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Deuteronomy 14:23
“And thou shalt eat before the Lord thy God, in the place which he shall choose to place his name there, the tithe of thy corn, of thy wine, and of thine oil, and the firstlings of thy herds and of thy flocks; that thou mayest learn to fear the Lord thy God always.” (KJV)
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Lexical meaning
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
- וְ — conjunction
- אָכַלְתָּ֞ — verb Qal, sequential perfect, 2nd person, masculine, singular
- Usage
- Occurs 815 times in the Hebrew Bible.Genesis 2:16Genesis 2:16Genesis 2:17Genesis 2:17Genesis 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.
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.