to eat, devour, burn up, feed

1. (Qal)

   1. to eat (human subject)

   2. to eat, devour (of beasts and birds)

   3. to devour, consume (of fire)

   4. to devour, slay (of sword)

   5. to devour, consume, destroy (inanimate subjects - ie, pestilence, drought)

   6. to devour (of oppression)

2. (Niphal)

   1. to be eaten (by men)

   2. to be devoured, consumed (of fire)

   3. to be wasted, destroyed (of flesh)

3. (Pual)

   1. to cause to eat, feed with

   2. to cause to devour

4. (Hiphil)

   1. to feed

   2. to cause to eat

5. (Piel)

   1. consume

if

1. conditional clauses

   1. of possible situations

   2. of impossible situations

2. oath contexts

   1. no, not

3. if...if, whether...or, whether...or...or

4. when, whenever

5. since

6. interrogative particle

7. but rather

wearing out

without, no, not

purslane, a tasteless plant with thick slimy juice

taste, judgment

1. taste

2. judgment (fig.)

3. decision, decree

being, existence, substance, there is or are

1. substance

2. existence

3. there is or are

salt

slime juice or liquid, spittle

foolish, insipid

(BDB) tasteless, unseasoned

whitewash

1. meaning uncertain