אכל

See also: אַ כּל

Aramaic

Etymology

From Proto-Semitic *ʔakal-. Compare Hebrew אָכַל (akhál).

Verb

אֲכַל • (ʾăḵal)

1. to eat, to consume
   • c. 1001, Targum Onkelos, B'reishit 2:16:

     וּפַקִּיד יְיָ אֱלֹהִים עַל אָדָם לְמֵימָר מִכֹּל אִילַן גִּינְתָא מֵיכַל תֵּיכוּל:

     up̄aqqīḏ yəyā ĕlōhīm ʿal ʾāḏām ləmēmār mikkōl ʾīlan gīnəṯā mēḵal tēḵūl.

     Adonoy Elohim commanded the man, saying, You may certainly eat from every tree in the Garden.

References

• “ˀkl”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–
• Jastrow, Marcus (1903), “אֲכַל”, in A Dictionary of the Targumim, the Talmud Babli and Yerushalmi, and the Midrashic Literature‎^[1], London, New York: Luzac & Co., G.P. Putnam's Sons

Hebrew

Etymology

Root
א־כ־ל (ʾ-k-l)
10 terms

From Proto-Semitic *ʔakal-. Compare Aramaic אֲכַל (ʾăḵal), Arabic أَكَلَ (ʔakala).

Pronunciation

• (Biblical Hebrew) IPA^(key): /ʔaˈkʰal/
• (Tiberian Hebrew) IPA^(key): /ʔɔːˈχal/, [ʔɔˑˈχaː.al]
• (Yemenite Hebrew) IPA^(key): /ʔɔˈχal/, [ʔɔːˈχæːl]
• (Persian Hebrew) IPA^(key): /(ʔ)ɒˈχæl/
• (Ashkenazi Hebrew) IPA^(key): /ɔˈχal/
• (Modern Israeli Hebrew) IPA^(key): /(ʔ)aˈχal/

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Verb

אָכַל • (akhál) (pa'al construction, infinitive לאכול / לֶאֱכֹל, future יֹאכַל, imperative אכול / אֱכֹל, passive participle אָכוּל, passive counterpart נֶאֱכַל)

1. to eat
2. to consume, to use up
3. to devour, to eat up

Conjugation

Conjugation of אָכַל (see also Appendix:Hebrew verbs)

non-finite forms		to-infinitive		לאכול / לֶאֱכֹל
		action noun		אֲכִילָה
		passive participle		אָכוּל
finite forms		singular		plural
		m	f	m	f
past	first	אָכַלְתִּי		אָכַלְנוּ
	second	אָכַלְתָּ	אָכַלְתְּ	אֲכַלְתֶּם1	אֲכַלְתֶּן1
	third	אָכַל	אָכְלָה	אָכְלוּ
present		אוֹכֵל	אוֹכֶלֶת	אוֹכְלִים	אוֹכְלוֹת
future	first	אוכל / אֹכַל		נֹאכַל
	second	תֹּאכַל	תֹּאכְלִי	תֹּאכְלוּ	תֹּאכַלְנָה2
	third	יֹאכַל	תֹּאכַל	יֹאכְלוּ	תֹּאכַלְנָה2
imperative	positive	אכול / אֱכֹל	אִכְלִי	אִכְלוּ	אכולנה / אֱכֹלְנָה2
	negative	אַל + Second person future tense

¹ Pronounced אָכַלְתֶּם and אָכַלְתֶּן in informal Modern Hebrew.
² Rare in Modern Hebrew.

Derived terms

• אבות אכלו בוסר ושיני בנים תקהינה / אָבוֹת אָכְלוּ בֹּסֶר וְשִׁנֵּי בָּנִים תִּקְהֶינָה (avót akh'lú bóser v'shiné baním tik'héna)
• אוֹכֵל נְבֵלוֹת (okhél nevelót)
• אוֹכֵל צְמָחִים (okhél ts'makhím)
• אָכַל אֶת הַכּוֹבַע (akhál et hakóva)

Descendants

• → Judeo-Italian: אכלר

See also

• שָׁתָה (shatá)

Verb

אִכֵּל • (ikél) (pi'el construction)

1. defective spelling of איכל

Verb

אֻכַּל • (ukál) (pu'al construction)

1. defective spelling of אוכל

Noun

אֹכֶל • (ókhel) m

1. defective spelling of אוכל

References

• H398 in Strong, James (1979), Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible

Further reading

• H398 in Strong, James (1979), Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible

Anagrams

• אלך, כלא