יָכֹל,
יָכוֺל 193 verb be able, have power prevail, endure (Late Hebrew
id.; Aramaic
יְכִיל; Assyrian
akâlu, Hpt in KAT
2 Gloss i,) —
Qal Perfect יָכֹל Genesis 32:26 +
8 times;
יָכוֺל 1 Samuel 4:15 +
2 times;
3rd person feminine singular יָֽֽֽכְלָה Genesis 36:7;
Exodus 2:3;
2nd person masculine singular וְיָכָלְתָּ֫ Exodus 18:23;
1st person singular יָכֹלְתִּי Genesis 30:8 +
2 times; suffix
יְכָלְתִּיו Psalm 13:5;
3rd person plural יָכְ֑לוּ Genesis 13:6 +
27 times +
Joshua 15:63 Qr;
יָכֹ֑לוּ Exodus 8:14 +
2 times;
Imperfect 3rd person masculine singular יוּכָל Genesis 13:16 +
34 times;
יוּכָ֑ל Job 4:2 +
4 times;
וַיֻּכָ֑ל Hosea 12:5;
3rd person feminine singular תּוּכַל Amos 7:10 +
2 times;
2nd person masculine singular תּוּכַל Genesis 15:5 +
16 times;
1st person singular אוּכַל Genesis 19:19 +
30 times, etc. (on these Imperfect forms as irregular Qal, see Ges
§ 2, R. 3 Kö
i. 407 W
SG 237; others.
Hoph.);
Infinitive construct יְכֹ֫לֶת Numbers 14:16;
Deuteronomy 9:28;
Infinitive absolute יָכוֺל Numbers 13:20;
2 Chronicles 32:13;
יָכֹל Numbers 22:38;
1 Samuel 26:25; P +
8 times (not Leviticus),
Ezekiel +
3 times; often J E D Jeremiah,
Isaiah 2, not seldom in Samuel Kings Chronicles; —
1. be able, to do a thing, whether ability be physical, moral, constitutional, or dependent on external authority; usually of man
Genesis 13:16 (J) +, but also of gods
2 Chronicles 32:13,
15, and of
י׳ Numbers 14:16 (JE),
Deuteronomy 9:28;
Jeremiah 44:22; occasionally of inanimate things
Amos 7:10;
Genesis 36:7 (P),
Songs 8:7;
Ecclesiastes 1:15 (twice in verse), etc.:
a. usually followed by infinitive with
לְ (
122 times),
Genesis 31:35 I am not able to rise up;
Genesis 45:1 Joseph was not able to restrain himself,
Genesis 45:3;
Genesis 48:10;
Exodus 7:21,
24 were not able to drink,
Exodus 12:39;
Joshua 24:19 (all E);
Genesis 13:16 if a man can number the dust,
Genesis 19:19,
22;
Genesis 43:32;
Genesis 44:22,
26 (twice in verse);
Exodus 10:5;
Exodus 19:23 (all J),
Genesis 15:5;
Exodus 15:23;
Numbers 11:14 (all J E) +
10 times J E;
Deuteronomy 7:17 +
10 times D;
Genesis 13:6 they could not dwell together,
Genesis 34:14;
Genesis 36:7;
Exodus 9:11;
Exodus 40:35;
Numbers 9:6;
Joshua 9:19 (all P);
1 Samuel 3:2;
1 Samuel 6:20;
1 Kings 9:21 (on ||
2 Chronicles 8:8 and text of
Judges 1:19 see Bu
RS 8),
Amos 7:10;
Hosea 5:13;
Zephaniah 1:18;
Jeremiah 6:10;
Jeremiah 11:11;
Jeremiah 13:23;
Jeremiah 18:6;
Jeremiah 19:11 +.
e. be able, followed by imperfect:
אוּלַי אוּכַל נַכֶּה Numbers 22:6 (JE)
perchance I am able (so that)
we smite (see Di; read perhaps
נוּכַל for
אוּכַל Ges
§ 120, 1 b);
לֹא יוּכְלוּ יִגְּעוּ Lamentations 4:14 they are unable, they touch = are unable to touch (Dr
§ 163,
Obs.)
† f. be able, followed by perfect consecutive, only very late,
אוּכַל וְרָאִיתִי Esther 8:6 (twice in verse), literally how
shall I be able and see? — Also in various combinations where English idiom would make it an auxiliary to another verb:
† g. able to gain, accomplish: followed by accusative
לֹא יוּכְלוּ נִקָּיוֺן Hosea 8:5 how long
will they be unable (to gain)
innocence? יָדַעְתִּ֯ כִּיכֹֿל תּוּכָ֑ל Job 42:2 I know that thou art able (to do)
all things;
אֵין הַמֶּלֶךְ יוּכַל אֶתְכֶם דָּבָר Jeremiah 38:5 the king is not (one who is)
able (to do)
anything with (
אֶתְכם for
אִתְּכֶם see Gf, i.e.
against)
you.
† h. able to endure: לֹא אוּכַל אָוֶן וַעֲצָרָה Isaiah 1:13 I cannot endure iniquity and (with)
a solemn assembly,
Psalm 101:5.
† i. able to reach, followed by
לְ,
Psalm 139:6 it is high,
לֹא אוּכַל לָהּ I cannot (reach) to it.
† 2. prevail:
c. once with suffix,
יְכָלְתִּיו Psalm 13:5 I have prevailed over him, +
Zechariah 9:15 (where read
וְיָֽֽֽכְלוּם for
וְאָֽכְלוּ with

Klo
Th LZ 1879. 564 Sta
ZAW 1881, 18).
† 3. absolute
have ability, strength, only negative
מִשְּׂאֵתוֺ לֹא אוּכָ֑ל Job 31:23 because of his loftiness I have no ability, am inadequate (to anything).
See related Aramaic BDB entry
H3202.
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