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# כְּהַל

Biblical Aramaic

**be able** — used 4 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/1499/lemma_3a_5db_5b0_5bc_5d4_5b7_5dc/#m1)

### Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906

כְּהַל: vb. be able [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1499/lemma_3a_5db_5b0_5bc_5d4_5b7_5dc/#m2)

**The whole BDB entry:** vb. be able (𝔗 id.; Egyptian Aramaic, S-CPap. A 6, 8, 11 +; Ethiopic ክህለ cf. syn. יְכִל);— Pt. act., usually sq. inf.: abs. כָּהֵל Dn 2:26; 4:15 (inf. om.); pl. abs. כָּֽהֲלִין 5:8, 15.

Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 4 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (1 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (1 candidates); Jastrow: none

## Glosses

MACULA's English glosses of the word in the text, with how often each is used: \[they were\] able (2); \[are\] able (1); able (1).

## In the verses

[Daniel 5:8](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/DAN.5.8/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/DAN.5.8/#tree)

אֱדַ֙יִן֙ עָֽלִּ֔ין כֹּ֖ל חַכִּימֵ֣י מַלְכָּ֑א וְלָֽא־כָהֲלִ֤ין כְּתָבָא֙ לְמִקְרֵ֔א וּפִשְׁרֵ֖הּ לְהוֹדָעָ֥ה לְמַלְכָּֽא׃

*Word for word:* then \[were\].going.in all the.wise.men of the.king and not \[they.were\].able the writing to read.aloud and its interpretation to make.known to the king

*JPS 1917:* Then came in all the king's wise men: but they could not read the writing, nor make known to the king the interpretation.

[Daniel 2:26](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/DAN.2.26/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/DAN.2.26/#tree)

עָנֵ֤ה מַלְכָּא֙ וְאָמַ֣ר לְדָנִיֵּ֔אל דִּ֥י שְׁמֵ֖הּ בֵּלְטְשַׁאצַּ֑ר הַֽאִיתָ֣ךְ כָּהֵ֗ל לְהוֹדָעֻתַ֛נִי חֶלְמָ֥א דִֽי־חֲזֵ֖ית וּפִשְׁרֵֽהּ׃

*Word for word:* \[was\].replying the king and.\[was\] saying to Daniel who name his \[was\].Belteshazzar there \[are\].you? able to make known.to.me the dream which I.saw and interpretation its

*JPS 1917:* The king spoke and said to Daniel, whose name was Belteshazzar: 'Art thou able to make known unto me the dream which I have seen, and the interpretation thereof?'

## On Mova

- [This word in the Biblical Aramaic dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/aramaic/w/lemma_3a_5db_5b0_5bc_5d4_5b7_5dc.html) on Mova free.
- [Trees and pragmatics of its meanings](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1499/lemma_3a_5db_5b0_5bc_5d4_5b7_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).