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Genesis 31:40

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Masoretic Text 1524

H1961 Thus I was הייתי

H3117 in the day ביום

H398 consumed אכלני

H2721 the drought חרב

H7140 me and the frost וקרח

H3915 by night בלילה

H5074 departed ותדד

H8142 and my sleep שׁנתי

H5869 מעיני׃

King James Bible (Oxford 1769)

Thus

H1961 was

the

H3117 day

the

H2721 drought

H398 consumed

and

the

H7140 frost

H3915 night

and

H8142 sleep

H5074 departed

from

mine

H4480 eyes

Hebrew-English Dictionary

Strongs: H398

Hebrew: אָכַל

Transliteration: ʼâkal

Pronunciation: aw-kal'

Part of Speech: Verb

Bible Usage: X-(idiom) at {all} burn {up} {consume} devour ({-er} {up}) {dine} eat ({-er} {up}) feed ({with}) {food} X-(idiom) {freely} X-(idiom) in . . . wise ({-deed} {plenty}) (lay) {meat} X-(idiom) quite.

Definition:

to eat (literally or figuratively)

1. to eat, devour, burn up, feed

a. (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 - ie, pestilence, drought)

6. to devour (of oppression)

b. (Niphal)

1. to be eaten (by men)

2. to be devoured, consumed (of fire)

3. to be wasted, destroyed (of flesh)

c. (Pual)

1. to cause to eat, feed with

2. to cause to devour

d. (Hiphil)

1. to feed

2. to cause to eat

e. (Piel)

1. consume

The Brown-Driver-Briggs
Hebrew-English Lexicon (BDB) 1906