תוּכְלוּ֮

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 תוּכְלוּ֮

   tu-khe-LU

   you are able
2. phraseyour reading level🔊 וְאִם־לֹ֣א תוּכְלוּ֮

   ve-IM-LO tu-khe-LU

   and if not you are able
3. clause🔊 וְאִם־לֹ֣א תוּכְלוּ֮ לְהַגִּ֣יד לִי֒ וּנְתַתֶּ֨ם אַתֶּ֥ם לִי֙ שְׁלֹשִׁ֣ים סְדִינִ֔ים וּשְׁלֹשִׁ֖ים חֲלִיפ֣וֹת בְּגָדִ֑ים

   ve-IM-LO tu-khe-LU le-ha-GID LI u-ne-tat-TEM a-TEM LI she-lo-SHIM se-di-NIM u-she-lo-SHIM kha-li-FOT be-ga-DIM

   and if not you are able to tell to me then you shall give you to me thirty linen garments and thirty changes garments
4. sentence🔊 וְאִם־לֹ֣א תוּכְלוּ֮ לְהַגִּ֣יד לִי֒ וּנְתַתֶּ֨ם אַתֶּ֥ם לִי֙ שְׁלֹשִׁ֣ים סְדִינִ֔ים וּשְׁלֹשִׁ֖ים חֲלִיפ֣וֹת בְּגָדִ֑ים וַיֹּ֣אמְרוּ ל֔וֹ ח֥וּדָה חִידָתְךָ֖ וְנִשְׁמָעֶֽנָּה׃

   ve-IM-LO tu-khe-LU le-ha-GID LI u-ne-tat-TEM a-TEM LI she-lo-SHIM se-di-NIM u-she-lo-SHIM kha-li-FOT be-ga-DIM va-yo-me-RU LO khu-DA khi-dat-KHA ve-nish-ma-E-na

   and if not you are able to tell to me then you shall give you to me thirty linen garments and thirty changes garments and they said to him put forth your riddle and we will hear it

Exegesis

The verse opens with the conditional ve’im {וְאִם־ | wə-’im} ‘and if’ followed by the negative lo {לֹא | lō} and the qal imperfect tukhlu {תוּכְלוּ | tūkəlû} ‘are you able’.