la.at is used as an imperative request to be given food when Esau says he is faint.

The attested use is an imperative request to be given food: in Genesis 25:30, Esau addresses Jacob while faint and asks for some of the red food.

1. Request to be given food · dominant

   In Genesis 25:30, the form is a Hiphil imperative, second masculine singular, spoken by Esau to Jacob in a plea for some of the red food because he is faint. The APB renders the request, "Please let me eat some of that red stuff, for I am faint."

   Genesis 25:30

In the Anselm Project Bible: In Genesis 25:30, the APB presents the request as "Please let me eat some of that red stuff." It does not isolate the term's precise contribution beyond the request for food.