כְּהַל kᵉhal — to be able
Translated in the KJV as be able, could.
(Aramaic) a root corresponding to and H3557; to be able.
kᵉhal in each stem
Pe'al
Participle (active) 4
The king answered and said to Daniel, whose name was Belteshazzar, Art thou able to make known unto me the dream which I have seen, and the interpretation thereof?
Nevertheless leave the stump of his roots in the earth, even with a band of iron and brass, in the tender grass of the field; and let it be wet with the dew of heaven, and let his portion be with the beasts in the grass of the earth:
Then came in all the king’s wise men: but they could not read the writing, nor make known to the king the interpretation thereof.
What the stems mean
A Hebrew verb is its root letters set into a pattern. The pattern — the binyan — is the grammar's way of saying three things at once: whether the action is simple, intensive or causative, and whether its subject is active, passive or reflexive. That is why one Hebrew word can need six English ones. All seven binyanim, explained ›