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Ezra 6:21
“And the children of Israel, which were come again out of captivity, and all such as had separated themselves unto them from the filthiness of the heathen of the land, to seek the Lord God of Israel, did eat,” (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
- וַ — conjunction
- יֹּאכְל֣וּ — verb Qal, sequential imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, plural
- 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.