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Hebrew wordlink #13212

OSHB Gen 29:8 נוּכַל (nūkal) Strongs=3201 Lemma=‘יָכֹל’
contextual word gloss=‘we_are_able’ word gloss=‘able’
Morphology=Vqi1cp PoS=qal_verb Type=imperfect_(yiqtol) Person=first Gender=common Number=plural

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Other uses (10) of identical word form נוּכַל (Morphology=Vqi1cp PoS=qal_verb Type=imperfect_(yiqtol) Person=first Gender=common Number=plural) in the Hebrew originals

The word form ‘נוּכַל’ (Morphology=Vqi1cp PoS=qal_verb Type=imperfect_(yiqtol) Person=first Gender=common Number=plural) has 4 different glosses: ‘we_are_able’, ‘we_will_be_able’, ‘we_will_prevail’, ‘will_we_prevail’.

GEN 24:50 contextual word gloss=‘we_are_able’ word gloss=‘able’ OSHB GEN 24:50 word 9

OET-LV: 50 And_ Lāⱱān _he _answered and_Bətū^ʼēl and_they _said from_YHWH it _has _come _out the_matter not we _are _able to _speak to_you evil or good. (GEN_24:50)

OET-RV: 50 Then Lavan and Bethuel answered, “This matter has come from Yahweh, so we’re not able to tell you bad or good. (GEN 24:50)

GEN 34:14 contextual word gloss=‘we_are_able’ word gloss=‘we_can’ OSHB GEN 34:14 word 4

OET-LV: 14 And_they _said to_them not we _are _able for_doing the_thing the_this to_give DOM sister _of_our to_a _man whom to_him/it a _foreskin if/because is_a _reproach it to/for_us. (GEN_34:14)

OET-RV: 14 stating, “Sorry, we can’t do that because it would be a disgrace in our culture to allow a man with a foreskin to marry her. (GEN 34:14)

GEN 44:26 contextual word gloss=‘we_are_able’ word gloss=‘we_can’ OSHB GEN 44:26 word 3

OET-LV: 26 And_we _said not we _are _able to_go _down if (there) brother _of_our the_small(sg) is_with_us and_we _will _go _down if/because not we _will _be _able to_see the _face _of the_man and_our _of_brother the_small(sg) not_he is_with_us. (GEN_44:26)

OET-RV: 26 But we told him, ‘We can’t go back unless our youngest brother is with us, because we wouldn’t be able to get access to that man if our youngest brother wasn’t with us.’ (GEN 44:26)

GEN 44:26 contextual word gloss=‘we_will_be_able’ word gloss=‘able’ OSHB GEN 44:26 word 13

NUM 13:30 contextual word gloss=‘we_will_prevail’ word gloss=‘we_can_do’ OSHB NUM 13:30 word 14

OET-LV: 30 And_ Kālēⱱ/(Caleb) _he _silenced DOM the_people to Mosheh and_he/it _said certainly _(go _up) we _will _go _up and_we _will _take _possession _of DOM_her/it if/because certainly _(prevail) we _will _prevail to/for_her/it. (NUM_13:30)

OET-RV: 30 Then Kalev (Caleb) raised an arm to quieten the people in front of Mosheh and stated, “We’ll certainly go in there and take it over, because we’re capable of going against them.” (NUM 13:30)

NUM 13:31 contextual word gloss=‘we_are_able’ word gloss=‘able’ OSHB NUM 13:31 word 7

OET-LV: 31 And_the_men who they _had _gone _up with_him/it they _said not we _are _able to_go _up against the_people if/because is_strong it more_than _us. (NUM_13:31)

OET-RV: 31 But the men who’d gone in with him argued, “No,, we’re not able to battle against them because they’re stronger than us.” (NUM 13:31)

JOS 9:19 contextual word gloss=‘we_are_able’ word gloss=‘we_can’ OSHB JOS 9:19 word 15

OET-LV: 19 And_ all _of _they _said the_leaders to all _of the_congregation we we _have _sworn _an _oath to/for_them by_YHWH the _god _of Yisrā^ʼēl/(Israel) and_now not we _are _able to_touch (in)_them. (JOS_9:19)

OET-RV: 19 but their leaders told them, “We ourselves have promised them by our God Yahweh so now we can’t touch them. (JOS 9:19)

JDG 16:5 contextual word gloss=‘will_we_prevail’ word gloss=‘overpower’ OSHB JDG 16:5 word 14

OET-LV: 5 And_they _went _up to_her/it the _rulers _of the_Fəlishtiy and_they _said to/for_her/it entice him and_see how strength _of_is_his great and_how will _we _prevail to_him/it and_we_will _bind _him to_humble_him and_we we _will _give to/for_you(fs) each one _thousand and_one _hundred silver. (JDG_16:5)

OET-RV: 5 The Philistine leaders came to her and requested, “Make him open up. Find out what makes him strong, and how we can beat him, so that we can tie him up to keep him in our power. Then we’ll each give you one thousand one hundred silver coins.” (JDG 16:5)

JDG 21:18 contextual word gloss=‘we_are_able’ word gloss=‘we_can’ OSHB JDG 21:18 word 3

OET-LV: 18 And_we not we _are _able to_give to/for_them wives any_of_our _daughters if/because the _people _of they _had _sworn of _Yisrā^ʼēl/(Israel) to_say be_cursed a _wife one _who_gives to_Binyāmīn. (JDG_21:18)

OET-RV: 18 But we can’t be the ones to give our daughters to them to marry because we made an oath that anyone who did that would be cursed.” (JDG 21:18)

NEH 4:4 contextual word gloss=‘we_will_be_able’ word gloss=‘able’ OSHB NEH 4:4 word 10

OET-LV: 4  and_ Yəhūdāh/(Judah) _he/it _said the _strength _of it _has _failed of_the _burden-bearer[s] and_the_debris is_much and_we not we _will _be _able to_rebuild (on)_wall. (NEH_4:4)

OET-RV: 4 I prayed, “Our god, listen to how we’re mocked and cause their words to return on their own heads and send them away as captives to become the plunder for another country. (NEH 4:4)