לִרְא֔וֹת

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 לִרְא֔וֹת

   lir-OT

   to see
2. phraseyour reading level🔊 לֹֽא־יָכֹ֣ל לִרְא֔וֹת

   lo-YA-khol lir-OT

   was not able to see
3. clause🔊 וַאֲחִיָּ֙הוּ֙ לֹֽא־יָכֹ֣ל לִרְא֔וֹת כִּ֛י קָ֥מוּ עֵינָ֖יו מִשֵּׂיבֽוֹ׃

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

   and Ahijah was not able to see for or because had arisen his eyes from his grayness or from old age
4. sentence🔊 וַתַּ֤עַשׂ כֵּן֙ אֵ֣שֶׁת יָרָבְעָ֔ם וַתָּ֙קָם֙ וַתֵּ֣לֶךְ שִׁלֹ֔ה וַתָּבֹ֖א בֵּ֣ית אֲחִיָּ֑ה וַאֲחִיָּ֙הוּ֙ לֹֽא־יָכֹ֣ל לִרְא֔וֹת כִּ֛י קָ֥מוּ עֵינָ֖יו מִשֵּׂיבֽוֹ׃

   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

   and she did so or thus wife of Jeroboam and she arose and she went to Shiloh and she came house of Ahijah and Ahijah was not able to see for or because had arisen his eyes from his grayness or from old age

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’.