POWER

Hebrew translation: koACH - כוח or otzMAH - עצמה

21:14 Mar 13, 2003
English to Hebrew translations [Non-PRO]
Energy / Power Generation / POWER
English term or phrase: POWER
BIBLICAL TRANSLATION
SHAWN
Hebrew translation:koACH - כוח or otzMAH - עצמה
Explanation:
Shawn, please provide a sentence to establish context. There are several possible options, this is one of them.
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Tal Ganani (X)
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Local time: 04:44
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Summary of answers provided
5koach
David Swidler
3 +2koACH - כוח or otzMAH - עצמה
Tal Ganani (X)
5Otzem
Leah Aharoni
5otzma
Y Kinory (X)
5 -1POWER ישנם פירושים רבים למילה
rekem kabesa


  

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koach


Explanation:
Accent on the first syllable.
This is the most likely candidate, though occasionally other terms are used in the Bible, such as CHA-yil.

David Swidler
Local time: 11:44
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
neutral  Y Kinory (X): This is more 'force' than 'power'.
3 hrs
  -> The asker wanted to know about BIBLICAL usage, and that's what this is. See, for example, Zachariah 4:6
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koACH - כוח or otzMAH - עצמה


Explanation:
Shawn, please provide a sentence to establish context. There are several possible options, this is one of them.

Tal Ganani (X)
United States
Local time: 04:44
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in HebrewHebrew
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Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Michal Circolone
0 min

agree  EGB Translations: Bith words are right and both words are Biblical-literary words
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9 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5
Otzem


Explanation:
Shawn, if you'll provide chapter/verse, I could give you an answer based on context.

Leah Aharoni
Local time: 11:44
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in RussianRussian

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
neutral  Tal Ganani (X): haven't run into this one before.
0 min
  -> Kohi veotzem yadi asa li et hakhail haze. It appears in Tanakh
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29 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): -1
POWER ישנם פירושים רבים למילה


Explanation:
כוח,יכולת,כושר,סמכות,חזקה(במתמטיקה),הספק(כגון של חשמל)
מנועי,מכני
לספק כוח,להניע

rekem kabesa
Local time: 11:44

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
disagree  Tal Ganani (X): Not Biblical context.
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otzma


Explanation:
otz-MA

Hebrew characters (right-to-left):
ayin-tzadi-mem-heh
(or in 'modern' full-vowel spelling):
ayin-vav-tzadi-mem-heh

This is a Biblical-literary word.

Y Kinory (X)
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