מַאֲכָל
maʼăkâl
Meaning
“food”
BDB food, fruit, meat
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18 books · uncommon
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First appears: Genesis 2:9
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מַאֲכָל
8 books
Genesis 2:9
לְ/מַאֲכָ֑ל
Out of the ground Yahweh God made every tree to grow that is pleasant to the sight, and good for food; the tree of life also in the midst of the garden, and the tree of the knowledge of good and evil.
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Deuteronomy 20:20
מַאֲכָל֙
Only the trees of which you know that they are not trees for food, you shall destroy and cut them down; and you shall build bulwarks against the city that makes war with you, until it fall.
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1 Chronicles 12:40
מַאֲכָ֡ל
Moreover those who were near to them, [even] as far as Issachar and Zebulun and Naphtali, brought bread on donkeys, and on camels, and on mules, and on oxen, food of meal, cakes of figs, and clusters of raisins, and wine, and oil, and oxen, and sheep in abundance: for there was joy in Israel.
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Ezra 3:7
וּ/מַאֲכָ֨ל
They gave money also to the masons, and to the carpenters; and food, and drink, and oil, to them of Sidon, and to them of Tyre, to bring cedar trees from Lebanon to the sea, to Joppa, according to the grant that they had of Cyrus king of Persia.
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Ezekiel 4:10
וּ/מַאֲכָֽלְ/ךָ֙
Your food which you shall eat shall be by weight, twenty shekels a day: from time to time shall you eat it.
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Daniel 1:10
מַאֲכַלְ/כֶ֖ם
The prince of the eunuchs said to Daniel, I fear my lord the king, who has appointed your food and your drink: for why should he see your faces worse looking than the youths who are of your own age? so would you endanger my head with the king.
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Habakkuk 1:16
וּ/מַאֲכָל֖/וֹ
Therefore he sacrifices to his net, and burns incense to his dragnet, because by them his life is luxurious, and his food is good.
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Haggai 2:12
מַאֲכָ֖ל
'If someone carries holy meat in the fold of his garment, and with his fold touches bread, stew, wine, oil, or any food, will it become holy?'" The priests answered, "No."
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