to devour
a.khal denotes consuming flesh or devouring, including the destructive action of the beasts in Daniel.
The attested use centers on consuming or devouring: a bear is commanded to eat much flesh, while the fourth beast is described as devouring, crushing, and trampling. The supplied verses also include forms whose immediate contribution is not recoverable from the loose English translation.
Senses in use
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Consuming flesh and destructive devouring · dominant
In Daniel 7:5, the Qal imperative addresses the bear amid the command that the APB renders "Arise, eat much flesh." In Daniel 7:7 and Daniel 7:19, the Qal active participle describes the fourth beast in clauses the APB renders "it was eating and crushing" and "it was devouring, crushing, and trampling"; Daniel 7:23 similarly places the imperfect in the prediction that the beast will devour the whole earth.
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Use not isolated by the translation · common
Daniel 3:8, Daniel 4:30, and Daniel 6:25 contain Qal forms of the lemma, but their supplied APB verses do not display an identifiable consuming action in the surrounding English clause. The translation therefore does not permit a more specific contextual description for these occurrences.
In the Anselm Project Bible: Where the clause is clear, the APB uses "eat," "eating," and "devouring" in Daniel 7:5, Daniel 7:7, Daniel 7:19, and Daniel 7:23. Its wording in Daniel 3:8, Daniel 4:30, and Daniel 6:25 does not isolate the lemma's contribution.