H9004–/כ–k

For we must needs die, and are as water spilt on the ground, which cannot be gathered up again; neither doth God respect any person; but let him devise means, that he that is banished be not an outcast from him.

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

Then thy handmaid said: Let, I pray thee, the word of my lord the king be for my comfort; for as an angel of God, so is my lord the king to discern good and bad; and the LORD thy God be with thee.'

כְּמַלְאַ֣ךְ (כְּ) ke. “like”

to change the face of the matter hath thy servant Joab done this thing; and my lord is wise, according to the wisdom of an angel of God, to know all things that are in the earth.'

כְּחָכְמַת֙ (כְּ) ke. “like”

Now 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 on this manner did Absalom to all Israel that came to the king for judgment; so Absalom stole the hearts of the men of Israel.

כַּדָּבָ֤ר (כַּ) ka. “according to the”

But Absalom sent spies throughout all the tribes of Israel, saying: 'As soon as ye hear the sound of the horn, then ye shall say: Absalom is king in Hebron.'

כְּשָׁמְעֲכֶם֙ (כְּ) ke. “when”

And the king's servants said unto the king: 'Behold, thy servants are ready to do whatsoever my lord the king shall choose.'

כְּכֹ֧ל (כְּ) ke. “according to”

but if He say thus: I have no delight in thee; behold, here am I, let Him do to me as seemeth good unto Him.'

כַּאֲשֶׁ֥ר (כַּ) ka. “just”

And it came to pass, when Hushai the Archite, David's friend, was come unto Absalom, that Hushai said unto Absalom: 'Long live the king, long live the king.'

כַּֽאֲשֶׁר־ (כַּֽ) ka. “just”

And again, whom should I serve? should I not serve 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”

Now the counsel of Ahithophel, which he counselled in those days, was as if a man 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 unto thee; when all shall have returned, save the man whom thou seekest, all the people will be in peace.'

כְּשׁ֣וּב (כְּ) ke. “as”

And when Hushai was come to Absalom, Absalom spoke unto him, saying: 'Ahithophel hath spoken after this manner; shall we do after his saying? if not, speak thou.'

כַּדָּבָ֤ר (כַּ) ka. “according to the”

Hushai said moreover: 'Thou knowest thy father and his men, that they are mighty men, and they are embittered in their minds, 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 in some place; and it will come to pass, when they fall upon them at the first, and whosoever heareth it shall say: There is a slaughter among the people that follow Absalom;

כִּנְפֹ֤ל (כִּ) ki “when”

then even he that is valiant, whose heart is as the heart of a lion, will utterly melt; for all Israel knoweth 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 gathered together unto 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”

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

כַּאֲשֶׁ֛ר (כַּ) ka. “<just>”

Then said Hushai unto 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 it came to pass, when David was come to Mahanaim, that 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 think the running of the foremost is like the running of Ahimaaz the son of Zadok.' And the king said: 'He is a good man, and cometh with good tidings.'

כִּמְרֻצַ֖ת (כִּ) ki “like”

And the king said unto the Cushite: 'Is it well with the young man Absalom?' And the Cushite answered: 'The enemies of my lord the king and all that rise up against thee to do thee hurt, be as that young man is.'

כַנַּ֙עַר֙ (כַ) kha. “like the”

And the people got them by stealth that day into the city, as people that are ashamed steal away when they flee in battle.

כַּאֲשֶׁ֣ר (כַּ) ka. “just”

And he bowed the heart of all the men of Judah, even as the heart of one man; so that they sent unto the king: 'Return thou, and all thy servants.'

כְּאִ֣ישׁ (כְּ) ke. “like”

And he hath slandered thy servant unto my lord the king; but my lord the king is as an angel of God; do therefore what is good in thine eyes.

כְּמַלְאַ֣ךְ (כְּ) ke. “[is] like”