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title: כְּהַל — be able · The Biblical Aramaic dictionary
description: כְּהַל (lemma:כְּהַל), a word of Biblical Aramaic, used 4 times: be able. BDB 1906: vb. be able. With 2 verses in Aramaic, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# כְּהַל

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«כְּהַל» 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:** 4 times · **Key:** lemma:כְּהַל · **BDB:** כְּהַל

### Glosses

\[they.were\].able (2); \[are\].able (1); able (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

be able [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1499/lemma_3a_5db_5b0_5bc_5d4_5b7_5dc/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

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

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**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.

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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

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «כְּהַל» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1499/lemma_3a_5db_5b0_5bc_5d4_5b7_5dc/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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

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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.

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

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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?'

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