יָכֹל yâkôl — to be able, literally (can, could) or morally (may, might)
Translated in the KJV as be able, any at all, attain, can (away with, ), could, endure, might, overcome, have power, prevail, still.
or (fuller) יָכוֹל; a primitive root; to be able, literally (can, could) or morally (may, might).
yâkôl in each stem
Qal (Pa'al)
Imperfect (yiqtol) 131Perfect (qatal) 51Wayyiqtol 4Infinitive absolute 4Infinitive construct 2Sequential perfect (weqatal) 1Cohortative 1
And the land was not able to bear them, that they might dwell together: for their substance was great, so that they could not dwell together.
And I will make thy seed as the dust of the earth: so that if a man can number the dust of the earth, then shall thy seed also be numbered.
And he brought him forth abroad, and said, Look now toward heaven, and tell the stars, if thou be able to number them: and he said unto him, So shall thy seed be.
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 ›