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יָכוֹל, יָכֹל(b. h.; יכל, cmp. כּוּל, כָּלַל, כִּלְכֵּל) 1) (adj.) m., יְכוֹלָה f. capable, able to sustain, enduring; 2) (verb), impf. יוּכַל, to be capable, able; one can, may; it is possible. Cant. R. to III, 6 לארי יָכֹלְתִּי … איני י׳ I overpowered the lion, and I should not overpower the dog? Ib. שר שלבם לא י׳ … ואתם יְכוֹלִים להם your guardian angel could not stand against their father (Jacob), and (you think) you could master them?יְכוֹלְנִי = י׳ אני I can. Ḥag.15a top Ms. M. (ed. יכול אני); Nidd.64b.Keth.95a מפני שי׳ לומרוכ׳ because he may plead Ib. יְכוֹלָה היא שתאמר she may plead. Ib. 43a, a. e. י׳ הרב לומרוכ׳ the master may (has a right to) say to his slave Ber.6a אין כל בריה י׳ לעמודוכ׳ no creature could stand up (exist) before the demons. Taan.30b ביָכוֹל of an able-bodied person.Yalk. Esth. 1048 שמא תוּכַל להשיאהוכ׳ canst thou give her in marriage to both of them?Midr. Till. to Ps. 45 לא יָכְלוּ להתודותוכ׳ they could not confess their sins with their mouth; a. v. fr.Esp. יָכוֹל (= יכול אני לומר or י׳ אתה לומר) I (you) might think, argue, conclude. Sabb.64a י׳ שאני מרבהוכ׳ from the Bible text (Lev. 11:32) I might infer that ropes and cords are included; Sifra Shmini Par. 6, ch. 8; a. v. fr.כְּבְיָכוֹל as though it were possible, as it were (ref. to an allegorical or anthropomorphous expression with reference to the Lord). Mekh. Bo, Pisḥa, s.14 כל זמן … כ׳ שכינה עמהם whenever Israel is enslaved, the Divine Majesty, as it were, is with them in slavery. Ib. כ׳ אמרו ישראלוכ׳ the Israelites said, thou, as it were, hast redeemed thyself. Ib. Bshall., Shirah, s. 6 כ׳ כלפי מעלה as if referring to the Lords eye. B. Kam.79b, v. מַטָּה; a. fr.Ch. יְכִיל.