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ʾāxal אָכַל ‘to eat’ (Hebrew)

Etymology?: a primitive root

ʾāxal v
1) to eat, devour, burn up, feed
 1a) (Qal)
  1a1) to eat (human subject)
  1a2) to eat, devour (of beasts and birds)
  1a3) to devour, consume (of fire)
  1a4) to devour, slay (of sword)
  1a5) to devour, consume, destroy (inanimate subjects - ie, pestilence, drought)
  1a6) to devour (of oppression)
 1b) (Niphal)
  1b1) to be eaten (by men)
  1b2) to be devoured, consumed (of fire)
  1b3) to be wasted, destroyed (of flesh)
 1c) (Pual)
  1c1) to cause to eat, feed with
  1c2) to cause to devour
 1d) (Hiphil)
  1d1) to feed
  1d2) to cause to eat
 1e) (Piel)
  1e1) consume

Mentioned in Genesis 27:10, 27:19, 27:31, 43:2, 45:18, 31:46, 24:54, 2:16, 3:12, 3:22, 3:17, 3:19, 47:22, 27:4, 31:54, 37:20, 31:38, 14:24, 9:4, 2:17, 3:1, 3:2, 3:3, 3:5, 3:6, 3:11, 3:13, 3:14, 3:18, 6:21, 18:8, 19:3, 24:33, 25:34, 26:30, 27:7, 27:25, 27:33, 28:20, 31:15, 31:40, 32:33, 37:25, 37:33, 39:6, 40:17, 40:19, 41:4, 41:20, 43:16, 43:25, 43:32, 47:24, 49:27 Exodus 23:15, 34:18, 23:11, 29:32, 12:43, 18:12, 21:28, 22:5, 12:44, 12:48, 12:19, 12:18, 12:46, 34:15, 2:20, 3:2, 22:30, 12:15, 12:16, 10:5, 10:12, 10:15, 12:7, 12:8, 12:9, 12:11, 12:20, 12:45, 13:3, 13:6, 13:7, 15:7, 16:3, 16:8, 16:12, 16:25, 16:32, 16:35, 24:11, 24:17, 29:33, 29:34, 32:6, 34:28 Codex Leviticus 22:13, 26:38, 7:21, 6:9, 6:19, 6:23, 8:31, 6:11, 10:12, 10:19, 22:4, 24:9, 7:16, 17:13, 17:15, 26:26, 22:7, 26:16, 11:4, 17:10, 22:12, 22:14, 11:21, 3:17, 6:3, 6:16, 6:22, 7:6, 7:15, 7:18, 7:19, 7:20, 7:23, 7:24, 7:25, 7:26, 7:27, 9:24, 10:2, 10:13, 10:14, 10:17, 10:18, 11:2, 11:3, 11:8, 11:9, 11:11, 11:13, 11:22, 11:34, 11:40, 11:41, 11:42, 11:47, 14:47, 17:12, 17:14, 19:6, 19:7, 19:8, 19:23, 19:25, 19:26, 21:22, 22:6, 22:8, 22:10, 22:11, 22:16, 22:30, 23:6, 23:14, 25:7, 25:12, 25:19, 25:20, 25:22, 26:5, 26:10, 26:29 Numbers 11:5, 18:31, 11:4, 11:1, 11:18, 11:19, 11:13, 13:32, 16:35, 26:10, 6:3, 6:4, 9:11, 11:21, 12:12, 15:19, 18:10, 18:11, 18:13, 21:28, 23:24, 24:8, 25:2, 28:17 Deuteronomy 8:3, 8:16, 18:8, 31:20, 9:3, 28:51, 4:28, 8:9, 9:9, 28:39, 20:19, 28:33, 16:7, 14:21, 12:20, 14:26, 12:15, 12:21, 26:14, 28:55, 12:25, 20:14, 28:31, 28:53, 28:57, 32:42, 12:22, 15:22, 14:10, 14:29, 31:17, 14:7, 2:6, 2:28, 4:24, 5:25, 6:11, 7:16, 8:10, 8:12, 9:18, 11:15, 12:7, 12:16, 12:17, 12:18, 12:23, 12:24, 12:27, 14:3, 14:4, 14:6, 14:8, 14:9, 14:11, 14:12, 14:19, 14:20, 14:23, 15:20, 15:23, 16:3, 16:8, 18:1, 23:25, 26:12, 27:7, 29:5, 32:13, 32:22, 32:38 Joshua 5:11, 5:12, 24:13 Judges 14:9, 19:4, 19:6, 19:8, 9:20, 9:27, 9:15, 6:21, 13:4, 13:7, 13:14, 13:16, 14:14, 19:21 1 Samuel 14:28, 20:34, 14:33, 2:36, 1:9, 9:13, 14:24, 14:30, 1:8, 14:34, 30:11, 1:7, 1:18, 9:19, 9:24, 14:32, 20:5, 20:24, 28:20, 28:22, 28:23, 28:25, 30:12, 30:16 2 Samuel 9:7, 13:5, 19:29, 2:26, 9:10, 9:11, 11:11, 11:13, 19:36, 12:3, 13:11, 13:9, 19:43, 9:13, 11:25, 12:20, 12:21, 16:2, 17:29, 18:8, 22:9, 22:39 1 Kings 13:22, 21:4, 2:7, 1:25, 18:38, 1:41, 18:41, 18:42, 21:24, 19:5, 13:23, 19:21, 18:19, 21:5, 21:7, 21:23, 13:8, 19:8, 4:20, 13:9, 13:15, 13:16, 13:17, 13:18, 13:19, 13:28, 14:11, 16:4, 17:12, 17:15, 19:6, 19:7, 22:27 2 Kings 6:22, 6:23, 18:27, 7:8, 19:29, 23:9, 6:29, 9:10, 9:36, 1:10, 1:12, 4:40, 4:42, 4:43, 7:2, 7:19, 18:31, 1:14, 4:8, 4:41, 4:44, 6:28, 9:34, 25:29 Isaiah 58:14, 1:19, 49:26, 9:17, 30:30, 5:24, 36:12, 31:8, 1:7, 30:24, 50:9, 65:13, 10:17, 44:16, 37:30, 4:1, 65:25, 66:17, 9:11, 33:14, 65:22, 55:1, 9:19, 36:16, 1:20, 3:10, 5:17, 7:15, 7:22, 11:7, 21:5, 22:13, 23:18, 24:6, 26:11, 29:6, 29:8, 30:27, 33:11, 44:19, 51:8, 55:2, 55:10, 56:9, 59:5, 61:6, 62:9, 65:4, 65:21 Jeremiah 3:24, 22:15, 31:29, 50:7, 8:16, 31:30, 46:10, 24:2, 41:1, 50:17, 19:9, 12:12, 50:32, 2:3, 2:7, 2:30, 5:14, 5:17, 7:21, 9:14, 10:25, 15:3, 15:16, 16:8, 17:27, 21:14, 23:15, 24:3, 24:8, 29:5, 29:17, 29:28, 30:16, 46:14, 48:45, 49:27, 51:34, 52:33 Ezekiel 5:10, 18:2, 24:17, 2:8, 3:1, 3:3, 4:12, 4:16, 12:18, 19:3, 19:6, 21:33, 36:13, 36:14, 39:17, 12:19, 4:14, 16:19, 21:3, 33:25, 33:27, 44:3, 23:25, 4:9, 39:18, 34:28, 24:22, 3:2, 4:10, 4:13, 7:15, 15:4, 15:5, 15:7, 16:13, 16:20, 18:6, 18:11, 18:15, 19:12, 19:14, 22:9, 22:25, 25:4, 28:18, 34:3, 39:19, 42:13, 43:8, 44:29, 44:31, 45:21 Hosea 11:4, 2:14, 9:4, 7:7, 4:8, 4:10, 5:7, 7:9, 8:13, 8:14, 9:3, 10:13, 11:6, 13:8 Joel 2:3, 1:4, 1:19, 1:20, 2:5, 2:25, 2:26 Amos 7:2, 7:4, 5:6, 1:4, 1:7, 1:10, 1:12, 1:14, 2:2, 2:5, 4:9, 6:4, 7:12, 9:14 Obadiah 1:18 Micah 7:1, 3:3, 6:14 Nahum 3:13, 1:10, 2:14, 3:12, 3:15 Habakkuk 1:8, 3:14 Zephaniah 1:18, 3:8 Haggai 1:6 Zechariah 9:15, 9:4, 7:6, 11:1, 11:9, 11:16, 12:6 Malachi 3:11 Psalms 50:13, 78:25, 105:35, 14:4, 53:5, 127:2, 27:2, 41:10, 18:9, 21:10, 22:27, 22:30, 50:3, 59:16, 69:10, 78:24, 78:29, 78:45, 78:63, 79:7, 80:6, 81:17, 102:5, 102:10, 106:20, 106:28, 128:2 Proverbs 30:17, 30:14, 27:18, 18:21, 30:20, 13:2, 1:31, 13:25, 23:7, 23:8, 24:13, 25:16, 25:21, 25:27, 31:27 Job 31:12, 15:34, 20:26, 34:3, 1:13, 1:18, 42:11, 1:4, 31:8, 1:16, 5:5, 6:6, 13:28, 18:13, 21:25, 22:20, 31:17, 31:39, 40:15 Song of Songs 5:1, 4:16 Ruth 3:3, 2:14, 3:7 Lamentations 2:20, 2:3, 4:5, 4:11 Ecclesiastes 2:24, 3:13, 5:18, 8:15, 6:2, 10:16, 5:11, 2:25, 4:5, 5:10, 5:16, 5:17, 9:7, 10:17 Esther 4:16 Daniel 1:12, 1:13, 1:15, 10:3, 11:26 Ezra 10:6, 2:63, 6:21, 9:12 Nehemiah 2:3, 9:36, 9:25, 8:10, 7:65, 5:14, 2:13, 5:2, 8:12 1 Chronicles 12:40, 29:22 2 Chronicles 30:22, 28:15, 7:1, 7:13, 18:26, 30:18, 31:10

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