H9004–/כ–k

Before the bringing forth of a statute, As chaff hath the day passed on, While yet not come in upon you doth the heat of the anger of Jehovah, While yet not come in upon you doth a day of the anger of Jehovah,

כְּמֹ֖ץ (כְּ) ke. “like”

Therefore, I live, An affirmation of Jehovah of Hosts, God of Israel, Surely, Moab is as Sodom, And the sons of Ammon as Gomorrah, An overrunning of nettles and salt-pits, And a desolation -- unto the age. A residue of My people do seize them, And a remnant of My nation inherit them.

כִּסְדֹ֤ם (כִּ) ki “like”כַּֽעֲמֹרָ֔ה (כַּֽ) ka. “like”

And He stretcheth His hand against the north, And doth destroy Asshur, And he setteth Nineveh for a desolation, A dry land like a wilderness.

כַּמִּדְבָּֽר׃ (כַּ) ka. “like the”

And Zerubbabel son of Shealtiel, and Joshua son of Josedech, the high priest, and all the remnant of the people, do hearken to the voice of Jehovah their God, and unto the words of Haggai the prophet, as Jehovah their God had sent him, and the people are afraid of the face of Jehovah.

כַּאֲשֶׁ֥ר (כַּ) ka. “just”

Who among you hath been left that saw this house in its former honour? And what are ye seeing it now? Is it not, compared with it, as nothing in your eyes?

כְּאַ֖יִן (כְּ) ke. “as”

In that day -- an affirmation of Jehovah of Hosts, I take thee, Zerubbabel, son of Shealtiel, My servant -- an affirmation of Jehovah, And have set thee as a signet, for on thee I have fixed, An affirmation of Jehovah of Hosts!

כַּֽחוֹתָ֑ם (כַּֽ) ka. “like <the>”

Ye shall not be as your fathers, To whom the former prophets called, saying: Thus said Jehovah of Hosts, Turn back I pray you, From your evil ways and from your evil doings, And they did not hearken, Nor attend to Me -- an affirmation of Jehovah.

כַאֲבֹֽתֵיכֶ֡ם (כַ) kha. “like”

Only, My words, and My statutes, That I commanded My servants the prophets, Have they not overtaken your fathers, And they turn back and say: As Jehovah of Hosts designed to do to us, According to our ways, and according to our doings, So He hath done to us?'

כַּאֲשֶׁ֨ר (כַּ) ka. “just”כִּדְרָכֵ֙ינוּ֙ (כִּ) ki “according to”וּכְמַ֣עֲלָלֵ֔ינוּ (כְ) khe. “according to”

And I say, `What `are' these coming in to do?' And He speaketh, saying: `These `are' the horns that have scattered Judah, so that no one hath lifted up his head, and these come in to trouble them, to cast down the horns of the nations who are lifting up a horn against the land of Judah -- to scatter it.'

כְּפִי־ (כְּ) ke. “according to”

And I say, `Whither are thou going?' And he saith unto me, `To measure Jerusalem, to see how much `is' its breadth, and how much its length.'

כַּמָּֽה־ (כַּ) ka. “how”וְכַמָּ֥ה (כַ) kha. “how”

Ho, ho, and flee from the land of the north, An affirmation of Jehovah, For, as the four winds of the heavens, I have spread you abroad, An affirmation of Jehovah.

כְּאַרְבַּ֞ע (כְּ) ke. “like”

And the messenger who is speaking with me doth turn back, and stir me up as one who is stirred up out of his sleep,

כְּאִ֖ישׁ (כְּ) ke. “like”

And I lift up mine eyes, and see, and lo, two women are coming forth, and wind in their wings; and they have wings like wings of the stork, and they lift up the ephah between the earth and the heavens.

כְּכַנְפֵ֣י (כְּ) ke. “like”

speaking unto the priests who `are' at the house of Jehovah of Hosts, and unto the prophets, saying, `Do I weep in the fifth month -- being separated -- as I have done these so many years?'

כַּאֲשֶׁ֣ר (כַּ) ka. “just”כַּמֶּ֥ה (כַּ) ka. “how”

And it cometh to pass, as He called, And they have not hearkened, So do they call, and I do not hearken, Said Jehovah of Hosts.

כַאֲשֶׁר־ (כַ) kha. “just”

And now, not as `in' the former days `am' I to the remnant of this people, An affirmation of Jehovah of Hosts.

כַיָּמִ֤ים (כַ) khai. “like the”

And it hath come to pass, As ye have been a reviling among nations, O house of Judah, and house of Israel, So I save you, and ye have been a blessing, Do not fear, let your hands be strong.

כַּאֲשֶׁר֩ (כַּ) ka. “just”

For, thus said Jehovah of Hosts, As I did purpose to do evil to you, When your fathers made Me wroth, Said Jehovah of Hosts, and I did not repent,

כַּאֲשֶׁ֨ר (כַּ) ka. “just”

And Tyre doth build a bulwark to herself, And doth heap silver as dust, And gold as mire of out-places.

כֶּֽעָפָ֔ר (כֶּֽ) ke. “like <the>”כְּטִ֥יט (כְּ) ke. “like”

And turned aside his blood from his mouth, His abominations from between his teeth, And he hath remained, even he, to our God, And he hath been as a leader in Judah, And Ekron as a Jebusite.

כְּאַלֻּ֣ף (כְּ) ke. “like”כִּיבוּסִֽי׃ (כִּ) ki. “[will be] like”

For I have trodden for Me Judah, A bow I have filled `with' Ephraim, And I have stirred up thy sons, O Zion, Against thy sons, O Javan, And I have set thee as the sword of a hero.

כְּחֶ֥רֶב (כְּ) ke. “like”

And Jehovah doth appear for them, And gone forth as lightning hath His arrow, And the Lord Jehovah with a trumpet bloweth, And He hath gone with whirlwinds of the south.

כַבָּרָ֖ק (כַ) kha. “like <the>”

Jehovah of Hosts doth cover them over, And they consumed, and subdued sling-stones, Yea, they have drunk, They have made a noise as wine, And they have been full as a bowl, As corners of an altar.

כַּמִּזְרָ֔ק (כַּ) ka. “like <the>”כְּזָוִיּ֖וֹת (כְּ) ke. “like”

And saved them hath Jehovah their God In that day, as a flock of His people, For stones of a crown are displaying themselves over His ground.

כְּצֹ֣אן (כְּ) ke. “like”

Against the shepherds did Mine anger burn, And against the he-goats I lay a charge, For inspected hath Jehovah of Hosts His flock, the house of Judah, And set them as His beauteous horse in battle.

כְּס֥וּס (כְּ) ke. “like”