מַאֲכָל
maʼăkâl · mah-ak-awl'
an eatable (includ. provender, flesh and fruit)
Lexicon
Derivation: from H398 (אָכַל);
an eatable (includ. provender, flesh and fruit)
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: food, fruit, (bake-)meat(-s), victual.
Letters
- מMem40
Picture: waves of water
- Concrete
- water · sea · blood · liquid
- Extended
- chaos · mighty and uncontrollable · the masses · from / out of
- אAlef1
Picture: ox head
- Concrete
- ox · bull · cattle
- Extended
- strength · leader · first · the one in front
- כKaf20
Picture: open palm
- Concrete
- palm · open hand · sole of the foot
- Extended
- to open · to allow · to cover · to tame · like / as
- לLamed30
Picture: shepherd's staff or goad
- Concrete
- staff · goad · yoke · cattle prod
- Extended
- authority · to lead · to teach · to bind · toward
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
water, chaos, the mighty deep › strength, the leader › the open hand that covers › authority, the one who leads
Water, chaos, the mighty deep of strength, the leader of the open hand that covers of authority, the one who leads.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of מַאֲכָל above is the attested meaning; this pictographic reading is a tradition about how the sign-shapes may have been heard. Both can be held at once, they are answering different questions.
Usage
30 occurrences · 30 OT · 0 NT · 21 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- for food3 · 10%
- shall be meat3 · 10%
- to be meat3 · 10%
- for meat2 · 7%
- meat2 · 7%
- and the meat2 · 7%
- and meat2 · 7%
- thou unto thee of all food1 · 3%
- there was of all manner1 · 3%
- of victual1 · 3%
- and fruit1 · 3%
- appointed for meat1 · 3%
- him to be meat1 · 3%
- her food1 · 3%
- shall be for meat1 · 3%
- and thy meat1 · 3%
- thereof shall be for meat1 · 3%
- your meat1 · 3%
- and their meat1 · 3%
- or any meat1 · 3%
Where it is used, by book.
Inflected forms found in the text.
Counts are computed from the tagged Hebrew and Greek text aligned to the King James Version, not from an estimate.