BDB400
אָכְלָה17 noun feminine food, eating (with some verbal force, compare DrJPh xi. 217) only P , & Ezekiel; always לְאָכְלָה,
1. especially in phrases like ׳
לָכֶם יִהְיֶה לְאָ
Gen 1:29; Gen 6:21; Gen 9:3; Lev 11:39 so Lev 25:6
וְהָיְתָה שַׁבַּת הָאָרֶץ לָכֶם לְאָבְלָה compare ׳
נָתַן לְא
Gen 1:30; Exod 16:15.
2.
devouring, by wild beasts, only figurative of ravaged people Ezek 29:5; Ezek 34:5; Ezek 34:8;
Ezek 34:10
; Ezek 39:4
, compare Ezek 35:12.
3.
consumimg, in fire Ezek 15:4; Ezek 15:6, of fire-sacrifice of children Ezek 23:37 figurative of judgment
of ׳
י
Ezek 21:37
(compare also infinitive of אָכַל).