1 Samuel 17:33:51 Sam.17.33.W5TAB
תוּכַל֙
tukhal
“you are able”
- Transliteration
- tu-KHAL
- Extended
- too-KHAHL
- IPA
- /tuːˈχal/
Meaning by language
- English
- you are able
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Kaf | k with dagesh; kh without | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Lamed | l as in law |
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The word
Word in context
- word
tu-KHAL
- phraseyour reading level
LO tu-KHAL
- clause
va-yo-MER sha-UL el-da-VID LO tu-KHAL la-LE-khet el-ha-pe-lish-TI ha-ZE le-hil-la-KHEM im-MO
- sentence
va-yo-MER sha-UL el-da-VID LO tu-KHAL la-LE-khet el-ha-pe-lish-TI ha-ZE le-hil-la-KHEM im-MO ki-NA-ar a-TA ve-HU ISH mil-kha-MA min-ne-u-RAIV
Exegesis
The negation lo tukhal lalechet {לֹא תּוּכַל לָלֶכֶת | lō tû-kal lā-le-khet} uses the negative particle lo preceding a Qal imperfect and an infinitive construct to express inability.
In context — 1 Samuel 17:33
And Saul said to David, “You are not able to go to this Philistine to fight him, for you are a youth , and he has been a man of war from his youth.”
About this coordinate
1 Samuel 17:33:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of 1 Samuel 17:33, so the Hebrew word תוּכַל֙ (tukhal) 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 Sam.17.33.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Sam.17.33.W5.S1) and character.