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# יְכִל

Biblical Aramaic

**be able** — used 12 times in the Aramaic chapters of the Bible. Below: its meanings with their sources, MACULA's glosses, and 2 verses word for word and in JPS 1917.

## Meaning

### OpenScriptures lexical index

be able [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1497/lemma_3a_5d9_5b0_5db_5b4_5dc/#m1)

### Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906

יְכִל: vb. be able Pe [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1497/lemma_3a_5d9_5b0_5db_5b4_5dc/#m2)

**The whole BDB entry:** (K§ 25. a) β) vb. be able (Dn) (𝔗; Nab. (rare) SAC60; Egyptian Aramaic S-C E 8, 11 +; Chr-Pal. Schulth 83; BH יָכֹל);—Pe. c. Inf. be able to do: Pf. 3 ms. יְכִל Dn 6:21 (subj. God), 2 ms. יְכֵ֫לְתָּ 2:47; Impf. 3 ms. יוּכַל (Hebraism, K§43, 1. Beisp. b) v 10, יִכֻּל 3:29 (subj. a god), 2 ms. תוכל 5:16(×2) (תִּכּוּל, Kl.c.); Pt. יָכִל 3:17; 4:34 (both subj. God); pl. יָֽכְלִין 2:27; 4:15; 6:5. prevail (BH 2) against (ל), Pt. fs. יָֽכְלָה 7:21.

Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 11 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (3 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (2 candidates); Jastrow: none

## Glosses

MACULA's English glosses of the word in the text, with how often each is used: \[are\] able (1); \[are\] being able (1); \[he is\] able (1).

## In the verses

[Daniel 7:21](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/DAN.7.21/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/DAN.7.21/#tree)

חָזֵ֣ה הֲוֵ֔ית וְקַרְנָ֣א דִכֵּ֔ן עָבְדָ֥ה קְרָ֖ב עִם־קַדִּישִׁ֑ין וְיָכְלָ֖ה לְהֽוֹן׃

*Word for word:* seeing I.was and the horn this \[was\].making war with \[the\].holy.\[ones\] and \[it.was\].prevailing to them

*JPS 1917:* I beheld, and the same horn made war with the saints, and prevailed against them;

[Daniel 2:27](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/DAN.2.27/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/DAN.2.27/#tree)

עָנֵ֧ה דָנִיֵּ֛אל קֳדָ֥ם מַלְכָּ֖א וְאָמַ֑ר רָזָה֙ דִּֽי־מַלְכָּ֣א שָׁאֵ֔ל לָ֧א חַכִּימִ֣ין אָֽשְׁפִ֗ין חַרְטֻמִּין֙ גָּזְרִ֔ין יָכְלִ֖ין לְהַֽחֲוָיָ֥ה לְמַלְכָּֽא׃

*Word for word:* \[was\].replying Daniel before the king and.\[was\] saying the secret which the king \[is\].asking not wise.men conjurers magicians astrologers \[are\].being.able to declare to the king

*JPS 1917:* Daniel answered before the king, and said: 'The secret which the king hath asked can neither wise men, enchanters, magicians, nor astrologers, declare unto the king;

## On Mova

- [This word in the Biblical Aramaic dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/aramaic/w/lemma_3a_5d9_5b0_5db_5b4_5dc.html) on Mova free.
- [Trees and pragmatics of its meanings](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1497/lemma_3a_5d9_5b0_5db_5b4_5dc/): every English meaning parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.

Sources. The words, their counts, glosses and the word-for-word renderings: MACULA Hebrew (the Westminster Leningrad Codex; Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0). Meanings: the OpenScriptures lexical index (CC BY 4.0), Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906 and Jastrow 1903 (public domain, via Sefaria); Targum Onkelos from Sefaria (public domain). Translation: JPS 1917 (public domain, from eBible.org).