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Proverbs 24:13
“My son, eat thou honey, because it is good; and the honeycomb, which is sweet to thy taste:” (KJV)
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Lexical meaning
אָכַלʼâkal · aw-kal'
H398 · Hebrew
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
- אֱכָל — verb Qal, imperative, 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.