כוח

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See also: כּוח

Hebrew

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Noun

כוח / כֹּחַ (kóakhm (plural indefinite כוחות / כֹּחוֹת, singular construct כוח / כֹּחַ־, plural construct כוחות / כֹּחוֹת־)

  1. Strength: the physical ability to do work, to lift something, to walk, and so on.
  2. Strength, power: the quality of being strong or powerful.
  3. (physics) Force, a force.
  4. Power, ability, capacity.
    • בעז בנאי, פריז בחורף
      הוא קם בבוקר ונשבע לא לאבד את הכוח להמשיך
    • יוני בלוך, שחרי שאפרת התאבדה
      אין לי כוח לרצות לנסות להבין אותך
    כוח הדיבורkóakh-hadibúr — the power of speech, the ability to speak
  5. Capital, property, wealth.
  6. Validity, value, force.
  7. A force, such as a military force or a police force.
  8. A monitor lizard
  9. (Christianity) power, authority (a type of angel)

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  • Yiddish: כּוח (koyekh)

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