Numbers 24:13:8Num.24.13.W8TAB
אוּכַ֗ל
ukhal
“I could”
- Transliteration
- u-KHAL
- Extended
- oo-KHAL
- IPA
- /ʔuˈxal/
Meaning by language
- English
- I could
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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
im-yi-TEN-li ba-LAK me-LO bei-TO KE-sef ve-za-HAV LO u-KHAL la-a-VOR et-PI Ye-ho-VAH la-a-SOT to-VA O ra-A mi-li-BI
- sentence
im-yi-TEN-li ba-LAK me-LO bei-TO KE-sef ve-za-HAV LO u-KHAL la-a-VOR et-PI Ye-ho-VAH la-a-SOT to-VA O ra-A mi-li-BI a-SHER-ye-da-BER Ye-ho-VAH o-TO a-da-BER
Exegesis
The negation lōʾ ʾûkhal la-ʿăvôr {לֹא אוּכַל לַעֲבֹר | lōʾ ʾû-ḵal la-ʿă-vôr} uses the first person imperfect to convey inability.
In context — Numbers 24:13
Even if Balak gave me the full contents of his house, silver and gold, I am not able to go beyond the mouth of the LORD to do good or evil from my own heart; what the LORD says, that I will speak.
About this coordinate
Numbers 24:13:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of Numbers 24:13, so the Hebrew word אוּכַ֗ל (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 Num.24.13.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.24.13.W8.S1) and character.