מַאֲכֶלֶת

Biblical Hebrew · Strong's H3979

knife — used 4 times in the Hebrew Bible. Below: its meanings with their sources, MACULA's glosses, and 2 verses word for word and in JPS 1917.

Meaning

OpenScriptures lexical index

knife tree →

Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906

מַאֲכֶ֫לֶת: n.f. knife tree →

The whole BDB entry

n.f. knife (as cutting instrum., or instrument for dividing, making small, cf. S[iegfr.]ThLZ Nov. 17, ’83) Ju 19:29; מַאֲכֶ֑לֶת Gn 22:6, 10, pl. מַאֲכָלוֹת Pr 30:14.

Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 4 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (3 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (2 candidates)

Glosses

MACULA's English glosses of the word in the text, with how often each is used: knife (3); knives (1).

In the verses

Genesis 22:10 · tree →

וַיִּשְׁלַ֤ח אַבְרָהָם֙ אֶת־יָד֔וֹ וַיִּקַּ֖ח אֶת־הַֽמַּאֲכֶ֑לֶת לִשְׁחֹ֖ט אֶת־בְּנֽוֹ׃

Word for word: and he.stretched.out Abraham (et) hand his and he.took (et) the knife to slaughter (et) son his

JPS 1917: And Abraham stretched forth his hand, and took the knife to slay his son.

Proverbs 30:14 · tree →

דּ֤וֹר ׀ חֲרָב֣וֹת שִׁנָּיו֮ וּֽמַאֲכָל֪וֹת מְֽתַלְּעֹ֫תָ֥יולֶאֱכֹ֣ל עֲנִיִּ֣ים מֵאֶ֑רֶץ וְ֝אֶבְיוֹנִ֗ים מֵאָדָֽם׃פ

Word for word: a.generation [are].swords teeth its and.[are] knives fangs its to devour afflicted.[people] from.[the] earth and needy.[people] from humankind

JPS 1917: There is a generation whose teeth are as swords, and their great teeth as knives, to devour the poor from off the earth, and the needy from among men.

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Sources. The words, their counts, glosses and the word-for-word renderings: MACULA Hebrew (the Westminster Leningrad Codex; Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0). Meanings: the OpenScriptures lexical index (CC BY 4.0), Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906 and Jastrow 1903 (public domain, via Sefaria); Targum Onkelos from Sefaria (public domain). Translation: JPS 1917 (public domain, from eBible.org).

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