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

Descendants

  • Judeo-Italian: אכלר

See also

Verb

אִכֵּל • (ikél) (pi'el construction)

  1. defective spelling of איכל

Verb

אֻכַּל • (ukál) (pu'al construction)

  1. defective spelling of אוכל

Noun

אֹכֶל • (ókhelm

  1. defective spelling of אוכל

References

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