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title: יְכִל — be able · The Biblical Aramaic dictionary
description: יְכִל (lemma:יְכִל), a word of Biblical Aramaic, used 12 times: be able. BDB 1906: vb. be able Pe. With 2 verses in Aramaic, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# יְכִל

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«יְכִל» in the Biblical Aramaic dictionary: **be able** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 2 verses in layers.

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**Used:** 12 times · **Key:** lemma:יְכִל · **BDB:** יְכִל

### Glosses

\[are\].able (1); \[are\].being.able (1); \[he.is\].able (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

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

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

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

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**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.

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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

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «יְכִל» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1497/lemma_3a_5d9_5b0_5db_5b4_5dc/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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

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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;

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

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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;

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