נוּכַ֖ל

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 נוּכַ֖ל

   nu-KHAL

   we are able
2. phraseyour reading level🔊 כִּֽי־יָכ֥וֹל נוּכַ֖ל

   ki-ya-KHOL nu-KHAL

   for surely able we are able
3. clause🔊 וַיֹּ֗אמֶר עָלֹ֤ה נַעֲלֶה֙ וְיָרַ֣שְׁנוּ אֹתָ֔הּ כִּֽי־יָכ֥וֹל נוּכַ֖ל לָֽהּ׃

   va-yo-MER a-LO na-a-LE ve-ya-RASH-nu o-TAH ki-ya-KHOL nu-KHAL LAH

   and said Let us go up we will surely go up and possess it it for surely able we are able to it
4. sentence🔊 וַיַּ֧הַ כָּלֵ֛ב אֶת־הָעָ֖ם אֶל־מֹשֶׁ֑ה וַיֹּ֗אמֶר עָלֹ֤ה נַעֲלֶה֙ וְיָרַ֣שְׁנוּ אֹתָ֔הּ כִּֽי־יָכ֥וֹל נוּכַ֖ל לָֽהּ׃

   va-ya-HAS ka-LEV et-ha-AM el-mo-SHEH va-yo-MER a-LO na-a-LE ve-ya-RASH-nu o-TAH ki-ya-KHOL nu-KHAL LAH

   And silenced Caleb the people toward Moses and said Let us go up we will surely go up and possess it it for surely able we are able to it

Exegesis

Finally, the construction ki yakhol nukhal lah {כִּי־יָכֹל נוּכַל לָהּ | kî yākhôl nûkhâl lâh} combines an infinitive absolute and an imperfect to convey assured ability, which is rendered in English by “for we are fully able” to mirror Hebrew emphasis.