The Etymology of Hebrew and Aramaic Ykl ‘to be able’

In Biblical Hebrew and in middle and late dialects of Aramaic, the verb ‘to be able’ has the root y-k-l. That root ought to derive from an earlier Semitic root with initial *w or *y, i.e., *w-k-l or *y-k-l, but such a root is not attested elsewhere in Semitic with that meaning. Elsewhere in West Sem...

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Main Author: Huehnergard, John 1952- (Author)
Contributors: Olyan, Saul M. 1959- (Organizer)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Oxford University Press [2013]
In: Journal of Semitic studies
Year: 2013, Volume: 58, Issue: 1, Pages: 13-19
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