H9004–/כ–k

For we must needs die, and are as water spilt on the ground, which cannot be gathered up again; and God has not taken away his life, but devises means that the banished one be not expelled from him.

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

And thy bondmaid said, Let the word of my lord the king now be comfortable; for as an angel of God, so is my lord the king to discern good and bad; and Jehovah thy God will be with thee.

כְּמַלְאַ֣ךְ (כְּ) ke. “like”

in order to turn the appearance of the thing has thy servant Joab done this thing; but my lord is wise, according to the wisdom of an angel of God, to know all that is in the earth.

כְּחָכְמַת֙ (כְּ) ke. “like”

But in all Israel there was none to be so much praised as Absalom for his beauty: from the sole of his foot even to the crown of his head there was no blemish in him.

וּכְאַבְשָׁל֗וֹם (כְ) khe. “like”

And in this manner did Absalom to all Israel that came to the king for judgment; and Absalom stole the hearts of the men of Israel.

כַּדָּבָ֤ר (כַּ) ka. “according to the”

And Absalom sent emissaries into all the tribes of Israel, saying, When ye hear the sound of the trumpet, ye shall say, Absalom reigns in Hebron.

כְּשָׁמְעֲכֶם֙ (כְּ) ke. “when”

And the king's servants said to the king, Behold, thy servants [supplied: will do] whatever my lord the king shall choose.

כְּכֹ֧ל (כְּ) ke. “according to”

But if he thus say, I have no delight in thee; behold, [supplied: here am] I, let him do to me as seemeth good to him.

כַּאֲשֶׁ֥ר (כַּ) ka. “just”

And it came to pass, when Hushai the Archite, David's friend, came to Absalom, that Hushai said to Absalom, Long live the king! Long live the king!

כַּֽאֲשֶׁר־ (כַּֽ) ka. “just”

And again, whom should I serve? should it not be in the presence of his son? as I have served in thy father's presence, so will I be in thy presence.

כַּאֲשֶׁ֤ר (כַּ) ka. “just”

And the counsel of Ahithophel, which he counselled in those days, was as if a man had inquired of the word of God: so was all the counsel of Ahithophel both with David and with Absalom.

כַּאֲשֶׁ֥ר (כַּ) ka. “[was] just”

and I will bring back all the people to thee. The man whom thou seekest is as if all returned: all the people shall be in peace.

כְּשׁ֣וּב (כְּ) ke. “as”

And Hushai came to Absalom, and Absalom spoke to him saying, Ahithophel has spoken after this manner: shall we carry out his word? If not, speak thou.

כַּדָּבָ֤ר (כַּ) ka. “according to the”

And Hushai said, Thou knowest thy father and his men, that they are mighty men, and they are of exasperated spirit, as a bear robbed of her whelps in the field; and thy father is a man of war, and will not lodge with the people.

כְּדֹ֥ב (כְּ) ke. “like”

Behold, he is hid now in some pit, or some such place; and it will come to pass, when some of them fall at the first, whoever heareth it will say, There has been slaughter among the people that follow Absalom,

כִּנְפֹ֤ל (כִּ) ki “when”

and even the valiant man whose heart is as the heart of a lion shall utterly melt; for all Israel knows that thy father is a mighty man, and they that are with him are valiant men.

כְּלֵ֥ב (כְּ) ke. “[is] like”

But I counsel that all Israel be speedily gathered to thee, from Dan even to Beer-sheba, as the sand that is by the sea for multitude; and that thou go to battle in thine own person.

כַּח֥וֹל (כַּ) ka. “like the”

And we shall come upon him in some place where he shall be found, and we will light upon him as the dew falls on the ground; and of him and of all the men that are with him there shall not be left so much as one.

כַּאֲשֶׁ֛ר (כַּ) ka. “<just>”

And Hushai said to Zadok and to Abiathar the priests, Thus and thus did Ahithophel counsel Absalom and the elders of Israel; and thus and thus have I counselled.

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

And as soon as David came to Mahanaim, Shobi the son of Nahash of Rabbah of the children of Ammon, and Machir the son of Ammiel of Lo-debar, and Barzillai the Gileadite of Rogelim,

כְּב֥וֹא (כְּ) ke. “when”

And the watchman said, I see the running of the foremost like the running of Ahimaaz the son of Zadok. And the king said, He is a good man; and comes with good news.

כִּמְרֻצַ֖ת (כִּ) ki “like”

And the king said to the Cushite, Is it well with the young man Absalom? And the Cushite said, The enemies of my lord the king, and all that rise against thee for evil, be as that young man.

כַנַּ֙עַר֙ (כַ) kha. “like the”

And the people stole away that day into the city, as people steal away when ashamed of fleeing in battle.

כַּאֲשֶׁ֣ר (כַּ) ka. “just”

And he bowed the heart of all the men of Judah as of one man; and they sent to the king, Return, thou and all thy servants.

כְּאִ֣ישׁ (כְּ) ke. “like”

And he has slandered thy servant to my lord the king; but my lord the king is as an angel of God; do therefore what is good in thy sight.

כְּמַלְאַ֣ךְ (כְּ) ke. “[is] like”