Hebrew

Noun

מַאֲכָל • ‎(ma'akhál) f ‎(plural indefinite מַאֲכָלִים or מַאֲכָלוֹת, singular construct מַאֲכַל־, plural construct מַאַכְלֵי־ or מַאַכְלוֹת־) [pattern: מִקְטָל]

1. food, meal, dish (specific type of food)
   • Genesis 6:21, with translation of the English Standard Version:

     אַתָּה קַח־לְךָ מִכָּל־מַֽאֲכָל אֲשֶׁר יֵֽאָכֵל וְאָסַפְתָּ אֵלֶיךָ וְהָיָה לְךָ וְלָהֶם לְאָכְלָֽה׃‎

     Also take with you every sort of food that is eaten, and store it up. It shall serve as food for you and for them.

   • Genesis 40:17, with translation of the English Standard Version:

     וּבַסַּל הָֽעֶלְיֹון מִכֹּל מַאֲכַל פַּרְעֹה מַעֲשֵׂה אֹפֶה […] ‎

     and in the uppermost basket there were all sorts of baked food for Pharaoh, […]

2. (Mishnaic Hebrew) eating (the act of consuming food)

Declension

References

• “H3978”, in Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible, 1979

Anagrams

• מלאך

Yiddish

Etymology

From Hebrew מַאֲכָל.

Noun

מאכל • ‎(maykhl) m, n, plural מאכלים ‎(maykholem)

1. food, meal, dish (specific type of food)
2. delicacy, treat