Lexical Definition

‎מַאֲכָל‎ maʼăkâl (mah-ak-awl') food ^H:N-M
from ‎אָכַל‎

food, fruit, (bake-)meat(-s), victual.

• an eatable (includ. provender, flesh and fruit)

1) food, fruit, meat

See Greek: βρώσιμος

Brown-Driver-Briggs

‎מַאֲכָל‎₃₀ noun masculine^{Judg 14:14} (feminine Hab 1:16) food — ‎׳‎‎מ‎ Gen 2:9 + 21 t.; construct ‎מַאֲכַל‎ Gen 40:7 + 3 t.; suffix ‎מַאֲכָֽלְךָ‎ Ezek 4:10 ‎מַאֲכָלוֺ‎ Hab 1:16 ‎מַאֲכָלָהּ‎ Prov 6:8 ‎מַאֲכַלְכֶם‎ Dan 1:10 — food, in genl. Gen 6:21; 1Kgs 10:5 = 2Chr 9:4; Hag 2:12 opposed to drink Ezra 3:7; 2Chr 11:11; Dan 1:10 ‎מַאֲכַל תַּאֲוָה‎ Job 33:20 figurative of peoples as fishes, food for Chaldeans Hab 1:16 applied to fruit Gen 2:9; Gen 3:6 (of tree ‎׳‎‎טוֺב לְמ‎) compare ‎׳‎‎עֵץמֿ‎ Lev 19:23; Deut 20:20; Neh 9:25; Ezek 47:12 (twice in verse); applied to ‎דָּגָן‎ Isa 62:8 applied to honey Judg 14:14 to flour 1Chr 12:41* where apposition ‎קֶמַח‎; to food of ants Prov 6:8 (|| ‎לֶחֶם‎); to baker's work Gen 40:17 compare Ezek 4:10 applied to carcasses, as food for beasts & birds of prey Deut 28:26; Ps 79:2 compare Ps 44:12* (‎׳‎‎צאֹן מ‎, simile of suffering people) Jer 7:33; Jer 16:4; Jer 19:7; Jer 34:20; Ps 74:14.

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