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Nehemiah 8:12

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Masoretic Text 1524

H1980 went וילכו

H3605 And all כל

H5971 the people העם

H398 their way to eat לאכל

H8354 and to drink ולשׁתות

H7971 and to send ולשׁלח

H4490 portions מנות

H6213 and to make ולעשׂות

H8057 mirth שׂמחה

H1419 great גדולה

H3588 because כי

H995 they had understood הבינו

H1697 the words בדברים

H834 that אשׁר

H3045 were declared הודיעו׃

King James Bible (Oxford 1769)

And

H3605 all

the

H5971 people

H1980 went

their

way

H398 eat

H995 understood

the

H1697 words

H834 that

were

H3045 declared

unto

them

had

they

H3588 because

H8057 mirth

H1419 great

H6213 make

and

H4490 portions

H7971 send

and

H8354 drink

and

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