Proverbs 30:14:6Prov.30.14.W6TAB
לֶאֱכֹ֣ל
leekhol
“to devour”
- Transliteration
- le-e-KHOL
- Extended
- leh-eh-KHOHL
- IPA
- /mə.tal.lə.ʕoˈθaːw/
Meaning by language
- English
- to devour
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Hateph Seghol | reduced 'eh' | |
| Kaf | k with dagesh; kh without | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Lamed | l as in law |
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The word
Word in context
- word
le-e-KHOL
- clause
me-tal-le-o-TAV le-e-KHOL a-ni-YIM me-E-rets
- sentence
DOR kha-ra-VOT shi-NAV u-ma-a-kha-LOT me-tal-le-o-TAV le-e-KHOL a-ni-YIM me-E-rets ve-ev-yo-NIM me-a-DAM
Exegesis
The infinitive le‘ekhol {לֶאֱכֹ֣ל | lə-’ekōl} functions as a purpose clause, and the victims, aniyyim {עֲנִיִּ֣ים | ‘ă-niyyîm} and ve‘evyonim {אֶבְיוֹנִ֗ים | ’ev-yō-nîm}, are specified by parallel prepositional phrases me’eretz {מֵאֶ֑רֶץ | me-’ereṣ} and me‘adam {מֵאָדָֽם | me-’ā-dām}, emphasizing removal of the vulnerable.
Root and etymology
RootAleph, Kaf, Lamed
“to eat, consume”
In context — Proverbs 30:14
There is a generation whose teeth are swords, and whose jaw-teeth are knives, to devour the poor from the earth and the needy from among men.
About this coordinate
Proverbs 30:14:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of Proverbs 30:14, so the Hebrew word לֶאֱכֹ֣ל (leekhol) 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.30.14.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (Prov.30.14.W6.S1) and character.