Proverbs 18:21:5Prov.18.21.W5TAB
יֹאכַ֥ל
yokhal
“will eat”
- Transliteration
- yo-KHAL
- Extended
- yoh-KHAHL
- IPA
- /joˈχal/
Meaning by language
- English
- will 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
yo-KHAL pir-YA
- clause
ve-o-ha-VE-ha yo-KHAL pir-YA
- sentence
MA-vet ve-kha-YIM be-YAD-la-SHON ve-o-ha-VE-ha yo-KHAL pir-YA
Exegesis
The participle ve-ohaveha {וְ֝אֹהֲבֶ֗יהָ | wə-’ō-hă-‘ê-hā} ‘and those who love it’ narrows the focus to devoted speakers, while the Qal imperfect yokhal {יֹאכַל | yō-’a-ḵal} plus noun pirya {פִּרְיָהּ | pir-yāh} forms a result clause emphasizing inevitable consequence. The translation preserves this structure and imagery by reflecting both the antithetical pair and the cause-and-effect motif in English.
In context — Proverbs 18:21
Death and life are in the hand of the tongue, and those who love it will eat its fruit .
About this coordinate
Proverbs 18:21:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Proverbs 18:21, so the Hebrew word יֹאכַ֥ל (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 Prov.18.21.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Prov.18.21.W5.S1) and character.