אכל

אָכַל(b. h.; √אך to rub, cmp. אָנַךְ) 1) to gnaw, eat, consume. Inf. in Y. freq. לֹוכַל = לֶאֱכֹול. Ber.I, 1; a. v. fr. 2) trnsf. to absorb, occupy, take away. Y.Shebu.VII, 38a בשרבית אֹוכֶלֶת בו when interests gnaw on (absorb) the property. Y.Erub.IV, 21d bot. ד׳ אמות אֹוכְלֹותוכ׳ four cubits entering into the area of Tiberias. Num. R. s. 4 כמה לוחות אֹוכְלֹות how much space did the tablets occupy ? B. Bath.14a (interchanging with איגרות, Var. אוגדות, v. Rabb. D. S. a. l. note 5, 6). 3) (euphem.) to sleep with. Keth.V, 9, differ. of opin. ib. 65b; Y. ib. 30b top a. bot. Nif. נֶאֱכַל to be eaten Zeb.I, 3; Ber.I, 1; a. fr. Pi. אִיכֵּל to consume, burn. Tam.I, 4 המְאוּכָּלֹות הפנימיות (Talm. ed. המעו׳) the thoroughly lighted coals in the centre; Y.Yoma II, 39c. Hif. הֶאֱכִיל to give to eat, cause to eat. Keth.V, 3 היבם אינו מַאֵכִילוכ׳ the Yabam does not transfer the privilege of eating Trumah to his sister-in-law. Kidd.31a יש מאכילוכ׳ one may feed his father on pheasants ; a. fr. Hithpa. a. Nithpa. הִתְאַכֵּל, נִתְאַכֵּל 1) to be consumed, burnt up, digested. Ber.VIII, 7 עד כדי שיִתְאַכֵּלוכ׳ Ar. (ed. שיתע׳) until the food is digested (or absorbed) in his bowels. Tam.II, 1; a. e. 2) to be worn off, spent. Snh.VI, 12 Y. ed. נתא׳ הבשר (Mish. 6 נתע׳) when the flesh of the corpse was gone. Cant. R. to IV, 4 שלא נתא׳ אחת מהן none of them was worn off. Kidd.59a נתא׳ המעות the money was spent; a. e.