Original Language Studio
1 Kings 10:5
“And the meat of his table, and the sitting of his servants, and the attendance of his ministers, and their apparel, and his cupbearers, and his ascent by which he went up unto the house of the Lord; there was no more spirit in her.” (KJV)
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Lexical meaning
H3978 · Hebrew
- Definition
- an eatable (includ. provender, flesh and fruit)
- Derivation
- from H398 (אָכַל);
- KJV renderings
- food, fruit, (bake-)meat(-s), victual.
- Grammar
- וּ — conjunction
- מַאֲכַ֣ל — common noun, masculine, singular, construct
- Usage
- Occurs 30 times in the Hebrew Bible.Genesis 2:9Genesis 3:6Genesis 6:21Genesis 40:17Leviticus 19:23
Theological interpretation (AI)
The card on the left shows lexical data from published sources. Interpretation is separate: ask the Companion to explain how traditions read מַאֲכָל here.
Hebrew text: Westminster Leningrad Codex (public domain). Morphology & lemmas: Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible, CC BY 4.0 (hb.openscriptures.org). Lexicon: Strong's Hebrew Dictionary (1894, public domain; JSON edition © Open Scriptures, CC BY-SA). Verse numbers follow the Hebrew text, which occasionally differs from English Bibles.