H402 — אׇכְלָה (oklah)¶

Core Data¶

Strong's: H402
Original: אׇכְלָה
Transliteration: oklah
Pronunciation: ok-law
Part of Speech: Feminine noun
Root: Food/eating word family related to H398 אָכַל (akal), "to eat"
Occurrences: 18 unique verses (18 tokens) across 5 books
First Occurrence: Gen 1:29 — "to you it shall be for meat"
Hapax Legomenon: No

Lexicon Definition¶

; feminine of ; food:—consume, devour, eat, food, meat.

Translation Distribution (KJV)¶

Translation	Verses	%
meat	5	27.8%
for fuel	3	16.7%
for meat	3	16.7%
to devour	2	11.1%
for food	1	5.6%
to be devoured	1	5.6%
to consume	1	5.6%
to eat	1	5.6%
ye may eat	1	5.6%

Distribution by Book¶

Book	Count	Per 100 Verses
Ezekiel	10	0.8
Genesis	4	0.3
Leviticus	2	0.2
Exodus	1	0.1
Jeremiah	1	0.1

Genesis and Leviticus use the word for food/eating. Ezekiel supplies most later uses, including both prey/food imagery and fuel-for-fire imagery.

Semantic Categories¶

1. Food Granted for Human and Animal Consumption¶

Gen 1:29 — seed-bearing herbs and fruit trees are given "for meat"
Gen 1:30 — every green herb is given "for meat" to beasts, fowl, and creeping things
Gen 9:3 — "Every moving thing that liveth shall be meat for you"

2. Stored Food Supply¶

Gen 6:21 — Noah is told to gather "all food that is eaten"
Exo 16:15 — manna is identified as food given by YHWH

3. Permitted Food Category¶

Lev 11:39 — a beast "of which ye may eat"
Lev 25:6 — the sabbath produce of the land is "meat for you"

4. Being Food for Beasts / Prey¶

Jer 12:9 — birds are summoned to assemble beasts "to devour"
Ezek 34:5, 8 — the flock becomes "meat" to beasts because there is no shepherd
Ezek 39:4 — fallen enemies are given to birds and beasts "to be devoured"

5. Fuel for Fire¶

Ezek 15:4, 6 — the vine tree is given "for fuel" to the fire
Ezek 21:32 — judgment imagery: "Thou shalt be for fuel to the fire"

Common Collocations¶

Word	Strong's	Co-occurrences	Typical Pattern
כֹּל (kol)	H3605	10x	"all/every" food or creature category
נָתַן (nathan)	H5414	8x	food/fuel "given" for use or judgment
חַי (chay)	H2416	7x	living creatures in Gen 1/9 food-gift contexts
אֶרֶץ (erets)	H776	5x	food on/in the earth or land
שָׂדֶה (sadeh)	H7704	5x	field contexts: herbs, beasts, flock
עֶשֶׂב (eseb)	H6212	3x	herb as food in Genesis comparison texts
אֵשׁ (esh)	H784	3x	fuel-for-fire usage in Ezekiel
דָּם (dam)	H1818	2x	blood boundary in food contexts

Word Family / Cognates¶

H398 אָכַל (akal) — to eat, consume, devour.
H400 אֹכֶל (okel) — food, eating, meal.
H3978 מַאֲכָל (maakal) — food/eatable/provender.

Easily Confused Words¶

Word	Strong's	Shared Translation	Key Difference
אֹכֶל (okel)	H400	food, meat	okel is a common food noun; oklah is rarer and includes food/fuel/devouring uses.
מַאֲכָל (maakal)	H3978	meat, food	maakal stresses an eatable/provision; oklah is the thing consumed or given for consumption/fuel.
לֶחֶם (lechem)	H3899	meat/food	lechem is bread/food staple; oklah is generic food or consumable matter.
אָכַל (akal)	H398	eat/devour	akal is the verb; oklah is the thing eaten/consumed.

Semantic Domain¶

001002008003 — Food (relationship tool). Other listed domain members include H396 akilah, H400 okel, H808/H809 ashishah, H829 eshpar, H1098 belil.

LXX Mapping¶

Greek Equivalent	Co-occurrences	PMI Score	Notes
θηρίον (therion) G2342	6	6.20	Beast/animal contexts where food becomes prey.
βρῶσις (brosis) G1035	3	6.71	Eating/food rendering.
χόρτος (chortos) G5528	3	6.49	Grass/herb food contexts.
ποιμήν (poimen) G4166	3	5.88	Shepherd/flock food imagery in Ezekiel.
δίδωμι (didomi) G1325	8	2.76	"given" in food/fuel contexts.

No dominant LXX bridge reaches the auto-trace threshold.