1) food

1a) food, eating

1b) object of devouring, consuming

1b1) by wild beasts (figurative)

1b2) in fire

1b3) of judgment (figurative)

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.

אָכְלָה n.f food eating esp. in phr. devouring , by wild beasts, only fig. of ravaged people consuming , in fire 17.