Original Language Studio
2 Chronicles 9:4
“And the meat of his table, and the sitting of his servants, and the attendance of his ministers, and their apparel; his cupbearers also, and their apparel; and his ascent by which he went up into 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.