H9004–/כ–k

When Ephraim spoke, there was trembling, he exalted himself in Israel; but when he became guilty through Baal, he died.

כְּדַבֵּ֤ר (כְּ) ke. “when”

And now they sin more and more, and have made them molten images of their silver, according to their own understanding, even idols, all of them the work of the craftsmen; of them they say: 'They that sacrifice men kiss calves.'

כִּתְבוּנָם֙ (כִּ) ki “according to”

Therefore they shall be as the morning cloud, and as the dew that early passeth away, as the chaff that is driven with the wind out of the threshing-floor, and as the smoke out of the window.

כַּעֲנַן־ (כַּ) ka. “like”וְכַטַּ֖ל (כַ) kha. “like <the>”כְּמֹץ֙ (כְּ) ke. “like”וּכְעָשָׁ֖ן (כְ) khe. “like”

When they were fed, they became full, they were filled, and their heart was exalted; therefore have they forgotten Me.

כְּמַרְעִיתָם֙ (כְּ) ke. “according to”

Therefore am I become unto them as a lion; as a leopard will I watch by the way;

כְּנָמֵ֖ר (כְּ) ke. “like”

I will meet them as a bear that is bereaved of her whelps, and will rend the enclosure of their heart; and there will I devour them like a lioness; the wild beast shall tear them.

כְּדֹ֣ב (כְּ) ke. “like”כְּלָבִ֔יא (כְּ) ke. “like”

I will be as the dew unto Israel; he shall blossom as the lily, and cast forth his roots as Lebanon.

כַטַּל֙ (כַ) kha. “like the”כַּשּֽׁוֹשַׁנָּ֑ה (כַּ) ka. “like <the>”כַּלְּבָנֽוֹן׃ (כַּ) ka. “like <the>”

His branches shall spread, and his beauty shall be as the olive-tree, and his fragrance as Lebanon.

כַזַּ֖יִת (כַ) kha. “like <the>”כַּלְּבָנֽוֹן׃ (כַּ) ka. “like <the>”

They that dwell under his shadow shall again make corn to grow, and shall blossom as the vine; the scent thereof shall be as the wine of Lebanon.

כַגָּ֑פֶן (כַ) kha. “like <the>”כְּיֵ֥ין (כְּ) ke. “[will be] like”

Ephraim shall say: 'What have I to do any more with idols?' As for Me, I respond and look on him; I am like a leafy cypress-tree; from Me is thy fruit found.

כִּבְר֣וֹשׁ (כִּ) ki “[am] like”

Lament like a virgin girded with sackcloth for the husband of her youth.

כִּבְתוּלָ֥ה (כִּ) ki “like”

Alas for the day! for the day of the LORD is at hand, and as a destruction from the Almighty shall it come.

וּכְשֹׁ֖ד (כְ) khe. “like”

A day of darkness and gloominess, a day of clouds and thick darkness, as blackness spread upon the mountains; a great people and a mighty, there hath not been ever the like, neither shall be any more after them, even to the years of many generations.

כְּשַׁ֖חַר (כְּ) ke. “like”

A fire devoureth before them, and behind them a flame blazeth; the land is as the garden of Eden before them, and behind them a desolate wilderness; yea, and nothing escapeth them.

כְּגַן־ (כְּ) ke. “[is] like”

The appearance of them is as the appearance of horses; and as horsemen, so do they run.

כְּמַרְאֵ֥ה (כְּ) ke. “[is] like”וּכְפָרָשִׁ֖ים (כְ) khe. “like”

Like the noise of chariots, on the tops of the mountains do they leap, like the noise of a flame of fire that devoureth the stubble, as a mighty people set in battle array.

כְּק֣וֹל (כְּ) ke. “like”כְּקוֹל֙ (כְּ) ke. “like”כְּעַ֣ם (כְּ) ke. “like”

They run like mighty men, they climb the wall like men of war; and they move on every one in his ways, and they entangle not their paths.

כְּגִבּוֹרִ֣ים (כְּ) ke. “like”כְּאַנְשֵׁ֥י (כְּ) ke. “like”

They leap upon the city, they run upon the wall, they climb up into the houses; they enter in at the windows like a thief.

כַּגַּנָּֽב׃ (כַּ) ka. “like <the>”

And it shall come to pass, that whosoever shall call on the name of the LORD shall be delivered; for in mount Zion and in Jerusalem there shall be those that escape, as the LORD hath said, and among the remnant those whom the LORD shall call.

כַּֽאֲשֶׁר֙ (כַּֽ) ka. “just”

Yet destroyed I the Amorite before them, whose height was like the height of the cedars, and he was strong as the oaks; yet I destroyed his fruit from above, and his roots from beneath.

כְּגֹ֤בַהּ (כְּ) ke. “[was] like”כָּֽאַלּוֹנִ֑ים (כָּֽ) ka. “like <the>”

Behold, I will make it creak under you, as a cart creaketh that is full of sheaves.

כַּאֲשֶׁ֤ר (כַּ) ka. “just”

Thus saith the LORD: As the shepherd rescueth out of the mouth of the lion two legs, or a piece of an ear, so shall the children of Israel that dwell in Samaria escape with the corner of a couch, and the leg of a bed.

כַּאֲשֶׁר֩ (כַּ) ka. “just”

I have overthrown some of you, as God overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah, and ye were as a brand plucked out of the burning; yet have ye not returned unto Me, saith the LORD.

כְּמַהְפֵּכַ֤ת (כְּ) ke. “like”כְּא֖וּד (כְּ) ke. “like”

Seek the LORD, and live--lest He break out like fire in the house of Joseph, and it devour, and there be none to quench it in Bethel--

כָּאֵשׁ֙ (כָּ) ka. “like <the>”

Seek good, and not evil, that ye may live; and so the LORD, the God of hosts, will be with you, as ye say.

כַּאֲשֶׁ֥ר (כַּ) ka. “just”