Hebrew · H398, H1320 · unreviewed

אָכַל בְּשַׂר

To eat (literally or figuratively) · flesh (from its freshness ); by extension, body , person ; also (by euphemistically) the pudenda of a man

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אָכַל H398 to eat (literally or figuratively)
Pronunciation akal
Encompasses consuming and destruction; figuratively denotes covenant violation, judgment, or moral corruption through eating imagery.
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בָּשָׂר H1320 flesh (from its freshness ); by extension, body , person ; also (by euphemistically) the pudenda of a man
Pronunciation bāšār
Flesh as the vulnerable human body, emphasizing mortality, kinship, and bodily shame or nakedness.
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What does אָכַל בְּשַׂר (akhal besar) mean in the Bible?

אָכַל · בָּשָׂר is a Hebrew word meaning "eat flesh".

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Meaning

eat flesh
Grammatical Forms

How the stem changes the meaning of this verb across the biblical text.

Qal basic active stem — the word in its most common, direct sense 357×
Imperfect 1Sam 9:13 · 1Sam 14:24 · 1Sam 14:28 · 2Sam 9:10 · Amos 4:9 · Deut 28:33 · Deut 28:55 · Eccl 2:25 · Eccl 5:11 · Eccl 5:16 · Exod 12:43 · Exod 12:45 · Exod 12:48 · Exod 29:33 · Gen 49:27 · Isa 7:15 211×
Perfect 1Kgs 13:28 · 1Kgs 21:4 · 1Sam 14:30 · 1Sam 20:34 · 1Sam 28:20 · 1Sam 30:12 · Exod 34:28 · Ezek 18:6 · Ezek 18:11 · Ezek 18:15 · Ezek 19:3 · Ezek 19:6 · Ezra 10:6 · Jer 22:15 · Job 21:25 · Job 31:17 71×
Participle active 1Chr 12:40 · 1Kgs 1:25 · 1Kgs 4:20 · 1Kgs 18:19 · 1Kgs 21:5 · 1Sam 30:16 · 2Sam 9:11 · 2Sam 9:13 · Deut 4:24 · Deut 9:3 · Exod 12:15 · Exod 12:19 · Exod 24:17 · Ezek 36:13 · Gen 39:6 · Gen 40:17 37×
Infinitive absolute 1Sam 14:30 · 2Chr 31:10 · 2Kgs 4:43 · 2Kgs 19:29 · Gen 2:16 · Gen 31:15 · Hag 1:6 · Isa 21:5 · Isa 22:13 · Isa 37:30 · Joel 2:26 · Lev 10:18 · Prov 25:27 14×
Sequential imperfect 1Kgs 18:41 · 1Kgs 19:5 · 1Kgs 19:7 · 1Kgs 21:7 · 1Sam 9:24 · Eccl 9:7 · Ezek 3:1 · Prov 23:7 · Prov 24:13 · Prov 25:16 · Neh 8:10 · Song 5:1 13×
Jussive Esth 4:16 · Exod 12:9 · Judg 13:4 · Judg 13:7 · 1Kgs 13:22 · Exod 12:44 · Judg 13:14
Infinitive construct 1Sam 1:9 · Deut 12:23 · Gen 3:11
Cohortative Deut 12:20
Niphal passive or reflexive — the subject receives or experiences the action 41×
Imperfect Deut 12:22 · Exod 12:16 · Exod 12:46 · Exod 13:3 · Exod 13:7 · Exod 21:28 · Exod 29:34 · Ezek 45:21 · Gen 6:21 · Lev 7:6 · Lev 7:15 · Lev 7:16 · Lev 7:18 · Lev 7:19 · Lev 11:34 · Lev 11:41 39×
Infinitive absolute Lev 7:18 · Lev 19:7
Qal passive
Perfect Nah 1:10 · Neh 2:3 · Neh 2:13
Participle passive Exod 3:2
Imperfect Isa 1:20
Hiphil causative active — the subject causes someone else to perform the action
Imperfect Ezek 3:3 · Hos 11:4
Perfect Exod 16:32
Participle active Jer 23:15
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