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H0398אָכַלa.khal

to eatPart of speech: Hebrew Verb

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Occurrences by book

  1. 65
  2. 52
  3. 104
  4. 27
  5. 80
  6. 4
  7. 17
  8. 4
  9. 30
  10. 24
  11. 37
  12. 33
  13. 2
  14. 7
  15. 4
  16. 9
  17. 1
  18. 22
  19. 30
  20. 15
  21. 15
  22. 3
  23. 54
  24. 44
  25. 4
  26. 55
  27. 5
  28. 14
  29. 10
  30. 15
  31. 1
  32. Jonah: 0
  33. 3
  34. 6
  35. 2
  36. 2
  37. 1
  38. 8
  39. 1

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810 occurrences in 701 verses

With their references and text in JPS Tanakh 1917.

  1. Genesis 27:7

    Bring me venison, and make me savoury food, that I may eat, and bless thee before the LORD before my death.

    וְאֹכֵ֑לָה (אֹכֵ֑לָה) 'o.Khe.lah “let me eat [it]”

  2. Genesis 27:10

    and thou shalt bring it to thy father, that he may eat, so that he may bless thee before his death.'

    וְאָכָ֑ל (אָכָ֑ל) 'a.Khal “he will eat [it]”

  3. Genesis 27:19

    And Jacob said unto his father: 'I am Esau thy first-born; I have done according as thou badest me. Arise, I pray thee, sit and eat of my venison, that thy soul may bless me.'

    וְאָכְלָה֙ (אָכְלָ) 'a.khe.La “eat”

  4. Genesis 27:25

    And he said: 'Bring it near to me, and I will eat of my son's venison, that my soul may bless thee.' And he brought it near to him, and he did eat; and he brought him wine, and he drank.

    וְאֹֽכְלָה֙ (אֹֽכְלָה֙) 'o.khe.Lah “let me eat”וַיֹּאכַ֔ל (יֹּאכַ֔ל) i.yo.Khal “he ate”

  5. Genesis 27:31

    And he also made savoury food, and brought it unto his father; and he said unto his father: 'Let my father arise, and eat of his son's venison, that thy soul may bless me.'

    וְיֹאכַל֙ (יֹאכַל֙) yo.Khal “let him eat”

  6. Genesis 27:33

    And Isaac trembled very exceedingly, and said: 'Who then is he that hath taken venison, and brought it me, and I have eaten of all before thou camest, and have blessed him? yea, and he shall be blessed.'

    וָאֹכַ֥ל (אֹכַ֥ל) 'o.Khal “I ate”

  7. Genesis 28:20

    And Jacob vowed a vow, saying: 'If God will be with me, and will keep me in this way that I go, and will give me bread to eat, and raiment to put on,

    לֶאֱכֹ֖ל (אֱכֹ֖ל) 'e.Khol “eat”

  8. Genesis 31:15

    Are we not accounted by him strangers? for he hath sold us, and hath also quite devoured our price.

    וַיֹּ֥אכַל (יֹּ֥אכַל) i.Yo.khal “he has consumed”אָכ֖וֹל 'a.Khol “continuously <to consume>”

  9. Genesis 31:38

    These twenty years have I been with thee; thy ewes and thy she-goats have not cast their young, and the rams of thy flocks have I not eaten.

    אָכָֽלְתִּי׃ 'a.Khal.ti “I have eaten”

  10. Genesis 31:40

    Thus I was: in the day the drought consumed me, and the frost by night; and my sleep fled from mine eyes.

    אֲכָלַ֥נִי (אֲכָלַ֥) 'a.kha.La. “it consumed”

  11. Genesis 31:46

    And Jacob said unto his brethren: 'Gather stones'; and they took stones, and made a heap. And they did eat there by the heap.

    וַיֹּ֥אכְלוּ (יֹּ֥אכְלוּ) i.Yo.khe.lu “they ate”

  12. Genesis 31:54

    And Jacob offered a sacrifice in the mountain, and called his brethren to eat bread; and they did eat bread, and tarried all night in the mountain.

    לֶאֱכָל־ (אֱכָל) 'e.khol- “eat”וַיֹּ֣אכְלוּ (יֹּ֣אכְלוּ) i.Yo.khe.lu “they ate”

  13. Genesis 32:33

    Therefore the children of Israel eat not the sinew of the thigh-vein which is upon the hollow of the thigh, unto this day; because he touched the hollow of Jacob's thigh, even in the sinew of the thigh-vein.

    יֹאכְל֨וּ yo.khe.Lu “they eat”

  14. Genesis 37:20

    Come now therefore, and let us slay him, and cast him into one of the pits, and we will say: An evil beast hath devoured him; and we shall see what will become of his dreams.'

    אֲכָלָ֑תְהוּ (אֲכָלָ֑תְ) 'a.kha.La.te. “it has eaten”

  15. Genesis 37:25

    And they sat down to eat bread; and they lifted up their eyes and looked, and, behold, a caravan of Ishmaelites came from Gilead, with their camels bearing spicery and balm and ladanum, going to carry it down to Egypt.

    לֶֽאֱכָל־ (אֱכָל) 'e.khol- “eat”

  16. Genesis 37:33

    And he knew it, and said: 'It is my son's coat; an evil beast hath devoured him; Joseph is without doubt torn in pieces.'

    אֲכָלָ֑תְהוּ (אֲכָלָ֑תְ) 'a.kha.La.te. “it has eaten”

  17. Genesis 39:6

    And he left all that he had in Joseph's hand; and, having him, he knew not aught save the bread which he did eat. And Joseph was of beautiful form, and fair to look upon.

    אוֹכֵ֑ל 'o.Khel “[was] eating”

  18. Genesis 40:17

    and in the uppermost basket there was of all manner of baked food for Pharaoh; and the birds did eat them out of the basket upon my head.'

    אֹכֵ֥ל 'o.Khel “[was] eating”

  19. Genesis 40:19

    within yet three days shall Pharaoh lift up thy head from off thee, and shall hang thee on a tree; and the birds shall eat thy flesh from off thee.'

    וְאָכַ֥ל (אָכַ֥ל) 'a.Khal “it will eat”

  20. Genesis 41:4

    And the ill-favoured and lean-fleshed kine did eat up the seven well-favoured and fat kine. So Pharaoh awoke.

    וַתֹּאכַ֣לְנָה (תֹּאכַ֣לְנָה) to.Khal.nah “they ate”

  21. Genesis 41:20

    And the lean and ill-favoured kine did eat up the first seven fat kine.

    וַתֹּאכַ֙לְנָה֙ (תֹּאכַ֙לְנָה֙) to.Khal.nah “they ate”

  22. Genesis 43:2

    And it came to pass, when they had eaten up the corn which they had brought out of Egypt, that their father said unto them: 'Go again, buy us a little food.'

    לֶאֱכֹ֣ל (אֱכֹ֣ל) 'e.Khol “eat”

  23. Genesis 43:16

    And when Joseph saw Benjamin with them, he said to the steward of his house: 'Bring the men into the house, and kill the beasts, and prepare the meat; for the men shall dine with me at noon.'

    יֹאכְל֥וּ yo.khe.Lu “they will eat”

  24. Genesis 43:25

    And they made ready the present against Joseph's coming at noon; for they heard that they should eat bread there.

    יֹ֥אכְלוּ Yo.khe.lu “they will eat”

  25. Genesis 43:32

    And they set on for him by himself, and for them by themselves, and for the Egyptians, that did eat with him, by themselves; because the Egyptians might not eat bread with the Hebrews; for that is an abomination unto the Egyptians.

    הָאֹכְלִ֤ים (אֹכְלִ֤ים) 'o.khe.Lim “were eating”לֶאֱכֹ֤ל (אֱכֹ֤ל) 'e.Khol “eat”