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: yet doth he devise means, that his banished be not expelled from him.

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

Then thy handmaid said, The word of my lord the king, will now be comfortable: for as an angel of God, so is my lord the king to discern good and bad: therefore the LORD thy God will be with thee.

כְּמַלְאַ֣ךְ (כְּ) ke. “like”

To bring about this form of speech 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 on 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: 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 trumpet, then ye shall say, Absalom reigneth in Hebron.

כְּשָׁמְעֲכֶם֙ (כְּ) ke. “when”

And the king's servants said to the king, Behold, thy servants are ready to do whatever my lord the king shall appoint.

כְּכֹ֧ל (כְּ) ke. “according to”

But if he shall thus say, I have no delight in thee; behold, 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, had come to Absalom, that Hushai said to Absalom, God save the king, God save 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”

And the counsel of Ahithophel, which he counseled in those days, was as if a man had inquired at the oracle 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: so all the people shall be in peace.

כְּשׁ֣וּב (כְּ) ke. “as”

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

כַּדָּבָ֤ר (כַּ) ka. “according to the”

For, said Hushai, thou knowest thy father and his men, that they are mighty men, and they are chafed 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 other place: and it will come to pass, when some of them are overthrown at the first, that whosoever heareth it will say, There is a slaughter among the people that follow Absalom.

כִּנְפֹ֤ל (כִּ) ki “when”

And he also 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 who are with him are valiant men.

כְּלֵ֥ב (כְּ) ke. “[is] like”

Therefore I counsel that all Israel should be generally gathered to thee, from Dan even to Beer-sheba, as the sand that is by the sea for multitude; and that thou shouldst go to battle in thy 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 there shall not be left so much as one.

כַּאֲשֶׁ֛ר (כַּ) ka. “<just>”

Then said Hushai 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 counseled.

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

And it came to pass, when David had 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 news.

כִּמְרֻצַ֖ת (כִּ) ki “like”

And the king said to Cushi, Is the young man Absalom safe? And Cushi answered, May the enemies of my lord the king, and all that rise against thee to do thee hurt, be as that young man is.

כַנַּ֙עַר֙ (כַ) kha. “like the”

And the people withdrew by stealth that day into the city, as people being 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 this word to the king, Return thou, and all thy servants.

כְּאִ֣ישׁ (כְּ) ke. “like”

And he hath 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 eyes.

כְּמַלְאַ֣ךְ (כְּ) ke. “[is] like”