The Hebrew name Ukal (אֻכָל) appears only once in the Old Testament — in Proverbs 30:1 — as the recipient (along with Ithiel) of Agur's oracle. The name may derive from the root akal (H398, to eat/consume) with the passive meaning "devoured" or "consumed." Some ancient commentators read both names symbolically rather than as personal names.
Proverbs 30:1 opens with extraordinary humility: Agur confesses he is "more stupid than any man" and lacks human understanding, yet proceeds to ask some of Scripture's most penetrating rhetorical questions: "Who has gone up to heaven and come down? Who has gathered up the wind in the hollow of his hands?" The mysterious recipients — Ithiel and Ukal — frame a wisdom dialogue. Whether real students or literary devices, their names ("God is with me" and "consumed/devoured") may encode the dialogue's themes: the person who knows God is present versus the person consumed by existential despair. God's answer to both is the same: His word is pure; take refuge in Him.