Deuteronomy 28:26:3Deut.28.26.W3PAT
לְמַאֲכָ֔ל
lemaakhal
“as food”
- Transliteration
- le-ma-a-KHAL
- Extended
- leh-mah-ah-KHAHL
- IPA
- /lə.ma.ʔa.ˈχaːl/
Meaning by language
- English
- as food
- French
- comme nourriture
- Spanish
- como alimento
- Portuguese
- como alimento
- German
- als Nahrung
- Russian
- как пища
- Arabic-Simplified
- كطعام
- Hindi
- भोजन के रूप में
- Chinese-Simplified
- 作为食物
- Korean
- 음식으로
- Indonesian
- sebagai makanan
- Bengali
- খাদ্য হিসেবে
- Tagalog
- bilang pagkain
- Swahili
- kama chakula
- Amharic
- እንደ ምግብ
- Yoruba
- gẹ́gẹ́ bí oúnjẹ
- Igbo
- dị ka nri
- Twi
- sɛ aduan
- Ewe
- nuɖuɖu
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Hateph Patach | reduced 'ah' | |
| Kaf | k with dagesh; kh without | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Lamed | l as in law |
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The word
Word in context
- word
le-ma-a-KHAL
- sentence
ve-ha-ye-TAH niv-la-te-KHA le-ma-a-KHAL le-khol-OF ha-sha-MA-yim oo-leh-veh-heh-MAT ha-A-retz ve-EIN ma-kha-RID
In context — Deuteronomy 28:26
your corpse shall be as food for all birds the sky and for the beast of the earth and there is no frightener
About this coordinate
Deuteronomy 28:26:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Deuteronomy 28:26, so the Hebrew word לְמַאֲכָ֔ל (lemaakhal) 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 Deut.28.26.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Deut.28.26.W3.S1) and character.