אׇכְלָה
Used: 18 times · Key: 402 · BDB: אָכְלָה
Glosses
food (14); fuel (3); devouring (1)
Meaning (OSHB)
food tree →
Meaning (BDB 1906)
n.f. food, eating tree →
The whole BDB entry
n.f. food, eating (with some verbal force, cf. DrJPhl. xi.217) only P, & Ez always לְאָכְלָה, especially in phr. like לָכֶם יִהְיֶה לְאָ׳ Gn 1:29; 6:21; 9:3 Lv 11:39; so 25:6 וְהָיְתָה שַׁבַּת הָאָרֶץ לָכֶם לְאָכְלָה; cf. נָתַן לְא׳ Gn 1:30 Ex 16:15. devouring, by wild beasts, only fig. of ravaged people Ex 29:5 34:5, 8, 10; 39:4, cf. 35:12. consuming, in fire Ez 15:4, 6, of fire-sacrifice of children 23:37; fig. of judgment of י׳ Ez 21:37; (cf. also inf. of אָכַל).
Why these entries: BDB: same consonants, part of speech agrees, 11 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (2 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (2 candidates)
Trees and pragmatics
Every English meaning of «אׇכְלָה» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.
In the verses
וַתְּפוּצֶ֖ינָה מִבְּלִ֣י רֹעֶ֑ה וַתִּהְיֶ֧ינָה לְאָכְלָ֛ה לְכָל־חַיַּ֥ת הַשָּׂדֶ֖ה וַתְּפוּצֶֽינָה׃
Word for word: and they.have.been.scattered from not a.shepherd and they.have.become (into) food for every (the).animal of the.field and they.have.been.scattered
JPS 1917: So were they scattered, because there was no shepherd; and they became food to all the beasts of the field, and were scattered.
כָּל־רֶ֙מֶשׂ֙ אֲשֶׁ֣ר הוּא־חַ֔י לָכֶ֥ם יִהְיֶ֖ה לְאָכְלָ֑ה כְּיֶ֣רֶק עֵ֔שֶׂב נָתַ֥תִּי לָכֶ֖ם אֶת־כֹּֽל׃
Word for word: every creeping.thing which it [is].alive for you it.will.become (into) food like.[the] greenery of.plant[s] I.give to you (et) everything
JPS 1917: Every moving thing that liveth shall be for food for you; as the green herb have I given you all.
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