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title: יוּכַל — Jucal · The Tanakh dictionary
description: יוּכַל (3116), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 1 times: Jucal. BDB 1906: n.pr.m. With 1 verse in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# יוּכַל

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«יוּכַל» in the Tanakh dictionary: **Jucal** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 1 verse in layers.

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**Used:** 1 times · **Key:** 3116 · **BDB:** יְהוּכַל

### Glosses

Jucal (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

Jucal [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1497/3116/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.pr.m. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1497/3116/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.pr.m. 𝔊 Ἰωαχαλ (Codd. have ζ, χ, ς, for λ) (prob. contr. from יהויוכל, י׳ is able) a courtier of king Zedekiah, יְהוּ׳ Je 37:3 = יוּ׳ 38:1.

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Why these entries: BDB: another headword, part of speech agrees, 1 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (12 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 0 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (6 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «יוּכַל» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1497/3116/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Jeremiah 38:1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JER.38.1/)

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וַיִּשְׁמַ֞ע שְׁפַטְיָ֣ה בֶן־מַתָּ֗ן וּגְדַלְיָ֙הוּ֙ בֶּן־פַּשְׁח֔וּר וְיוּכַל֙ בֶּן־שֶׁ֣לֶמְיָ֔הוּ וּפַשְׁח֖וּר בֶּן־מַלְכִּיָּ֑ה אֶ֨ת־הַדְּבָרִ֔ים אֲשֶׁ֧ר יִרְמְיָ֛הוּ מְדַבֵּ֥ר אֶל־כָּל־הָעָ֖ם לֵאמֹֽר׃ס

*Word for word:* and he.heard Shephatiah the.son of.Mattan and Gedaliah the.son of.Pashhur and Jucal the.son of.Shelemiah and Pashhur the.son of.Malkijah (et) the words which Jeremiah \[was\].speaking to all the people (cmp)

*JPS 1917:* And Shephatiah the son of Mattan, and Gedaliah the son of Pashhur, and Jucal the son of Shelemiah, and Pashhur the son of Malchiah, heard the words that Jeremiah spoke unto all the people, saying:

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