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H3979מַאֲכֶ֫לֶתma.a.khe.let

knifePart of speech: Hebrew Noun (Feminine)

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Occurrences by book

  1. 2
  2. Exodus: 0
  3. Leviticus: 0
  4. Numbers: 0
  5. Deuteronomy: 0
  6. Joshua: 0
  7. 1
  8. Ruth: 0
  9. 1 Samuel: 0
  10. 2 Samuel: 0
  11. 1 Kings: 0
  12. 2 Kings: 0
  13. 1 Chronicles: 0
  14. 2 Chronicles: 0
  15. Ezra: 0
  16. Nehemiah: 0
  17. Esther: 0
  18. Job: 0
  19. Psalms: 0
  20. 1
  21. Ecclesiastes: 0
  22. Song of Songs: 0
  23. Isaiah: 0
  24. Jeremiah: 0
  25. Lamentations: 0
  26. Ezekiel: 0
  27. Daniel: 0
  28. Hosea: 0
  29. Joel: 0
  30. Amos: 0
  31. Obadiah: 0
  32. Jonah: 0
  33. Micah: 0
  34. Nahum: 0
  35. Habakkuk: 0
  36. Zephaniah: 0
  37. Haggai: 0
  38. Zechariah: 0
  39. Malachi: 0

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4 occurrences in 4 verses

With their references and text in JPS Tanakh 1917.

  1. Genesis 22:6

    And Abraham took the wood of the burnt-offering, and laid it upon Isaac his son; and he took in his hand the fire and the knife; and they went both of them together.

    הַֽמַּאֲכֶ֑לֶת (מַּאֲכֶ֑לֶת) ma.'a.Khe.let “knife”

  2. Genesis 22:10

    And Abraham stretched forth his hand, and took the knife to slay his son.

    הַֽמַּאֲכֶ֑לֶת (מַּאֲכֶ֑לֶת) ma.'a.Khe.let “knife”

  3. Judges 19:29

    And when he was come into his house, he took a knife, and laid hold on his concubine, and divided her, limb by limb, into twelve pieces, and sent her throughout all the borders of Israel.

    הַֽמַּאֲכֶ֙לֶת֙ (מַּאֲכֶ֙לֶת֙) ma.'a.Khe.let “knife”

  4. Proverbs 30:14

    There is a generation whose teeth are as swords, and their great teeth as knives, to devour the poor from off the earth, and the needy from among men.

    וּֽמַאֲכָל֪וֹת (מַאֲכָל֪וֹת) ma.'a.kha.Lot “[are] knives”