H9004–/כ–k

and they came to Zerubbabel and to the chief fathers, and said to them, We would build with you; for we seek your God, as ye; and we have sacrificed to him since the days of Esar-haddon king of Assyria, who brought us up hither.

כָכֶ֔ם (כָ) kha. “like”

But Zerubbabel and Jeshua and the rest of the chief fathers of Israel said to them, Ye have nothing to do with us to build a house to our God, but we alone will build to Jehovah the God of Israel, as king Cyrus, the king of Persia, has commanded us.

כַּאֲשֶׁ֣ר (כַּ) ka. “just”

Now, since we eat the salt of the palace, and it is not right for us to see the king's injury, therefore have we sent and informed the king;

כָּל־ (כָּ) ko “as”

They sent a report to him in which was written thus: To Darius the king, all peace!

וְכִדְנָה֙ (כִ) khi “according to”

And that which they have need of, both young bullocks and rams and lambs, for the burnt-offerings to the God of the heavens, wheat, salt, wine, and oil, according to the appointment of the priests that are at Jerusalem, let it be given them day by day without fail;

כְּמֵאמַ֨ר (כְּ) ke. “according to”

And they set the priests in their classes, and the Levites in their divisions, for the service of God, which is at Jerusalem: as it is written in the book of Moses.

כִּכְתָ֖ב (כִּ) ki “according to”

For the priests and the Levites had purified themselves as one [ergänzt: man]: they were all pure; and they killed the passover for all the children of the captivity, and for their brethren the priests, and for themselves.

כְּאֶחָ֖ד (כְּ) ke. “as”

-- this Ezra went up from Babylon; and he was a ready scribe in the law of Moses, which Jehovah the God of Israel had given. And the king granted him all his request, according to the hand of Jehovah his God upon him.

כְּיַד־ (כְּ) ke. “according to”

For upon the first of the first month the project of going up from Babylon was determined on, and on the first of the fifth month he came to Jerusalem, according to the good hand of his God upon him.

כְּיַד־ (כְּ) ke. “according to”

Because thou art sent by the king, and by his seven counsellors, to inquire concerning Judah and Jerusalem, according to the law of thy God which is in thy hand;

כָּל־ (כָּ) ko “as”

Therefore thou shalt buy diligently with this money bullocks, rams, lambs, with their oblations and their drink-offerings, and offer them upon the altar of the house of your God which is at Jerusalem.

כָּל־ (כָּ) ko “as”

And whatever shall seem good to thee and to thy brethren to do with the rest of the silver and the gold, that do according to the will of your God.

כִּרְע֥וּת (כִּ) ki “according to”

And thou, Ezra, after the wisdom of thy God, which is in thy hand, set magistrates and judges who may judge all the people that are beyond the river, all such as know the laws of thy God; and teach ye him that knows [ergänzt: them] not.

כְּחָכְמַ֨ת (כְּ) ke. “according to”

Blessed be Jehovah the God of our fathers, who has put [ergänzt: such a thing] as this in the king's heart, to beautify the house of Jehovah which is at Jerusalem;

כָּזֹאת֙ (כָּ) ka. “like”

and has extended mercy to me before the king and his counsellors, and before all the king's mighty princes. And I was strengthened, as the hand of Jehovah my God was upon me; and I gathered together out of Israel chief men to go up with me.

כְּיַד־ (כְּ) ke. “according to”

And by the good hand of our God upon us, they brought us a man of understanding, of the sons of Mahli, the son of Levi, the son of Israel, namely, Sherebiah, with his sons and his brethren, eighteen;

כְּיַד־ (כְּ) ke. “according to”

and twenty basons of gold, of a thousand darics; and two vessels of shining copper, precious as gold.

כַּזָּהָֽב׃ (כַּ) ka. “like <the>”

Now when these things were completed, the princes came to me, saying, The people of Israel, and the priests and the Levites, have not separated themselves from the peoples of the lands, according to their abominations, [ergänzt: even] of the Canaanites, the Hittites, the Perizzites, the Jebusites, the Ammonites, the Moabites, the Egyptians, and the Amorites;

וּכְכַלּ֣וֹת (כְ) khe. “just as”כְּ֠תוֹעֲבֹֽתֵיהֶם (כְּ֠) Ke. “according to”

And when I heard this thing, I rent my mantle and my garment, and plucked off the hair of my head and of my beard, and sat down overwhelmed.

וּכְשָׁמְעִי֙ (כְ) khe. “just as”

Since the days of our fathers, we have been in great trespass to this day; and for our iniquities we, our kings, our priests, have been given into the hand of the kings of the lands, to the sword, and to captivity, and to spoil, and to confusion of face, as it is this day.

כְּהַיּ֥וֹם (כְּ) ke. “as”

And now for a little space there hath been favour from Jehovah our God, to leave us a remnant to escape, and to give us a nail in his holy place, that our God may lighten our eyes, and give us a little reviving in our bondage.

כִּמְעַט־ (כִּ) ki “like”

And after all that is come upon us for our evil deeds and for our great trespass, seeing that thou our God hast punished us less than our iniquities [ergänzt: deserve], and hast given us such deliverance as this,

כָּזֹֽאת׃ (כָּ) ka. “like”

Jehovah, God of Israel, thou art righteous; for we are a remnant that is escaped, as [ergänzt: it is] this day. Behold, we are before thee in our trespasses; for there is no standing before thee because of this.

כְּהַיּ֣וֹם (כְּ) ke. “as”

And while Ezra prayed, and made confession, weeping and falling down before the house of God, there were gathered to him out of Israel a very great congregation of men and women and children; for the people wept very much.

וּכְהִתְפַּלֵּ֤ל (כְ) khe. “just as”וּכְ֨הִתְוַדֹּת֔וֹ (כְ֨) Khe. “just as”

And now let us make a covenant with our God to put away all the wives, and such as are born of them, according to the counsel of [ergänzt: my] lord, and of those that tremble at the commandments of our God; and let it be done according to the law.

וְכַתּוֹרָ֖ה (כַ) kha. “according to the”