Lexical Definition

‎אׇכְלָה‎ ʼoklâh (ok-law') food ^H:N-F
feminine of ‎אֻכָל‎

consume, devour, eat, food, meat.

• food

1) food
1a) food, eating
1b) object of devouring, consuming
1b1) by wild beasts (figurative)
1b2) in fire
1b3) of judgment (figurative)

Brown-Driver-Briggs

‎אָכְלָה‎₁₇ noun feminine food, eating (with some verbal force, compare Dr^{JPh xi. 217}) only P, & Ezekiel; always ‎לְאָכְלָה‎,

1. especially in phrase like ‎׳‎‎לָכֶם יִהְיֶה לְאָ‎ Gen 1:29; Gen 6:21; Gen 9:3; Lev 11:39 so Lev 25:6 ‎וְהָיְתָה שַׁבַּת הָאָרֶץ לָכֶם לְאָבְלָה‎ compare ‎׳‎‎נָתַן לְא‎ Gen 1:30; Exod 16:15.

2. devouring, by wild beasts, only figurative of ravaged people Ezek 29:5; Ezek 34:5; Ezek 34:8; Ezek 34:10; Ezek 39:4, compare Ezek 35:12.

3. consumimg, in fire Ezek 15:4; Ezek 15:6, of fire-sacrifice of children Ezek 23:37 figurative of judgment of ‎׳‎‎י‎ Ezek 21:37* (compare also infinitive of ‎אָכַל‎).

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