ma.a.khal denotes edible provisions or produce, and in death scenes food supplied to birds and land animals.

The word most often denotes edible provisions or produce: food stored, gathered, assigned, or supplied from trees and crops. In a recurring judgment setting, it identifies bodies or flesh given as food to birds and animals.

1. Edible provisions and produce · dominant

   The absolute form identifies trees and fruit as edible in Genesis 2:9 and Ezekiel 47:12; in the latter, the APB renders both a "food tree" and fruit "for food." It also occurs for supplies placed in fortresses, measured rations, and provisions exchanged for cedar, as the APB renders in 2 Chronicles 11:11, Ezekiel 4:10, and Ezra 3:7.

   Genesis 2:9Ezekiel 47:122 Chronicles 11:11Ezekiel 4:10Ezra 3:7Proverbs 6:8
2. Food supplied to birds and animals · common

   In death and judgment clauses, the absolute form names what carcasses become for birds and land animals. The APB renders this outcome as bodies becoming "food for the birds" and beasts in Deuteronomy 28:26, Jeremiah 7:33, and Psalm 79:2.

   Deuteronomy 28:26Jeremiah 7:33Jeremiah 16:4Jeremiah 19:7Jeremiah 34:20Psalm 79:2

In the Anselm Project Bible: The APB commonly presents the term with "food," including stored supplies, table provisions, and food for birds or animals; it also uses "food tree" in Ezekiel 47:12. These renderings confirm the clauses' settings rather than assign a precise English equivalent in every verse.