Psalm 18:8:5Ps.18.8.W5TABWLC Psalms 18:9

תֹּאכֵל

toakhel

devoured

Transliteration
to-a-KHEL
Extended
TOH-ah-KHEEL
IPA
/toːˈʔɔːxɛl/

Meaning by language

English
devoured

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Result
תֹּ + א + כֵל
to + a + khel
toakhel

Alphabet Analysis

Tavt as in top
Holemlong 'oh' as in go
Alephsilent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points
Kafk with dagesh; kh without
Tserelong 'ey' as in they
Lamedl as in law

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Word in context

  1. word

    to-a-KHEL

  2. sentence

    a-LE-ta a-SHAN be-a-PO ve-ESH-MI-PIV to-a-KHEL ge-KHA-lim ba-a-RU mi-ME-nu

Exegesis

The imperfect form tokhel {תֹּאכֵל | tō-ʾḵēl} ‘devours’ adds enduring force to the fire.

In contextPsalm 18:8

Smoke went up from His nostrils, and fire from His mouth devours ; coals burned from Him.

About this coordinate

Psalm 18:8:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Psalm 18:8, so the Hebrew word תֹּאכֵל (toakhel) 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 Ps.18.8.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Ps.18.8.W5.S1) and character.