Jeremiah 18:6:3Jer.18.6.W3TAB
לֹא־אוּכַ֨ל
lookhal
“can I not”
- Transliteration
- lo-O-khal
- Extended
- loh-OO-khahl
- IPA
- /loː.ʔuːˈχal/
Meaning by language
- English
- can I not
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 | |
| 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
lo-O-khal
- phraseyour reading level
lo-O-khal la-a-SOT la-KHEM
- clause
ha-kha-yo-TSER ha-ZEH lo-O-khal la-a-SOT la-KHEM BET yis-ra-EL ne-UM-ye-ho-VAH
- sentence
ha-kha-yo-TSER ha-ZEH lo-O-khal la-a-SOT la-KHEM BET yis-ra-EL ne-UM-ye-ho-VAH hi-NE kha-KHO-mer be-YAD ha-yo-TSER ken-a-TEM be-ya-DI BET yis-ra-EL
Exegesis
The Qal imperfect ukhal {אוּכַל | ʾû-kal} ‘am I able’ plus the infinitive construct laʿasot {לַעֲשׂ֥וֹת | la-ʿă-sōt} ‘to do’ and object suffix lakhem ‘for you’ forms a rhetorical question.
In context — Jeremiah 18:6
“House of Israel, am I not able to deal with you like this potter?” declares the LORD . “Look—like the clay in the hand of the potter, so you are in My hand, house of Israel.”
About this coordinate
Jeremiah 18:6:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Jeremiah 18:6, so the Hebrew word לֹא־אוּכַ֨ל (lookhal) 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 Jer.18.6.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Jer.18.6.W3.S1) and character.