יָכֹ֖ל

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 יָכֹ֖ל

   ya-KHOL

   was able
2. phraseyour reading level🔊 וְלֹ֥א יָכֹ֖ל

   ve-LO ya-KHOL

   and not was able
3. clause🔊 וַתִּיבַ֤שׁ יָדוֹ֙ אֲשֶׁ֣ר שָׁלַ֣ח עָלָ֔יו וְלֹ֥א יָכֹ֖ל לַהֲשִׁיבָ֥הּ אֵלָֽיו׃

   va-ti-VASH ya-DO a-SHER sha-LAKH a-LAV ve-LO ya-KHOL la-ha-shi-VA e-LAV

   and it dried up his hand which had stretched out against him and not was able to bring it back to himself
4. sentence🔊 וַיְהִי֩ כִשְׁמֹ֨עַ הַמֶּ֜לֶךְ אֶת־דְּבַ֣ר אִישׁ־הָאֱלֹהִ֗ים אֲשֶׁ֨ר קָרָ֤א עַל־הַמִּזְבֵּ֙חַ֙ בְּבֵֽית־אֵ֔ל וַיִּשְׁלַ֨ח יָרָבְעָ֧ם אֶת־יָד֛וֹ מֵעַ֥ל הַמִּזְבֵּ֖חַ לֵאמֹ֣ר תִּפְשֻׂ֑הוּ וַתִּיבַ֤שׁ יָדוֹ֙ אֲשֶׁ֣ר שָׁלַ֣ח עָלָ֔יו וְלֹ֥א יָכֹ֖ל לַהֲשִׁיבָ֥הּ אֵלָֽיו׃

   va-ye-HI khish-mo-A ha-ME-lekh et-de-VAR ish-ha-e-lo-HIM a-SHER ka-RA al-ha-miz-BE-akh be-VEIT-EL va-yish-LAKH ya-rav-AM et-ya-DO me-AL ha-miz-BE-akh le-MOR tif-SU-hu va-ti-VASH ya-DO a-SHER sha-LAKH a-LAV ve-LO ya-KHOL la-ha-shi-VA e-LAV

   and it happened upon hearing the king the word of the man of God which cried out against the altar in Bethel stretched out Jeroboam his hand from upon the altar saying seize him and it dried up his hand which had stretched out against him and not was able to bring it back to himself

Exegesis

The immediate divine response is conveyed by vatibash {וַתִּיבַשׁ | wattiḇašš} ‘and it dried up’, followed by the negative velo yachol {וְלֹא יָכֹל | wə-lōʾ yākōl} ‘and was not able’ plus the infinitive lahashivah {לַהֲשִׁיבָהּ | lahašīwāh} ‘to return it’, completing a symmetric narrative where human action is checked by divine intervention.