{"def":{"short":"to eat (literally or figuratively)","long":["to eat, devour, burn up, feed",["(Qal)",["to eat (human subject)","to eat, devour (of beasts and birds)","to devour, consume (of fire)","to devour, slay (of sword)","to devour, consume, destroy (inanimate subjects—i.e., pestilence, drought)","to devour (of oppression)"],"(Niphal)",["to be eaten (by men)","to be devoured, consumed (of fire)","to be wasted, destroyed (of flesh)"],"(Pual)",["to cause to eat, feed with","to cause to devour"],"(Hiphil)",["to feed","to cause to eat"],"(Piel)",["consume"]]]},"deriv":"a primitive root","pronun":{"ipa":"ʔɔːˈkɑl","ipa_mod":"ʔɑːˈχɑl","sbl":"ʾākal","dic":"aw-KAHL","dic_mod":"ah-HAHL"}}