מַאֲכָל30 noun masculine[Judg 14:14] (feminine [Hab 1:16]) food — ׳מ [Gen 2:9] + 21 t.; construct מַאֲכַל [Gen 40:7] + 3 t.; suffix מַאֲכָֽלְךָ [Ezek 4:10] מַאֲכָלוֺ [Hab 1:16] מַאֲכָלָהּ [Prov 6:8] מַאֲכַלְכֶם [Dan 1:10] — food, in genl. [Gen 6:21]; [1Kgs 10:5] = [2Chr 9:4]; [Hag 2:12] opposed to drink [Ezra 3:7]; [2Chr 11:11]; [Dan 1:10] מַאֲכַל תַּאֲוָה [Job 33:20] figurative of peoples as fishes, food for Chaldeans [Hab 1:16] applied to fruit [Gen 2:9]; [Gen 3:6] (of tree ׳טוֺב לְמ) compare ׳עֵץמֿ [Lev 19:23]; [Deut 20:20]; [Neh 9:25]; [Ezek 47:12] (twice in verse); applied to דָּגָן [Isa 62:8] applied to honey [Judg 14:14] to flour [1Chr 12:41] where apposition קֶמַח; to food of ants [Prov 6:8] (|| לֶחֶם); to baker's work [Gen 40:17] compare [Ezek 4:10] applied to carcasses, as food for beasts & birds of prey [Deut 28:26]; [Ps 79:2] compare [Ps 44:12] (׳צאֹן מ, simile of suffering people) [Jer 7:33]; [Jer 16:4]; [Jer 19:7]; [Jer 34:20]; [Ps 74:14].
The Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon
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