H9004–/כ–k

And I do so, as I have been commanded; my vessels I have brought forth as vessels of removal by day, and at even I have dug for me through the wall with the hand; in the darkness I have brought forth, on the shoulder I have borne away, before their eyes.

כַּאֲשֶׁ֣ר (כַּ) ka. “just”כִּכְלֵ֤י (כִּ) ki “like”

Say: I `am' your type; as I have done so it is done to them, into a removal, into a captivity, they do go.

כַּאֲשֶׁ֣ר (כַּ) ka. “just”

As foxes in the wastes, Thy prophets, O Israel, have been.

כְּשֻׁעָלִ֖ים (כְּ) ke. “like”

And they have borne their iniquity: as the iniquity of the inquirer, so is the iniquity of the prophet;

כַּֽעֲוֹן֙ (כַּֽ) ka. “as”כַּעֲוֹ֥ן (כַּ) ka. “as”

Therefore, thus said the Lord Jehovah: As the vine-tree among trees of the forest, That I have given to the fire for fuel, So I have given the inhabitants of Jerusalem.

כַּאֲשֶׁ֤ר (כַּ) ka. “just”

A myriad -- as the shoot of the field I have made thee, And thou art multiplied, and art great, And comest in with an excellent adornment, Breasts have been formed, and thy hair hath grown -- And thou, naked and bare!

כְּצֶ֤מַח (כְּ) ke. “like”

In thy building thine arch at the head of every way, Thy high place thou hast made in every broad place, And -- hast not been as a whore deriding a gift.

כַּזּוֹנָ֖ה (כַּ) ka. “like <the>”

Thus said the Lord Jehovah: Because of thy brass being poured forth, And thy nakedness is revealed in thy whoredoms near thy lovers, And near all the idols of thy abominations, And according to the blood of thy sons, Whom thou hast given to them;

וְכִדְמֵ֣י (כִ) khi “according to”

Lo, every one using a simile, Doth use a simile concerning thee, saying: As the mother -- her daughter!

כְּאִמָּ֖ה (כְּ) ke. “[is] like”

And -- in their ways thou hast not walked, And according to their abominations done, As a little thing it hath been loathed, And thou dost more corruptly than they in all thy ways.

כִּמְעַ֣ט (כִּ) ki “like”

I live -- an affirmation of the Lord Jehovah, Sodom thy sister hath not done -- she and her daughters -- As thou hast done -- thou and thy daughters.

כַּאֲשֶׁ֣ר (כַּ) ka. “just”

And they are haughty and do abomination before Me, And I turn them aside when I have seen.

כַּאֲשֶׁ֥ר (כַּ) ka. “just”

As to Samaria, as the half of thy sins -- she hath not sinned, And thou dost multiply thine abominations more than they, And dost justify thy sisters by all thy abominations that thou hast done.

כַּחֲצִ֥י (כַּ) ka. “according to”

For thus said the Lord Jehovah: I have dealt with thee as thou hast done, In that thou hast despised an oath -- to break covenant.

כַּאֲשֶׁ֣ר (כַּ) ka. “just”

And lo, the planted thing -- doth it prosper? When come against it doth the east wind, Doth it not utterly wither? On the furrows of its springing it withereth.'

כְגַ֨עַת (כְ) khe. “when”

Lo, all the souls are Mine, As the soul of the father, So also the soul of the son -- they are Mine, The soul that is sinning -- it doth die.

כְּנֶ֧פֶשׁ (כְּ) ke. “as”וּכְנֶ֥פֶשׁ (כְ) khe. “as”

And -- lo, he hath begotten a son, And he seeth all the sins of his father, That he hath done, and he feareth, And doth not do like them,

כָּהֵֽן׃ (כָּ) ka. “like”

And in the turning back of the righteous from his righteousness, And he hath done perversity, According to all the abominations That the wicked hath done, he doth -- thus he liveth, All his righteousnesses that he hath done are not remembered, For his trespass that he hath trespassed, And for his sin that he hath sinned, For them he doth die.

כְּכֹ֨ל (כְּ) ke. “according to”

Therefore, each according to his ways I judge you, O house of Israel? An affirmation of the Lord Jehovah, Turn ye back, yea, turn yourselves back, From all your transgressions, And iniquity is not to you for a stumbling-block,

כִּדְרָכָ֜יו (כִּ) ki “according to”

Thy mother `is' as a vine in thy blood by waters planted, Fruitful and full of boughs it hath been, Because of many waters.

כַגֶּ֛פֶן (כַ) kha. “like <the>”

And that which is going up on your mind, It is not at all -- in that ye are saying: We will be as the nations, as the families of the lands, To serve wood and stone.

כַגּוֹיִם֙ (כַ) kha. “like the”כְּמִשְׁפְּח֣וֹת (כְּ) ke. “like”

As I was judged with your fathers, In the wilderness of the land of Egypt, So I am judged with you, An affirmation of the Lord Jehovah.

כַּאֲשֶׁ֤ר (כַּ) ka. “just”

And ye have known that I `am' Jehovah, In My dealing with you for My name's sake, Not according to your evil ways, And according to your corrupt doings, O house of Israel, An affirmation of the Lord Jehovah.'

כְדַרְכֵיכֶ֨ם (כְ) khe. “according to”וְכַעֲלִילֽוֹתֵיכֶ֤ם (כַ) kha. “according to”

And it hath been to them as a false divination in their eyes, Who have sworn oaths to them, And he is causing iniquity to be remembered to be caught.

כִּקְסָם (כִּ) ki “as”

As the melting of silver in the midst of a furnace, So are ye melted in its midst, And ye have known that I, Jehovah, I have poured out My fury upon you.'

כְּהִתּ֥וּךְ (כְּ) ke. “like”