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Ecclesiastes 4:5

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Masoretic Text 1524

H3684 The fool הכסיל

H2263 foldeth his hands together חבק

H853 את

H3027 ידיו

H398 and eateth ואכל

H853 את

H1320 his own flesh בשׂרו׃

King James Bible (Oxford 1769)

The

H3684 fool

foldeth

his

hands

H2263 together

and

H398 eateth

his

own

H1320 flesh

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