Open English Translation (OET)

Hebrew wordlink #203506

OSHB 2 Chr 7:7 יָכוֹל (yākōl) Strongs=3201 Lemma=‘יָכֹל’
contextual word gloss=‘it_was_able’ word gloss=‘could’
Morphology=Vqp3ms PoS=qal_verb Type=perfect_(qatal) Person=third Gender=masculine Number=singular
Year=-1004

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Other uses (2) of identical word form יָכוֹל (Morphology=Vqp3ms PoS=qal_verb Type=perfect_(qatal) Person=third Gender=masculine Number=singular) in the Hebrew originals

The word form ‘יָכוֹל’ (Morphology=Vqp3ms PoS=qal_verb Type=perfect_(qatal) Person=third Gender=masculine Number=singular) has 2 different glosses: ‘he_was_able’, ‘it_was_able’.

1 SAM 4:15 contextual word gloss=‘he_was_able’ word gloss=‘could’ OSHB 1 SAM 4:15 word 9

OET-LV: 15 And_ˊĒlī was_a _son _of ninety and_eight year[s] and_his _of_eyes it _was _set and_not he _was _able to_see. (SA1_4:15)

OET-RV: 15 At that time, Eli was ninety-eight years old, and he stared straight ahead because he couldn’t see. (SA1 4:15)

2 CHR 32:14 contextual word gloss=‘it_was_able’ word gloss=‘able’ OSHB 2 CHR 32:14 word 10

OET-LV: 14 Who in_all the _gods _of the_nations the_these which they _totally _destroyed fathers _of_my is _one_which it _was _able to_deliver DOM people _of_its from_my _of_hand (cmp) god _of_your(pl) he _will _be _able to_deliver you(pl) from_my _of_hand. (CH2_32:14)

OET-RV: 14 Which one out of the gods of those nations which my ancestors destroyed shows a precedent that your god can rescue anyone from me? (CH2 32:14)

The various word forms of the root word (lemma) ‘Lemma=‘יָכֹל’’ have 3 different glosses: ‘certainly_(prevail)’, ‘he_was_able’, ‘it_was_able’.