1) to eat, devour, burn up, feed

1a) (Qal)

1a1) to eat (human subject)

1a2) to eat, devour (of beasts and birds)

1a3) to devour, consume (of fire)

1a4) to devour, slay (of sword)

1a5) to devour, consume, destroy (inanimate subjects - ie, pestilence, drought)

1a6) to devour (of oppression)

1b) (Niphal)

1b1) to be eaten (by men)

1b2) to be devoured, consumed (of fire)

1b3) to be wasted, destroyed (of flesh)

1c) (Pual)

1c1) to cause to eat, feed with

1c2) to cause to devour

1d) (Hiphil)

1d1) to feed

1d2) to cause to eat

1e) (Piel)

1e1) consume

Aramaic equivalent: a.khal (אֲכַל "to devour" H0399)

Root √אכל: אָכַל vb eat Qal eat , human subject eat devour of beasts, birds, etc. devour consume fig. of fire. devour slay of sword. devour consume destroy in genl. devour fig. of oppression,the poor Niph be eaten by man be devoured consumed by fire, be wasted destroyed . of flesh . Pu be consumed . Hiph cause to eat feed with , cause to devoure , obj. sword . 806.

אָכַל vb eat Qal eat , human subject eat devour of beasts, birds, etc. devour consume fig. of fire. devour slay of sword. devour consume destroy in genl. devour fig. of oppression,the poor Niph be eaten by man be devoured consumed by fire, be wasted destroyed . of flesh . Pu be consumed . Hiph cause to eat feed with , cause to devoure , obj. sword . 806.