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For death comes to us all, and we are like water drained out on the earth, which it is not possible to take up again; and God will not take away the life of the man whose purpose is that he who has been sent away may not be completely cut off from him.

וְכַמַּ֙יִם֙ (כַ) kha. “[we are] like <the>”

Then your servant said, May the word of my lord the king give me peace! for my lord the king is as the angel of God in his hearing of good and bad: and may the Lord your God be with you!

כְּמַלְאַ֣ךְ (כְּ) ke. “like”

This he did, hoping that the face of this business might be changed: and my lord is wise, with the wisdom of the angel of God, having knowledge of everything on earth.

כְּחָכְמַת֙ (כְּ) ke. “like”

Now in all Israel there was no one so greatly to be praised for his beautiful form as Absalom: from his feet to the crown of his head he was completely beautiful.

וּכְאַבְשָׁל֗וֹם (כְ) khe. “like”

And this Absalom did to everyone in Israel who came to the king to have his cause judged: so Absalom, like a thief, took away the hearts of the men of Israel.

כַּדָּבָ֤ר (כַּ) ka. “according to the”

But Absalom at the same time sent watchers through all the tribes of Israel to say, At the sound of the horn you are to say, Absalom is king in Hebron.

כְּשָׁמְעֲכֶם֙ (כְּ) ke. “when”

And the king's servants said to the king, See, your servants are ready to do whatever the king says is to be done.

כְּכֹ֧ל (כְּ) ke. “according to”

But if he says, I have no delight in you: then, here I am; let him do to me what seems good to him.

כַּאֲשֶׁ֥ר (כַּ) ka. “just”

Then Hushai the Archite, David's friend, came to Absalom and said, Long life to the king, long life to the king!

כַּֽאֲשֶׁר־ (כַּֽ) ka. “just”

And more than this! where is my place as a servant? is it not before his son? as I have been your father's servant, so will I be yours.

כַּאֲשֶׁ֤ר (כַּ) ka. “just”

In those days the opinions of Ahithophel were valued as highly as if through him a man might get direction from God; so were they valued by David as much as by Absalom.

כַּאֲשֶׁ֥ר (כַּ) ka. “[was] just”

And I will make all the people come back to you as a bride comes back to her husband: it is the life of only one man you are going after; so all the people will be at peace.

כְּשׁ֣וּב (כְּ) ke. “as”

And when Hushai came, Absalom said to him, This is what Ahithophel has said: are we to do as he says? if not, what is your suggestion?

כַּדָּבָ֤ר (כַּ) ka. “according to the”

Hushai said further, You have knowledge of your father and his men, that they are men of war, and that their feelings are bitter, like those of a bear in the field whose young ones have been taken from her: and your father is a man of war, and will not t

כְּדֹ֥ב (כְּ) ke. “like”

But he will certainly have taken cover now in some hole or secret place; and if some of our people, at the first attack, are overcome, then any hearing of it will say, There is destruction among the people who are on Absalom's side.

כִּנְפֹ֤ל (כִּ) ki “when”

Then even the strongest, whose heart is like the heart of a lion, will become like water; for all Israel is conscious that your father is a man of war, and those who are with him are strong and without fear.

כְּלֵ֥ב (כְּ) ke. “[is] like”

But my suggestion is that all Israel, from Dan as far as Beer-sheba, comes together to you, a great army like the sands of the sea in number; and that you yourself go out among them.

כַּח֥וֹל (כַּ) ka. “like the”

Then we will come on him in some place, wherever he may be, falling on him as the dew comes on the earth: and of him and all the men who are with him not one will get away with his life.

כַּאֲשֶׁ֛ר (כַּ) ka. “<just>”

Then Hushai said to Zadok and Abiathar, the priests, This is the suggestion made by Ahithophel to Absalom and the responsible men of Israel, and this is what I said to them.

כָּזֹ֣את (כָּ) ka. “like”וְכָזֹ֗את (כָ) kha. “like”וְכָזֹ֥את (כָ) kha. “like”וְכָזֹ֖את (כָ) kha. “like”

Now when David had come to Mahanaim, Shobi, the son of Nahash of Rabbah, the Ammonite, and Machir, the son of Ammiel of Lo-debar, and Barzillai the Gileadite of Rogelim,

כְּב֥וֹא (כְּ) ke. “when”

And the watchman said, It seems to me that the running of the first is like the running of Ahimaaz, the son of Zadok. And the king said, He is a good man, and his news will be good.

כִּמְרֻצַ֖ת (כִּ) ki “like”

And the king said to the Cushite, Is the young man Absalom safe? And the Cushite said in answer, May all the king's haters and those who do evil against the king, be as that young man is!

כַנַּ֙עַר֙ (כַ) kha. “like the”

And the people made their way back to the town quietly and secretly, as those who are shamed go secretly when they go in flight from the war.

כַּאֲשֶׁ֣ר (כַּ) ka. “just”

And the hearts of the men of Judah were moved like one man; so that they sent to the king, saying, Come back, with all your servants.

כְּאִ֣ישׁ (כְּ) ke. “like”

He has given you a false account of me: but my lord the king is like the angel of God: do then whatever seems good to you.

כְּמַלְאַ֣ךְ (כְּ) ke. “[is] like”