Genesis 37:4:10Gen.37.4.W10PAT

יָכְל֖וּ

yakhelu

were able

Transliteration
ya-khe-LU
Extended
yaa-kheh-LOO
IPA
/jaː.xə.ˈluː/

Meaning by language

English
were able
French
purent
Spanish
pudieron
Portuguese
puderam
German
konnten
Russian
могли
Arabic-Simplified
قَدَرُوا
Hindi
सकते थे
Chinese-Simplified
Korean
할 수 있었다
Indonesian
dapat
Bengali
পারল
Tagalog
nakaya
Swahili
waliweza
Amharic
ቻሉ
Yoruba
Igbo
nwere ike
Twi
tumi

Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it

Result
יָ + כְ + ל֖וּ
ya + khe + lu
yakhelu

Alphabet Analysis

Yody as in yes; marks long ī
Qametslong 'ah'
Kafk with dagesh; kh without
Shevavocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable
Lamedl as in law
Vavv as in vine; marks long ō / ū

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Word in context

  1. word

    ya-khe-LU

  2. phraseyour reading level

    ve-LO ya-khe-LU

  3. clause

    ve-LO ya-khe-LU da-be-RO le-sha-LOM

  4. sentence

    va-yi-re-U e-KHAV ki-o-TO a-HAV a-vi-HEM mi-kol-e-KHAV va-yi-se-ne-U o-TO ve-LO ya-khe-LU da-be-RO le-sha-LOM

In contextGenesis 37:4

and they saw his brothers that him loved their father more than all his brothers and they hated him and not were able to speak to him peacefully

About this coordinate

Genesis 37:4:10 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 10 of Genesis 37:4, so the Hebrew word יָכְל֖וּ (yakhelu) 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 Gen.37.4.W10, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.37.4.W10.S1) and character.