Hebrew

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Etymology

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Possibly cognate with Arabic وَكَلَ (wakala, to trust), also found in Akkadian and Ethiopic, from Proto-Semitic *wakal-. Alternatively, Huehnergard and Olyan propose k-h-l as the proto-root.[1]

Root
י־כ־ל (y-k-l)

Pronunciation

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Verb

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יכול / יָכֹל (yakhól) (pa'al construction)

  1. can, to be able to

Usage notes

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Conjugation

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Derived terms

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References

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  1. ^ Huehnergard, J., & Olyan, S. M. (2013). The Etymology of Hebrew and Aramaic Ykl ‘to be able’. Journal of Semitic Studies, 58(1), 13-19.

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