מַאֲכָל
ma.a.khal
“food”
Definition
an eatable (includ. provender, flesh and fruit)
from H398 (אָכַל);
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word, saying, account
Grammar & Morphology
Noun (Masculine)
H:N-M
H:N-M
Occurrences
מַאֲכָל appears 27 times in the Old Testament.
Distribution by Book
Key Passages
the food at his table, the seating of his servants, the service and attire of his attendants and cupbearers, and the burnt offerings he presented at the house of the LORD, it took her breath away.
Your corpses will be food for all the birds of the air and beasts of the earth, with no one to scare them away.
When the woman saw that the tree was good for food and pleasing to the eyes, and that it was desirable for obtaining wisdom, she took the fruit and ate it. She also gave some to her husband who was with her, and he ate it.
The LORD has sworn by His right handand by His mighty arm:“Never again will I give your grainto your enemies for food,nor will foreigners drink the new winefor which you have toiled.
The corpses of this people will become food for the birds of the air and the beasts of the earth, and there will be no one to scare them away.
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