מַאֲכֶלֶת
maʾăkelet
knife
Strong's H3979NounHebrewTWOT 85e

מַאֲכֶלֶת (maʾăkelet) is a Hebrew noun meaning knife. It appears 4 times in 3 books of the Hebrew Bible (Strong's H3979).

Same Hebrew root (TWOT 85e)

Root family 85: אַכַל ʾakal — eat, consume, devour, burn up, feed. (ASV and RSV are generally the same. One notable exception is found in Ps 27:2 where RSV has “slander” instead of “eat my flesh” in accordance with an Akkadian and Aramaic idiom, “to eat a piece of me” meaning “to slander me.”)

See it in Scripture

Genesis 22:6Judges 19:29Proverbs 30:14

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