Lexicon
כְּהַל
ke.hal
H3546
A:V Hebrew

be able

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Hebrew
Language

ke.hal describes being capable of making a dream or writing and its interpretation known.

The attested use concerns capability: Daniel 2:26 asks whether Daniel can make a dream and its interpretation known, while Daniel 5:8 and Daniel 5:15 deny the wise men’s capacity to read the writing or declare its interpretation. Daniel 4:15 has the same masculine singular participial form, though the supplied translation does not make its specific contribution clear.

Senses in use

  1. Being capable of declaring or explaining · dominant

    In Daniel 2:26, the masculine singular active participle occurs in the king’s question about making the dream and its interpretation known. In Daniel 5:8 and Daniel 5:15, the masculine plural participle is used where the APB renders the wise men as “not able” to read the writing or declare its interpretation; Daniel 4:15 has the singular participial form, but the supplied APB clause does not isolate its contribution.

In the Anselm Project Bible: The APB explicitly presents the term’s context with “able” in Daniel 2:26 and “not able” in Daniel 5:8 and Daniel 5:15. In Daniel 4:15, the supplied translation does not show a corresponding capability expression, so the term’s individual rendering there is unclear.

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