H9004–/כ–k

When my desire was for the fate of my people to be changed and to make Israel well, then the sin of Ephraim was made clear, and the evil-doing of Samaria; for their ways are false, and the thief comes into the house, while the band of outlaws takes prope

כְּרָפְאִ֣י (כְּ) ke. “when”

For they have made their hearts ready like an oven, while they are waiting secretly; their wrath is sleeping all night; in the morning it is burning like a flaming fire.

כַתַּנּ֛וּר (כַ) kha. “like <the>”כְּאֵ֥שׁ (כְּ) ke. “like”

They are all heated like an oven, and they put an end to their judges; all their kings have been made low; not one among them makes prayer to me.

כַּתַּנּ֔וּר (כַּ) ka. “like <the>”

And Ephraim is like a foolish dove, without wisdom; they send out their cry to Egypt, they go to Assyria.

כְּיוֹנָ֥ה (כְּ) ke. “like”

When they go, my net will be stretched out over them; I will take them like the birds of heaven, I will give them punishment, I will take them away in the net for their sin.

כַּאֲשֶׁ֣ר (כַּ) ka. “just”כְּע֥וֹף (כְּ) ke. “like”כְּשֵׁ֖מַע (כְּ) ke. “according to”

They have gone to what is of no value; they are like a false bow; their captains will come to destruction by the sword, and their ruler by my wrath; for this, the land of Egypt will make sport of them.

כְּקֶ֣שֶׁת (כְּ) ke. “like”

Put the horn to your mouth. He comes like an eagle against the house of the Lord; because they have gone against my agreement, they have not kept my law.

כַּנֶּ֖שֶׁר (כַּ) ka. “like <the>”

Israel has come to destruction; now they are among the nations like a cup in which there is no pleasure.

כִּכְלִ֖י (כִּ) ki “like”

Have no joy, O Israel, and do not be glad like the nations; for you have been untrue to your God; your desire has been for the loose woman's reward on every grain-floor.

כָּֽעַמִּ֔ים (כָּֽ) ka. “like the”

They will give no wine offering to the Lord, they will not make offerings ready for him; their bread will be like the bread of those in sorrow; all who take it will be unclean, because their bread will be only for their desire, it will not come into the

כְּלֶ֤חֶם (כְּ) ke. “[will be] like”

They have gone deep in evil as in the days of Gibeah; he will keep in mind their wrongdoing, he will give them punishment for their sins.

כִּימֵ֣י (כִּ) ki. “like”

I made discovery of Israel as of grapes in the waste land; I saw your fathers as the first-fruits of the fig-tree in her early fruit time; but they came to Baal-peor, and made themselves holy to the thing of shame, and became disgusting like that to whic

כַּעֲנָבִ֣ים (כַּ) ka. “like”כְּבִכּוּרָ֤ה (כְּ) ke. “like”כְּאָהֳבָֽם׃ (כְּ) ke. “as”

As for Ephraim, their glory will go in flight like a bird: there will be no birth and no one with child and no giving of life.

כָּע֖וֹף (כָּ) ka. “like <the>”

As I have seen a beast whose young have been taken from her, so Ephraim will give birth to children only for them to be put to death.

כַּאֲשֶׁר־ (כַּ) ka. “just”

Israel is a branching vine, full of fruit; as his fruit is increased, so the number of his altars is increased; as the land is fair, so they have made fair pillars.

כְּרֹ֣ב (כְּ) ke. “when”כְּט֣וֹב (כְּ) ke. “according to”

Their words are foolish; they make agreements with false oaths, so punishment will come up like a poison-plant in a ploughed field.

כָּרֹאשׁ֙ (כָּ) ka. “like <the>”

As for Samaria, her king is cut off, like mist on the water.

כְּקֶ֖צֶף (כְּ) ke. “like”

So a great outcry will go up from among your people, and all your strong places will be broken, as Beth-arbel was broken by Shalman in the day of war, as the mother was broken on the rocks with her children.

כְּשֹׁ֧ד (כְּ) ke. “like”

I made them come after me with the cords of a man, with the bands of love; I was to them as one who took the yoke from off their mouths, putting meat before them.

כִּמְרִ֥ימֵי (כִּ) ki “like”

How may I give you up, O Ephraim? how may I be your saviour, O Israel? how may I make you like Admah? how may I do to you as I did to Zeboim? My heart is turned in me, it is soft with pity.

כְאַדְמָ֔ה (כְ) khe. “like”כִּצְבֹאיִ֑ם (כִּ) ki “like”

They will go after the Lord; his cry will be like that of a lion; his cry will be loud, and the children will come from the west, shaking with fear;

כְּאַרְיֵ֣ה (כְּ) ke. “like”

Shaking with fear like a bird, they will come out of Egypt, like a dove out of the land of Assyria: and I will give them rest in their houses, says the Lord.

כְצִפּוֹר֙ (כְ) khe. “like”וּכְיוֹנָ֖ה (כְ) khe. “like”

The Lord has a cause against Judah, and will give punishment to Jacob for his ways; he will give him the reward of his acts.

כִּדְרָכָ֔יו (כִּ) ki “according to”כְּמַעֲלָלָ֖יו (כְּ) ke. “according to”

But I am the Lord your God from the land of Egypt; I will give you tents for your living-places again as in the days of the holy meeting.

כִּימֵ֥י (כִּ) ki. “like”

In Gilead there is evil. They are quite without value; in Gilgal they make offerings of oxen; truly their altars are like masses of stones in the hollows of a ploughed field.

כְּגַלִּ֔ים (כְּ) ke. “[are] like”