King James Bible
King James Version (KJV)
STRONGS NUMBER H3978
Transliteration: maakal
Phonetic Spelling: (mah-ak-awl')
Part of Speech: Noun Masculine
Short Definition: food
Meaning: an eatable
Word Summary
maakal: food
Original Word: מַאֲכָלTransliteration: maakal
Phonetic Spelling: (mah-ak-awl')
Part of Speech: Noun Masculine
Short Definition: food
Meaning: an eatable
Strong's Concordance
food, fruit, victual From 'akal; an eatable (includ. Provender, flesh and fruit) -- food, fruit, ((bake-)) meat(-s), victual.
see HEBREW 'akal
Brown-Driver-Briggs
H3978. maakal
מַאֲכָל30 noun masculineJudges 14:14 (feminine Habakkuk 1:16) food — ׳מ Genesis 2:9 21t.; construct מַאֲכַל 40:7 3t.; suffix מַאֲכָֽלְךָ Ezekiel 4:10; מַאֲכָלוֺ Habakkuk 1:16; מַאֲכָלָהּ Proverbs 6:8; מַאֲכַלְכֶם Daniel 1:10 — food, in Genl. Genesis 6:21; 1 Kings 10:5 2 Chronicles 9:4; Haggai 2:12; opposed to drink Ezra 3:7; 2 Chronicles 11:11; Daniel 1:10; תַּאֲוָה מַאֲכַל Job 33:20; figurative of peoples as fishes, food for Chaldeans Habakkuk 1:16; applied to fruit Genesis 2:9; 3:6 (of tree לְמ ׳טוֺב) compare ׳עֵץמֿ Leviticus 19:23; Deuteronomy 20:20; Nehemiah 9:25; Ezekiel 47:12 (twice in verse); applied to דָּגָן Isaiah 62:8; applied to honey Judges 14:14; to flour 1 Chronicles 12:41 where apposition קֶמַח; to food of ants Proverbs 6:8 ("" לֶחֶם); to baker's work Genesis 40:17 compare Ezekiel 4:10; applied to carcasses, as food for beasts & birds of prey Deuteronomy 28:26; Psalm 79:2; compare 44:12 (מ ׳צאֹן, simile of suffering people) Jeremiah 7:33; 16:4; 19:7; 34:20; Psalm 74:14.