מַאֲכֶ֫לֶת

ma.a.khe.let · knife

Hebrew · Strong's H3979 · Noun · Sounds like: mah-ak-eh'-leth · 4 occurrences

Word meanings

Strong's dictionary

from אָכַל; something to eat with,i.e. a knife; knife.

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (public domain)

Full lexicon entry (Brown-Driver-Briggs)
מַאֲכֶ֫לֶת n.f. knife (as cutting instrum., or instrument for dividing, making small)

Every occurrence

  1. Genesis 22:6 הַֽמַּאֲכֶ֑לֶת ha.ma.'a.Khe.let · A person, place or thing

    And Abraham took the wood of the burnt-offering, and laid it upon Isaac his son; and he took in his hand the fire and the knife; and they went both of them together.

  2. Genesis 22:10 הַֽמַּאֲכֶ֑לֶת ha.ma.'a.Khe.let · A person, place or thing

    And Abraham stretched forth his hand, and took the knife to slay his son.

  3. Judges 19:29 הַֽמַּאֲכֶ֙לֶת֙ ha.ma.'a.Khe.let · A person, place or thing

    And when he was come into his house, he took a knife, and laid hold on his concubine, and divided her, limb by limb, into twelve pieces, and sent her throughout all the borders of Israel.

  4. Proverbs 30:14 וּֽמַאֲכָל֪וֹת u.ma.'a.kha.Lot · A person, place or thing

    There is a generation whose teeth are as swords, and their jaw teeth as knives, To devour the poor from off the earth, and the needy from among men.

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