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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. Jeremiah 5:14

    Wherefore thus saith the LORD, the God of hosts: Because ye speak this word, behold, I will make My words in thy mouth fire, and this people wood, and it shall devour them.

    וַאֲכָלָֽתַם׃ (אֲכָלָֽתַ) 'a.kha.La.ta “it will consume”

  2. Jeremiah 5:17

    And they shall eat up thy harvest, and thy bread, they shall eat up thy sons and thy daughters, they shall eat up thy flocks and thy herds, they shall eat up thy vines and thy fig-trees; they shall batter thy fortified cities, wherein thou trusteth, with

    וְאָכַ֨ל (אָכַ֨ל) 'a.Khal “it will devour”יֹאכְלוּ֙ yo.khe.Lu “they will devour”יֹאכַ֤ל yo.Khal “it will devour”יֹאכַ֥ל yo.Khal “it will devour”

  3. Jeremiah 7:21

    Thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel: Add your burnt-offerings unto your sacrifices, and eat ye flesh.

    וְאִכְל֥וּ (אִכְל֥וּ) 'ikh.Lu “eat”

  4. Jeremiah 8:16

    The snorting of his horses is heard from Dan; at the sound of the neighing of his strong ones the whole land trembleth; for they are come, and have devoured the land and all that is in it, the city and those that dwell therein.

    וַיֹּֽאכְלוּ֙ (יֹּֽאכְלוּ֙) i.yo.khe.Lu “they have consumed”

  5. Jeremiah 9:14

    Therefore thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel: Behold, I will feed them, even this people, with wormwood, and give them water of gall to drink.

    מַאֲכִילָ֛ם (מַאֲכִילָ֛) ma.'a.khi.La “[am] about to feed”

  6. Jeremiah 10:25

    Pour out Thy wrath upon the nations that know Thee not, and upon the families that call not on Thy name; for they have devoured Jacob, yea, they have devoured him and consumed him, and have laid waste his habitation.

    אָכְל֣וּ 'a.khe.Lu “they have consumed”וַאֲכָלֻ֙הוּ֙ (אֲכָלֻ֙) 'a.kha.Lu. “they have consumed”

  7. Jeremiah 12:12

    Upon all the high hills in the wilderness spoilers are come; for the sword of the LORD devoureth from the one end of the land even to the other end of the land, no flesh hath peace.

    אֹֽכְלָ֔ה 'o.khe.Lah “[is] devouring”

  8. Jeremiah 15:3

    And I will appoint over them four kinds, saith the LORD: the sword to slay, and the dogs to drag, and the fowls of the heaven, and the beasts of the earth, to devour and to destroy.

    לֶאֱכֹ֥ל (אֱכֹ֥ל) 'e.Khol “devour”

  9. Jeremiah 15:16

    Thy words were found, and I did eat them; and Thy words were unto me a joy and the rejoicing of my heart; because Thy name was called on me, O LORD God of hosts.

    וָאֹ֣כְלֵ֔ם (אֹ֣כְלֵ֔) 'O.khe.Le “I ate”

  10. Jeremiah 16:8

    And thou shalt not go into the house of feasting to sit with them, to eat and to drink.

    לֶאֱכֹ֖ל (אֱכֹ֖ל) 'e.Khol “eat”

  11. Jeremiah 17:27

    But if ye will not hearken unto Me to hallow the sabbath day, and not to bear a burden and enter in at the gates of Jerusalem on the sabbath day; then will I kindle a fire in the gates thereof, and it shall devour the palaces of Jerusalem, and it shall n

    וְאָֽכְלָ֛ה (אָֽכְלָ֛ה) 'a.khe.Lah “it will consume”

  12. Jeremiah 19:9

    and I will cause them to eat the flesh of their sons and the flesh of their daughters, and they shall eat every one the flesh of his friend, in the siege and in the straitness, wherewith their enemies, and they that seek their life, shall straiten them.

    וְהַֽאֲכַלְתִּ֞ים (הַֽאֲכַלְתִּ֞י) ha.'a.khal.Ti “I will make eat”יֹאכֵ֑לוּ yo.Khe.lu “they will eat”

  13. Jeremiah 21:14

    And I will punish you according to the fruit of your doings, saith the LORD; and I will kindle a fire in her forest, and it shall devour all that is round about her.

    וְאָכְלָ֖ה (אָכְלָ֖ה) 'a.khe.Lah “it will consume”

  14. Jeremiah 22:15

    Shalt thou reign, because thou strivest to excel in cedar? Did not thy father eat and drink, and do justice and righteousness? Then it was well with him.

    אָכַ֣ל 'a.Khal “did he eat”

  15. Jeremiah 23:15

    Therefore thus saith the LORD of hosts concerning the prophets: Behold, I will feed them with wormwood, and make them drink the water of gall; for from the prophets of Jerusalem is ungodliness gone forth into all the land.

    מַאֲכִ֤יל ma.'a.Khil “[am] about to make eat”

  16. Jeremiah 24:2

    One basket had very good figs, like the figs that are first-ripe; and the other basket had very bad figs, which could not be eaten, they were so bad.

    תֵֽאָכַ֖לְנָה te.'a.Khal.nah “they will be eaten”

  17. Jeremiah 24:3

    Then said the LORD unto me: 'What seest thou, Jeremiah?' And I said: 'Figs; the good figs, very good; and the bad, very bad, that cannot be eaten, they are so bad.'

    תֵאָכַ֖לְנָה te.'a.Khal.nah “they will be eaten”

  18. Jeremiah 24:8

    And as the bad figs, which cannot be eaten, they are so bad; surely thus saith the LORD: So will I make Zedekiah the king of Judah, and his princes, and the residue of Jerusalem, that remain in this land, and them that dwell in the land of Egypt;

    תֵאָכַ֖לְנָה te.'a.Khal.nah “they will be eaten”

  19. Jeremiah 29:5

    Build ye houses, and dwell in them, and plant gardens, and eat the fruit of them;

    וְאִכְל֖וּ (אִכְל֖וּ) 'ikh.Lu “eat”

  20. Jeremiah 29:17

    thus saith the LORD of hosts: Behold, I will send upon them the sword, the famine, and the pestilence, and will make them like vile figs, that cannot be eaten, they are so bad.

    תֵאָכַ֖לְנָה te.'a.Khal.nah “they will be eaten”

  21. Jeremiah 29:28

    forasmuch as he hath sent unto us in Babylon, saying: The captivity is long; build ye houses, and dwell in them; and plant gardens, and eat the fruit of them?'

    וְאִכְל֖וּ (אִכְל֖וּ) 'ikh.Lu “eat”

  22. Jeremiah 30:16

    Therefore all they that devour thee shall be devoured, and all thine adversaries, every one of them, shall go into captivity; and they that spoil thee shall be a spoil, and all that prey upon thee will I give for a prey.

    אֹכְלַ֙יִךְ֙ (אֹכְלַ֙יִ) 'o.khe.La.yi “[those who] devour”יֵאָכֵ֔לוּ ye.'a.Khe.lu “they will be devoured”

  23. Jeremiah 31:29

    In those days they shall say no more: 'The fathers have eaten sour grapes, and the children's teeth are set on edge.'

    אָ֣כְלוּ 'A.khe.lu “they have eaten”

  24. Jeremiah 31:30

    But every one shall die for his own iniquity; every man that eateth the sour grapes, his teeth shall be set on edge.

    הָאֹכֵ֥ל (אֹכֵ֥ל) 'o.Khel “eats”

  25. Jeremiah 41:1

    Now it came to pass in the seventh month, that Ishmael the son of Nethaniah, the son of Elishama, of the seed royal, and one of the chief officers of the king, and ten men with him, came unto Gedaliah the son of Ahikam to Mizpah; and there they did eat b

    וַיֹּ֨אכְלוּ (יֹּ֨אכְלוּ) i.Yo.khe.lu “they were eating”