1 Kings 14:4:121 Kgs.14.4.W12TAB

לֹֽא־יָכֹ֣ל

loyakhol

was not able

Transliteration
lo-YA-khol
Extended
loh-YAA-khohl
IPA
/loː.jaːˈxol/

Meaning by language

English
was not able

Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it

Result
לֹֽא + יָ + כֹ֣ל
lo + ya + khol
loyakhol

Alphabet Analysis

Lamedl as in law
Holemlong 'oh' as in go
Alephsilent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points
Yody as in yes; marks long ī
Qametslong 'ah'
Kafk with dagesh; kh without
Holemlong 'oh' as in go
Lamedl as in law

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Word in context

  1. word

    lo-YA-khol

  2. phraseyour reading level

    lo-YA-khol lir-OT

  3. clause

    va-a-khi-YA-hu lo-YA-khol lir-OT KI ka-MU e-NA-v mi-se-VO

  4. sentence

    va-ta-AS KEN E-shet ya-rav-AM va-ta-KAM va-te-LEKH shi-LO va-ta-VO BET a-khi-YA va-a-khi-YA-hu lo-YA-khol lir-OT KI ka-MU e-NA-v mi-se-VO

Exegesis

The inability clause lo-yakhol lir’ot combines lo-yakhol {לֹֽא-יָכֹ֣ל | lō-yā-khol} ‘could not’ with an infinitive lir’ot {לִרְא֔וֹת | li-r-’ōṯ} ‘to see’.

In context1 Kings 14:4

Jeroboam’s wife did so, and she arose and went to Shiloh , and came to the house of Ahijah. But Ahijah could not see, for his eyes had grown dim because of his old age .

About this coordinate

1 Kings 14:4:12 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 12 of 1 Kings 14:4, so the Hebrew word לֹֽא־יָכֹ֣ל (loyakhol) can be cited, linked and studied at exactly this position rather than somewhere in the verse. In the Biblical Knowledge Coordinate System the same position is written 1 Kgs.14.4.W12, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Kgs.14.4.W12.S1) and character.