H3978Noun, masculine30 times in the Hebrew BibleWhere it occurs
Translated as
In the text
- Genesis 2:9לְמַאֲכָל
Out of the ground the LORD God gave growth to every tree that is pleasing to the eye and good for food. And in the middle of the garden were the tree of life and the tree of the knowledge of good and evil.
- Deuteronomy 20:20מַאֲכָל
But you may destroy the trees that you know do not produce fruit. Use them to build siege works against the city that is waging war against you, until it falls.
- 2 Chronicles 9:4וּמַאֲכַל
the food at his table, the seating of his servants, the service and attire of his attendants, the attire of his cupbearers, and the burnt offerings he presented at the house of the LORD, it took her breath away.
- Psalm 44:11מַאֲכָל
You have given us up as sheep to be devoured; You have scattered us among the nations.
- Jeremiah 7:33לְמַאֲכָל
The corpses of this people will become food for the birds of the air and the beasts of the earth, and there will be no one to scare them away.
- Ezekiel 4:10וּמַאֲכָלְךָ
You are to weigh out twenty shekels of food to eat each day, and you are to eat it at set times.
Brown-Driver-Briggs
Sources: Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906, public domain) from the Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon (CC BY 4.0), glosses from STEPBible TBESH (CC BY 4.0); STEPBible TAHOT (Hebrew Bible, Leningrad Codex, CC BY 4.0); the Berean Standard Bible (public domain). Reformatted by Word Study, wording unchanged. All sources and licenses.