Genesis 28:20:16Gen.28.20.W16PAT

לֶאֱכֹ֖ל

leekhol

to eat

Transliteration
le-e-KHOL
Extended
leh-eh-KHOHL
IPA
/lɛ.ʔɛˈxoːl/

Meaning by language

English
to eat
French
à manger
Spanish
para comer
Portuguese
para comer
German
zum Essen
Russian
для еды
Arabic-Simplified
للأكل
Hindi
खाने को
Chinese-Simplified
吃的
Korean
먹을
Indonesian
untuk dimakan
Bengali
খাওয়ার জন্য
Tagalog
na kainin
Swahili
kula
Amharic
ለመብላት
Yoruba
láti jẹ
Igbo
iri
Twi
di
Ewe
ɖu

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Result
לֶ + אֱ + כֹ֖ל
le + e + khol
leekhol

Alphabet Analysis

Lamedl as in law
Segholshort 'eh' as in met
Alephsilent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points
Hateph Segholreduced 'eh'
Kafk with dagesh; kh without
Holemlong 'oh' as in go
Lamedl as in law

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Word in context

  1. word

    le-e-KHOL

  2. clause

    im-yi-he-YE e-lo-HIM im-ma-DI u-she-ma-RA-ni ba-DE-rekh ha-ZE a-SHER a-no-KHI ho-LEKH ve-na-tan-LI LE-khem le-e-KHOL u-VE-ged li-le-BOSH

  3. sentence

    va-yid-DAR ya-a-KOV NE-der le-MOR im-yi-he-YE e-lo-HIM im-ma-DI u-she-ma-RA-ni ba-DE-rekh ha-ZE a-SHER a-no-KHI ho-LEKH ve-na-tan-LI LE-khem le-e-KHOL u-VE-ged li-le-BOSH

In contextGenesis 28:20

made Jacob a vow saying if will be God with me will keep me way in this where I am going He will give me bread to eat and garment to wear

About this coordinate

Genesis 28:20:16 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 16 of Genesis 28:20, so the Hebrew word לֶאֱכֹ֖ל (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 Gen.28.20.W16, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.28.20.W16.S1) and character.