹאכַ֥ל אֹתֽוֹ׃

   ve-ZE-le-KHA te-ru-MAT ma-ta-NAM le-KHOL-te-nu-FOT be-NEI yis-ra-EL le-KHA ne-ta-TIM u-le-va-NE-kha ve-liv-no-TE-kha it-KHA le-KHAK-o-LAM KOL-ta-HOR be-VEIT-kha yo-a-KHAL o-TO

   and this is for you the offering of their gift of all the wave offerings of the children of Israel for you I have given them and to your sons and to your daughters with you as an everlasting statute every clean {person} in your house may eat it

Exegesis

The conditional clause kol-tahor beveitecha yokhal oto {כָּל־טָהוֹר בְּבֵיתְךָ יֹאכַל אֹתֽוֹ | kāl-ṭā-hōr bə-ḇêṯ-ə-ḵā yō-ḥăl ʾō-ṯō} ‘everyone who is clean in your house may eat it’ uses a generic noun-adjective unit with a locative and a Qal imperfect to grant permission. The ordered structure from designation through allocation to stipulation highlights the verse’s legal and ritual precision.

Root and etymology

ʾ-K-L🔊 א־כ־לaleph-kaf-lamed

“to eat, consume”