Transliteration: 'âkal

Phonetic: aw-kal'

BDB Definition:

1. to eat, devour, burn up, feed
   1. (Qal)
      1. to eat (human subject)
      2. to eat, devour (of beasts and birds)
      3. to devour, consume (of fire)
      4. to devour, slay (of sword)
      5. to devour, consume, destroy (inanimate subjects i.e., pestilence, drought)
      6. to devour (of oppression)
   2. (Niphal)
      1. to be eaten (by men)
      2. to be devoured, consumed (of fire)
      3. to be wasted, destroyed (of flesh)
   3. (Pual)
      1. to cause to eat, feed with
      2. to cause to devour
   4. (Hiphil)
      1. to feed
      2. to cause to eat
   5. (Piel)
      1. consume

Origin: a primitive root

TWOT entry: 85

Part(s) of speech: Verb