Lexical Definition

‎אֲכַל‎ ʼăkal (ak-al') to devour ^A:V
(Aramaic) corresponding to ‎אָכַל‎

[phrase] accuse, devour, eat.

• {to eat (literally or figuratively)}

1) to eat, devour
1a) (P'al)
1a1) to eat (of beasts)
1a2) to devour
1a3) eat their pieces (in a phrase, that is, slander them)

Extended Information

Aramaic of: אָכַל

Brown-Driver-Briggs

[‎אֲכַל‎] verb eat, devour (Biblical Hebrew); —

Pe`al Perfect 3 masculine plural ‎אֲכַ֫לוּ‎ Dan 3:8; Dan 6:25* Imperfect 3 masculine singular ‎יֵאכֻל‎ Dan 4:30* 3 feminine singular‎תֵּאכֻל‎ Dan 7:23 Imperative feminine singular ‎אֲכֻּ֫לִי‎ vDan 7:5 Participle feminine singular ‎אָֽכְלָה‎, vDan 7:7 vDan 7:9 —

1. eat, of beast, Dan 4:30* (accusative of thing).

2. devour, of beast in vision, Dan 7:5 (accusative of thing), absolute vDan 7:7 vDan 7:19 hence figurative of kingdom, devour, devastate, vDan 7:23 (accusative of earth).

3. in phrase ‎ק־רְצֵיהוֺן‎ ‎׳‎‎א‎ Dan 3:8 eat their pieces, i.e. slander them, compare Dan 6:25* (see ‎קְרַץ‎).

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