H9004–/כ–k

And I gave my brother Hanani, and Hananiah the ruler of the citadel, charge over Jerusalem; for he was a faithful man and feared God above many.

כְּאִ֣ישׁ (כְּ) ke. “[was] like”

The whole congregation together was forty-two thousand three hundred and sixty,

כְּאֶחָ֑ד (כְּ) ke. “as”

all the people gathered together as one man to the open place that was before the water-gate; and they spoke to Ezra the scribe to bring the book of the law of Moses, which Jehovah had commanded Israel.

כְּאִ֣ישׁ (כְּ) ke. “like”

And Ezra opened the book in the sight of all the people, for he was above all the people; and when he opened it, all the people stood up.

וּכְפִתְח֖וֹ (כְ) khe. “just as”

And Nehemiah, that is, the Tirshatha, and Ezra the priest the scribe, and the Levites that explained to the people, said to all the people, This day is holy to Jehovah your God: mourn not, nor weep. For all the people wept when they heard the words of the law.

כְּשָׁמְעָ֖ם (כְּ) ke. “when”

and that they should publish and proclaim through all their cities, and at Jerusalem, saying, Go forth to the mount, and fetch olive-branches, and wild olive-branches, and myrtle-branches, and palm-branches, and branches of thick trees, to make booths, as it is written.

כַּכָּתֽוּב׃ (כַּ) ka. “according to <the>”

Also day by day, from the first day to the last day, he read in the book of the law of God. And they observed the feast seven days; and on the eighth day was a solemn assembly, according to the ordinance.

כַּמִּשְׁפָּֽט׃ (כַּ) ka. “according to the”

and didst shew signs and wonders upon Pharaoh, and upon all his servants, and upon all the people of his land; for thou knewest that they dealt proudly against them, and thou didst make thee a name, as it is this day.

כְּהַיּ֥וֹם (כְּ) ke. “as”

And their children thou didst multiply as the stars of heaven, and thou broughtest them into the land concerning which thou didst say to their fathers that they should go in to possess it.

כְּכֹכְבֵ֖י (כְּ) ke. “like”

And the children went in and possessed the land; and thou subduedst before them the inhabitants of the land, the Canaanites, and gavest them into their hands, both their kings and the peoples of the land, that they might do with them as they would.

כִּרְצוֹנָֽם׃ (כִּ) ki “according to”

And thou gavest them into the hand of their oppressors, and they oppressed them; and in the time of their distress, when they cried unto thee, thou heardest them from the heavens, and according to thy manifold mercies thou gavest them saviours, who saved them out of the hand of their oppressors.

וּֽכְרַחֲמֶ֣יךָ (כְ) khe. “according to”

But when they had rest, they did evil again before thee; and thou didst leave them in the hand of their enemies, and they had dominion over them; and again they cried unto thee, and thou heardest [ergänzt: them] from the heavens, and many times didst thou deliver them, according to thy mercies.

וּכְנ֣וֹחַ (כְ) khe. “just as”כְּֽרַחֲמֶ֖יךָ (כְּֽ) ke. “according to”

And it yieldeth much increase unto the kings whom thou hast set over us because of our sins: and they have dominion over our bodies, and over our cattle, at their pleasure; and we are in great distress.

כִּרְצוֹנָ֔ם (כִּ) ki “according to”

And we cast the lots among the priests, the Levites, and the people, for the wood-offering, to bring [ergänzt: it] into the house of our God, according to our fathers' houses, at times appointed year by year, to burn upon the altar of Jehovah our God, as it is written in the law;

כַּכָּת֖וּב (כַּ) ka. “according to <the>”

and the firstborn of our sons and of our cattle, as it is written in the law; and to bring the firstlings of our herds and of our flocks to the house of our God, to the priests that minister in the house of our God;

כַּכָּת֖וּב (כַּ) ka. “according to <the>”

And, with the singers and the doorkeepers, they kept the ward of their God, and the ward of the purification, according to the commandment of David [ergänzt: and] of Solomon his son.

כְּמִצְוַ֥ת (כְּ) ke. “according to”

And it came to pass, when they heard the law, that they separated from Israel all the mixed multitude.

כְּשָׁמְעָ֣ם (כְּ) ke. “when”

And it came to pass, that when it began to be dark in the gates of Jerusalem before the sabbath, I commanded that the gates should be shut; and I commanded that they should not be opened till after the sabbath. And I set [ergänzt: some] of my servants at the gates, so that no burden should be brought in on the sabbath day.

כַּאֲשֶׁ֣ר (כַּ) ka. “just”

And I commanded the Levites that they should purify themselves, and that they should come and keep the gates, to hallow the sabbath day. Remember this also for me, my God, and spare me according to thy great loving-kindness!

כְּרֹ֥ב (כְּ) ke. “according to”

And their children spoke half in the language of Ashdod, and could not speak in the Jews' language, but according to the language of each people.

וְכִלְשׁ֖וֹן (כִ) khi “according to”

in those days, when the king Ahasuerus sat on the throne of his kingdom, which was in Shushan the fortress,

כְּשֶׁ֣בֶת׀ (כְּ) ke. “when”

And they gave drink in vessels of gold (the vessels being diverse one from another), and royal wine in abundance, according to the king's bounty.

כְּיַ֥ד (כְּ) ke. “according to”

And the drinking was, according to commandment, without constraint; for so the king had appointed to all the magnates of his house, that they should do according to every man's pleasure.

כַדָּ֖ת (כַ) kha. “[was] according to the”כִּרְצ֥וֹן (כִּ) ki “according to”

On the seventh day, when the king's heart was merry with wine, he commanded Mehuman, Biztha, Harbona, Bigtha, and Abagtha, Zethar, and Carcas, the seven chamberlains that served in the presence of king Ahasuerus,

כְּט֥וֹב (כְּ) ke. “when”

What shall be done to the queen Vashti according to law, because she has not performed the word of the king Ahasuerus by the chamberlains?

כְּדָת֙ (כְּ) ke. “according to”