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
Alphabet Analysis
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Kaf | k with dagesh; kh without | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Lamed | l as in law |
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Word in context
- word
lo-YA-khol
- phraseyour reading level
lo-YA-khol lir-OT
- clause
va-a-khi-YA-hu lo-YA-khol lir-OT KI ka-MU e-NA-v mi-se-VO
- 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 context — 1 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.