H9004–/כ–k

For we must needs die, and are as water split on the ground, which can't be gathered up again; neither does God take away life, but devises means, that he who is banished not be an outcast from him.

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

Then your handmaid said, Please let the word of my lord the king be comfortable; for as an angel of God, so is my lord the king to discern good and bad: and Yahweh your God be with you.

כְּמַלְאַ֣ךְ (כְּ) ke. “like”

to change the face of the matter has your 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”

In this manner Absalom did to all Israel who 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 you hear the sound of the trumpet, then you shall say, Absalom is king in Hebron.

כְּשָׁמְעֲכֶם֙ (כְּ) ke. “when”

The king's servants said to the king, Behold, your servants are ready to do whatever my lord the king shall choose.

כְּכֹ֧ל (כְּ) ke. “according to”

but if he say thus, I have no delight in you; behold, here am I, let him do to me as seems good to him.

כַּאֲשֶׁ֥ר (כַּ) ka. “just”

It happened, when Hushai the Archite, David's friend, was come to Absalom, that Hushai said to Absalom, [ergänzt: Long] live the king, [ergänzt: Long] live the king.

כַּֽאֲשֶׁר־ (כַּֽ) ka. “just”

Again, whom should I serve? Shouldn't I serve in the presence of his son? as I have served in your father's presence, so will I be in your presence.

כַּאֲשֶׁ֤ר (כַּ) ka. “just”

The counsel of Ahithophel, which he gave in those days, was as if a man 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 you: the man whom you seek is as if all returned: [ergänzt: so] all the people shall be in peace.

כְּשׁ֣וּב (כְּ) ke. “as”

When Hushai was come to Absalom, Absalom spoke to him, saying, Ahithophel has spoken after this manner: shall we do [ergänzt: after] his saying? if not, speak up.

כַּדָּבָ֤ר (כַּ) ka. “according to the”

Hushai said moreover, You know your father and his men, that they are mighty men, and they are fierce in their minds, as a bear robbed of her cubs in the field; and your 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 [ergänzt: other] place: and it will happen, when some of them are fallen at the first, that whoever hears it will say, There is a slaughter among the people who follow Absalom.

כִּנְפֹ֤ל (כִּ) ki “when”

Even he who is valiant, whose heart is as the heart of a lion, will utterly melt; for all Israel knows that your father is a mighty man, and those who are with him are valiant men.

כְּלֵ֥ב (כְּ) ke. “[is] like”

But I counsel that all Israel be gathered together to you, from Dan even to Beersheba, as the sand that is by the sea for multitude; and that you go to battle in your own person.

כַּח֥וֹל (כַּ) ka. “like the”

So shall we come on him in some place where he shall be found, and we will light on him as the dew falls on the ground; and of him and of all the men who are with him we will not leave 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”

It happened, 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 Lodebar, and Barzillai the Gileadite of Rogelim,

כְּב֥וֹא (כְּ) ke. “when”

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

כִּמְרֻצַ֖ת (כִּ) ki “like”

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

כַנַּ֙עַר֙ (כַ) kha. “like the”

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

כַּאֲשֶׁ֣ר (כַּ) ka. “just”

He bowed the heart of all the men of Judah, even as [ergänzt: the heart of] one man; so that they sent to the king, [ergänzt: saying], Return you, and all your servants.

כְּאִ֣ישׁ (כְּ) ke. “like”

He has slandered your servant to my lord the king; but my lord the king is as an angel of God: do therefore what is good in your eyes.

כְּמַלְאַ֣ךְ (כְּ) ke. “[is] like”