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OSHB Exo 12:39 יָכְלוּ (yākəlū) Strongs=3201 Lemma=‘יָכֹל’
contextual word gloss=‘they_had_been_able’ word gloss=‘could’
Morphology=Vqp3cp PoS=qal_verb Type=perfect_(qatal) Person=third Gender=common Number=plural
Year=-1491 TimeSeries=Exodus_from_Egypt

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Other uses (26) of identical word form יָכְלוּ (Morphology=Vqp3cp PoS=qal_verb Type=perfect_(qatal) Person=third Gender=common Number=plural) in the Hebrew originals

The word form ‘יָכְלוּ’ (Morphology=Vqp3cp PoS=qal_verb Type=perfect_(qatal) Person=third Gender=common Number=plural) has 6 different glosses: ‘they_had_been_able’, ‘they_have_been_able’, ‘they_have_prevailed’, ‘they_were_able’, ‘they_will_prevail’, ‘were_they_able’.

GEN 13:6 contextual word gloss=‘they_were_able’ word gloss=‘able’ OSHB GEN 13:6 word 12

OET-LV: 6 And_not it _supported DOM_them the_earth/land to_dwell together if/because their_property it _was much and_not they _were _able to_dwell together. (GEN_13:6)

OET-RV: 6 but the land couldn’t support them all while they stayed together. Because the needs of their combined assets were so demanding, they couldn’t all thrive in one place (GEN 13:6)

GEN 37:4 contextual word gloss=‘they_were_able’ word gloss=‘could’ OSHB GEN 37:4 word 12

OET-LV: 4 brothers _of_his And_they _saw if/because _that DOM_him/it father _of_their he _loved from_all brothers _of_his and_they _hated DOM_him/it and_not they _were _able to_speak _to _him to_welfare. (GEN_37:4)

OET-RV: 4 When his brothers saw that their father loved Yosef more than all of his brothers, they hated him and couldn’t make themselves say anything nice to him. (GEN 37:4)

GEN 45:3 contextual word gloss=‘they_were_able’ word gloss=‘could’ OSHB GEN 45:3 word 11

OET-LV: 3 And_ Yōşēf _he/it _said to brothers _of_his I am_Yōşēf still father _of_is_my living and_not brothers _of_his they _were _able to_answer DOM_him/it if/because they _were _terrified of_him. (GEN_45:3)

OET-RV: 3 “I’m Yosef!” he told his brothers. “Is my father still alive?” But his brothers weren’t able to answer him because they were terrified there in front of him. (GEN 45:3)

EXO 7:21 contextual word gloss=‘they_were_able’ word gloss=‘could’ OSHB EXO 7:21 word 8

OET-LV: 21 And_the_fish which was_in_River it _died and_it _stank the_River and_not they _were _able Miʦrayim to_drink water from the_River and_he/it _was the_blood in_all the _land _of Miʦrayim. (EXO_7:21)

OET-RV: 21 Then the fish in the river died and the river stank, so the Egyptians couldn’t drink water from the river, and the blood was all over Egypt. (EXO 7:21)

EXO 7:24 contextual word gloss=‘they_were_able’ word gloss=‘could’ OSHB EXO 7:24 word 10

OET-LV: 24 And_ all _of _they _dug Miʦrayim/(Egypt) around _of the_River water for_drinking if/because not they _were _able to_drink any_of _the _water _of the _River. (EXO_7:24)

OET-RV: 24 Meanwhile, all the Egyptians dug holes around the river to get water to drink, because river water was undrinkable. (EXO 7:24)

EXO 9:11 contextual word gloss=‘they_were_able’ word gloss=‘could’ OSHB EXO 9:11 word 2

OET-LV: 11 And_not they _were _able the_soothsayer-priests to_stand to_(the)_face _of/in _front _of/before Mosheh from_face/in _front _of the_boil[s] if/because it _was the_boil[s] in/on/at/with and_on/over_all wwww. (EXO_9:11)

OET-RV: 11 Because of the boils, the sorcerers weren’t even able to stand there with Mosheh because the sorcerers suffered with them along with all the Egyptians. (EXO 9:11)

EXO 15:23 contextual word gloss=‘they_were_able’ word gloss=‘could’ OSHB EXO 15:23 word 4

OET-LV: 23 And_they _came to_Mārāh and_not they _were _able to_drink waters from_Mārāh if/because were_bitter they therefore yes/correct/thus/so someone _called his/its_name Mārāh. (EXO_15:23)

OET-RV: 23 but it was so bitter that they couldn’t drink it. So they named that place ‘Marah’ (which means ‘bitter’), (EXO 15:23)

NUM 9:6 contextual word gloss=‘they_were_able’ word gloss=‘could’ OSHB NUM 9:6 word 9

OET-LV: 6 And_ people _he/it _was who they _were unclean to_living _creature a _person and_not they _were _able to_observe the_passover in _the_day (the)_that and_they _drew _near to_(the)_face _of/in _front _of/before Mosheh and_before _of ʼAhₐron in _the_day (the)_that. (NUM_9:6)

OET-RV: 6 However, there were some men who were ‘unclean’ (because they’d touched a dead body) and hence they weren’t able to celebrate the ‘pass-over’ that day, so they approached Mosheh and Aharon (NUM 9:6)

JOS 17:12 contextual word gloss=‘they_were_able’ word gloss=‘could’ OSHB JOS 17:12 word 2

OET-LV: 12 And_not the _descendants _of they _were _able of _Mənashsheh to_take _possession _of DOM the_cities the_these and_he _was _determined the_Kənaˊₐnī/(Canaanite)[s] to_dwell on _the_earth (the)_this. (JOS_17:12)

OET-RV: 12 But Menashsheh’s descendants weren’t able to take possession of those cities, so the Canaanites continued to live in the region. (JOS 17:12)

JDG 2:14 contextual word gloss=‘they_were_able’ word gloss=‘could’ OSHB JDG 2:14 word 15

OET-LV: 14 And_it _glowed/burnt the _anger of_YHWH on_Yisrā^ʼēl/(Israel) and_he_gave _them in_the _hand _of plunderers and_they _plundered them and_he_sold _them in_the _hand _of their _enemies _of_of from_round _about and_not they _were _able still to_stand to_(the)_face _of/in _front _of/before enemies _of_their. (JDG_2:14)

OET-RV: 14 So Yahweh got angry with Yisrael so he caused raiders to come and take their property and he allowed their enemies to become more powerful so they could no longer stand against them. (JDG 2:14)

JDG 14:14 contextual word gloss=‘they_were_able’ word gloss=‘could’ OSHB JDG 14:14 word 10

OET-LV: 14 And_he/it _said to/for_them from_eater it _came _out food and_from_a _strong_one it _came _out a _sweet_thing and_not they _were _able to_announce the_riddle three _of days. (JDG_14:14)

OET-RV: 14 So he said,
⇔ “Food came out of the eater,
⇔ ≈ and sweetness came out of the strong one.”
§ But three days later, they still couldn’t solve his riddle. (JDG 14:14)

1 KI 8:11 contextual word gloss=‘they_were_able’ word gloss=‘could’ OSHB 1 KI 8:11 word 2

OET-LV: 11 And_not they _were _able the_priests to_stand to_serve from_face/in _front _of the_cloud if/because the _glory _of it _filled of_YHWH DOM the _house _of YHWH. (KI1_8:11)

OET-RV: 11 and the priests were unable to stand to minister because of the cloud, because Yahweh’s presence had filled his temple. (KI1 8:11)

1 KI 9:21 contextual word gloss=‘they_had_been_able’ word gloss=‘able’ OSHB 1 KI 9:21 word 8

OET-LV: 21 Descendants _of_their who they _remained after_them on _the_earth whom not they _had _been _able the _people _of Yisrā^ʼēl/(Israel) to_totally_destroy _them and_he_raised _them Shəlomoh to_forced _labour _of labouring until the_day (the)_this. (KI1_9:21)

OET-RV: 21 had descendants who continued living in Yisrael. These were people groups that the Israelis hadn’t been able to annihilate so Shelomoh used them for forced labour (where they remain to this day). (KI1 9:21)

2 KI 4:40 contextual word gloss=‘they_were_able’ word gloss=‘could’ OSHB 2 KI 4:40 word 15

OET-LV: 40 And_they _poured_it_out for_the_men to_eat and_he/it _was just_as_they _ate some_of_the _cooked _food and_they they _cried _out and_they _said death is_in_pot Oh _man _of the_ʼElohīm and_not they _were _able to_eat_it. (KI2_4:40)

OET-RV: 40 Then they served it up for the men to eat, but when they ate it, they called out, “Man of God, there’s poison in that pot!” (KI2 4:40)

2 KI 16:5 contextual word gloss=‘they_were_able’ word gloss=‘could’ OSHB 2 KI 16:5 word 17

OET-LV: 5 Then Rəʦīn he _came _up the _king _of ʼArām and_Fəqaḩ^yāh the _son _of Rəmal^yāhū the _king _of Yisrā^ʼēl/(Israel) Yərūshālam/(Jerusalem) for_battle and_they _laid _siege on ʼĀḩāz and_not they _were _able to_do _battle. (KI2_16:5)

OET-RV: 5 Then Aram’s King Retsin and Yisrael’s King Pekah (Remalyah’s son) came uphill to attack Yerushalem, and they laid siege against King Ahaz but they weren’t able to conquer the city. (KI2 16:5)

2 CHR 5:14 contextual word gloss=‘they_were_able’ word gloss=‘could’ OSHB 2 CHR 5:14 word 2

OET-LV: 14 And_not they _were _able the_priests to_stand to_serve from_face/in _front _of the_cloud if/because the _glory _of it _filled of_YHWH DOM the _house _of the_ʼElohīm. (CH2_5:14)

OET-RV: 14 and the priests weren’t able to stay on their feet and continue ministering because Yahweh’s brilliance had filled the temple. (CH2 5:14)

2 CHR 7:2 contextual word gloss=‘they_were_able’ word gloss=‘could’ OSHB 2 CHR 7:2 word 2

OET-LV: 2 And_not they _were _able the_priests to_go into the _house _of YHWH if/because the _glory _of it _filled of_YHWH DOM the _house _of YHWH. (CH2_7:2)

OET-RV: 2 The priests weren’t able to go into Yahweh’s temple because of Yahweh’s brilliant light, (CH2 7:2)

2 CHR 29:34 contextual word gloss=‘they_were_able’ word gloss=‘able’ OSHB 2 CHR 29:34 word 6

OET-LV: 34 Only the_priests they _were to_fewness and_not they _were _able to_skin DOM all _of the _burnt_offerings and_they_helped _them relatives _of_their the_Lēviyyiy until was _complete the_work and_unto they _had _consecrated _themselves the_priests if/because the_Lēviyyiy were_upright _of heart to_consecrate _themselves more_than_the _priests. (CH2_29:34)

OET-RV: 34 There weren’t enough priests to skin all the burnt offerings, so their relatives the Levites helped them until the work was finished and until all the priests had consecrated themselves, because the Levites hard worked quicker to consecrate themselves than the priests had. (CH2 29:34)

2 CHR 30:3 contextual word gloss=‘they_had_been_able’ word gloss=‘could’ OSHB 2 CHR 30:3 word 3

OET-LV: 3 If/because not they _had _been _able to_observe_it at_time (the)_that if/because the_priests not they _had _consecrated _themselves to_what_was sufficiency and_the_people not they _had _gathered to_Yərūshālam/(Jerusalem). (CH2_30:3)

OET-RV: 3 (They couldn’t have done it at the proper time because the priests hadn’t consecrated themselves sufficiently then, and so the people hadn’t gathered in Yerushalem.) (CH2 30:3)

2 CHR 32:13 contextual word gloss=‘were_they_able’ word gloss=‘were_they_able’ OSHB 2 CHR 32:13 word 11

OET-LV: 13 Not do _you(pl)_know what have _I _done I and_my _of_fathers to_all/each/any/every the _peoples _of the _lands ever_(able) were _they _able the _gods _of the _nations _of the _lands to_deliver DOM land _of_their from_my _of_hand. (CH2_32:13)

OET-RV: 13 Don’t you people know what my ancestors and I have done to the peoples from other countries? Were any of their gods able to save them from me? (CH2 32:13)

EZRA 2:59 contextual word gloss=‘they_were_able’ word gloss=‘could’ OSHB EZRA 2:59 word 11

OET-LV: 59 and_these are_the_ones _who_came _up from melaḩ Tēl Harsha Kərūⱱ Addon ʼImmēr and_not they _were _able to_announce the _house _of their _ancestors _of_of and_their _of_offspring if were_from_Yisrā^ʼēl/(Israel) they. (EZR_2:59)

OET-RV: 59 Another group went from the towns of Tel-Melah, Tel-Harsha, Keruv, Addon, and Immer, but they didn’t know their ancestry from before they were taken as captives. (EZR 2:59)

NEH 7:61 contextual word gloss=‘they_were_able’ word gloss=‘could’ OSHB NEH 7:61 word 11

OET-LV: 61 and_these are_the_ones _who_came _up from melaḩ Tēl Harsha Kərūⱱ Addon and_ʼImmēr and_not they _were _able to_announce the _house _of their _ancestors _of_of and_their _of_offspring if were_from_Yisrā^ʼēl/(Israel) they. (NEH_7:61)

OET-RV: 61 There were also some who returned from Tel-Melah, Tel-Harsha, Keruv, Addon, and Immer, even though they couldn’t prove who their ancestors were, or even that they were descendants of Israelis: (NEH 7:61)

PSA 36:13 contextual word gloss=‘they_were_able’ word gloss=‘able’ OSHB PSA 36:13 word 7

OET-LV: 13  there they _have _fallen (of)_wickedness those _who_do _of they _were _pushed _down and_not they _were _able to _rise. (PSA_36:13)

PSA 129:2 contextual word gloss=‘they_have_prevailed’ word gloss=‘prevailed’ OSHB PSA 129:2 word 6

OET-LV: 2 Much _of people_have _harassed _me since_my _of_youth(s) also not they _have _prevailed to_me. (PSA_129:2)

OET-RV: 2 Yes, often since my youth they’ve attacked me,
⇔ yet they haven’t defeated me. (PSA 129:2)

ISA 46:2 contextual word gloss=‘they_have_been_able’ word gloss=‘are_~_able’ OSHB ISA 46:2 word 5

OET-LV: 2 They _have _stooped _low they _have _bowed _down together not they _have _been _able to _rescue a _burden and_their _of_self in_captivity it _has _gone. (ISA_46:2)

OET-RV: 2 ◙
⇔ …
⇔ … (ISA 46:2)

OBA 1:7 contextual word gloss=‘they_will_prevail’ word gloss=‘prevailed’ OSHB OBA 1:7 word 8

OET-LV: 7 To the_border they_will _send _you _away all _of the _men _of your _covenant _of_of they_will _deceive _you they _will _prevail to/for_yourself(m) the _men _of your _peace _of_of food _of_your they _will _set a _trap under_you there_is_not understanding in/on/over_him/it. (OBA_1:7)

OET-RV: 7 Those who have treaties with you will force you to the border.
⇔ ≈ Those who talk about peace will deceive you.
⇔ ≈ Those who eat meals with you will set a trap for you.
⇔ You have no idea what’s about to hit you. (OBA 1:7)