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Deuteronomy 12:7

“And there ye shall eat before the Lord your God, and ye shall rejoice in all that ye put your hand unto, ye and your households, wherein the Lord thy God hath blessed thee.” (KJV)

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Lexical meaning

אָכַלʼâkal · aw-kal'
H398 · Hebrew

Definition: to eat (literally or figuratively)
Derivation: a primitive root;
KJV renderings: [idiom] at all, burn up, consume, devour(-er, up), dine, eat(-er, up), feed (with), food, [idiom] freely, [idiom] in...wise(-deed, plenty), (lay) meat, [idiom] quite.
Grammar: וַ — conjunction
אֲכַלְתֶּם — verb Qal, sequential perfect, 2nd person, masculine, plural
Code HC/Vqq2mp
Usage: Occurs 815 times in the Hebrew Bible.Genesis 2:16 Genesis 2:16 Genesis 2:17 Genesis 2:17 Genesis 3:1

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 אָכַל here.

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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.