Numbers 24:8:7Num.24.8.W7TAB
יֹאכַ֞ל
yoakhal
“he shall eat”
- Transliteration
- yo-a-KHAL
- Extended
- yoh-a-KHAL
- IPA
- /joʔaˈχal/
Meaning by language
- English
- he shall 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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The word
Word in context
- word
yo-a-KHAL
- clause
yo-a-KHAL go-YIM tsa-RAV ve-ats-mo-TE-hem ye-ga-REM ve-khit-TSA-v yim-KHATS
- sentence
EL mo-TSEE-o mi-mits-RA-yim ke-to-a-FOT re-EM lo yo-a-KHAL go-YIM tsa-RAV ve-ats-mo-TE-hem ye-ga-REM ve-khit-TSA-v yim-KHATS
Exegesis
The Qal imperfect yōʾə-kal {יֹאכַל | yōʾə-kal} ‘he will eat’ introduces the action against gôyim ṣārāw {גּוֹיִם צָרָיו | gôyim ṣārāw} ‘nations his adversaries’.
In context — Numbers 24:8
God brings him out of Egypt; horns like those of a wild ox are his. He will devour nations, his adversaries; he will break their bones, and with his arrows he will smash them.
About this coordinate
Numbers 24:8:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of Numbers 24:8, so the Hebrew word יֹאכַ֞ל (yoakhal) 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 Num.24.8.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.24.8.W7.S1) and character.