1 Samuel 17:39:141 Sam.17.39.W14TAB
אוּכַ֛ל
ukhal
“I am able”
- Transliteration
- u-KHAL
- Extended
- oo-KHAHL
- IPA
- /ʔuːˈħal/
Meaning by language
- English
- I am able
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| 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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Word in context
- word
u-KHAL
- phraseyour reading level
LO u-KHAL
- clause
va-yakh-GOR da-VID et-KHAR-BO me-AL le-mad-DAV va-yo-EL la-LE-khet KI lo-NI-sa va-yo-MER da-VID el-sha-UL LO u-KHAL la-LE-khet ba-EL-le KI LO ni-SI-ti
- sentence
va-yakh-GOR da-VID et-KHAR-BO me-AL le-mad-DAV va-yo-EL la-LE-khet KI lo-NI-sa va-yo-MER da-VID el-sha-UL LO u-KHAL la-LE-khet ba-EL-le KI LO ni-SI-ti va-ye-si-REM da-VID me-a-LAV
Exegesis
Dialogue commences with wayyomer {וַיֹּאמֶר | wayyōʾmer}, and lo ukhal {לֹ֥א אוּכַ֛ל | lōʾ ūḵal} in the Qal imperfect conveys inability.
In context — 1 Samuel 17:39
David girded his sword over his armor and tried to go, for he had not tested them; and he said to Saul, “I cannot go in these, for I have not tried them.” So he removed them from himself.
About this coordinate
1 Samuel 17:39:14 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 14 of 1 Samuel 17:39, so the Hebrew word אוּכַ֛ל (ukhal) 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.17.39.W14, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Sam.17.39.W14.S1) and character.