H9004–/כ–k

When the words of my law came from Ephraim, he was lifted up in Israel; but when he did evil through the Baal, death overtook him.

כְּדַבֵּ֤ר (כְּ) ke. “when”

And now their sins are increased; they have made themselves a metal image, false gods from their silver, after their designs, all of them the work of the metal-workers; they say of them, Let them give offerings, let men give kisses to the oxen.

כִּתְבוּנָם֙ (כִּ) ki “according to”

So they will be like the morning cloud, like the dew which goes early away, like the dust of the grain which the wind is driving out of the crushing-floor, like smoke going up from the fireplace.

כַּעֲנַן־ (כַּ) ka. “like”וְכַטַּ֖ל (כַ) kha. “like <the>”כְּמֹץ֙ (כְּ) ke. “like”וּכְעָשָׁ֖ן (כְ) khe. “like”

When I gave them food they were full, and their hearts were full of pride, and they did not keep me in mind.

כְּמַרְעִיתָם֙ (כְּ) ke. “according to”

So I will be like a lion to them; as a cruel beast I will keep watch by the road;

כְּנָמֵ֖ר (כְּ) ke. “like”

I will come face to face with them like a bear whose young ones have been taken from her, and their inmost hearts will be broken; there the dogs will make a meal of them; they will be wounded by the beasts of the field.

כְּדֹ֣ב (כְּ) ke. “like”כְּלָבִ֔יא (כְּ) ke. “like”

I will be as the dew to Israel; he will put out flowers like a lily, and send out his roots like Lebanon.

כַטַּל֙ (כַ) kha. “like the”כַּשּֽׁוֹשַׁנָּ֑ה (כַּ) ka. “like <the>”כַּלְּבָנֽוֹן׃ (כַּ) ka. “like <the>”

His branches will be stretched out, he will be beautiful as the olive-tree and sweet-smelling as Lebanon.

כַזַּ֖יִת (כַ) kha. “like <the>”כַּלְּבָנֽוֹן׃ (כַּ) ka. “like <the>”

They will come back and have rest in his shade; their life will be made new like the grain, and they will put out flowers like the vine; his name will be like the wine of Lebanon.

כַגָּ֑פֶן (כַ) kha. “like <the>”כְּיֵ֥ין (כְּ) ke. “[will be] like”

As for Ephraim, what has he to do with false gods any longer? I have given an answer and I will keep watch over him; I am like a branching fir-tree, from me comes your fruit.

כִּבְר֣וֹשׁ (כִּ) ki “[am] like”

Make sounds of grief like a virgin dressed in haircloth for the husband of her early years.

כִּבְתוּלָ֥ה (כִּ) ki “like”

Sorrow for the day! for the day of the Lord is near, and as destruction from the Ruler of all it will come.

וּכְשֹׁ֖ד (כְ) khe. “like”

For a day of dark and deep shade is near, a day of cloud and black night: like a black cloud a great and strong people is covering the mountains; there has never been any like them and will not be after them again, from generation to generation.

כְּשַׁ֖חַר (כְּ) ke. “like”

Before them fire sends destruction, and after them flame is burning: the land is like the garden of Eden before them, and after them an unpeopled waste; truly, nothing has been kept safe from them.

כְּגַן־ (כְּ) ke. “[is] like”

Their form is like the form of horses, and they are running like war-horses.

כְּמַרְאֵ֥ה (כְּ) ke. “[is] like”וּכְפָרָשִׁ֖ים (כְ) khe. “like”

Like the sound of war-carriages they go jumping on the tops of the mountains; like the noise of a flame of fire burning up the grain-stems, like a strong people lined up for the fight.

כְּק֣וֹל (כְּ) ke. “like”כְּקוֹל֙ (כְּ) ke. “like”כְּעַ֣ם (כְּ) ke. “like”

They are running like strong men, they go over the wall like men of war; every man goes straight on his way, their lines are not broken.

כְּגִבּוֹרִ֣ים (כְּ) ke. “like”כְּאַנְשֵׁ֥י (כְּ) ke. “like”

They make a rush on the town, running on the wall; they go up into the houses and in through the windows like a thief.

כַּגַּנָּֽב׃ (כַּ) ka. “like <the>”

כַּֽאֲשֶׁר֙ (כַּֽ) ka. “just”

Though I sent destruction on the Amorite before them, who was tall as the cedar and strong as the oak-tree, cutting off his fruit from on high and his roots from under the earth.

כְּגֹ֤בַהּ (כְּ) ke. “[was] like”כָּֽאַלּוֹנִ֑ים (כָּֽ) ka. “like <the>”

See, I am crushing you down, as one is crushed under a cart full of grain.

כַּאֲשֶׁ֤ר (כַּ) ka. “just”

These are the words of the Lord: As the keeper of sheep takes out of the mouth of the lion two legs or part of an ear; so will the children of Israel be made safe, who are resting in Samaria on seats of honour or on the silk cushions of a bed.

כַּאֲשֶׁר֩ (כַּ) ka. “just”

And I have sent destruction among you, as when God sent destruction on Sodom and Gomorrah, and you were like a burning stick pulled out of the fire: and still you have not come back to me, says the Lord.

כְּמַהְפֵּכַ֤ת (כְּ) ke. “like”כְּא֖וּד (כְּ) ke. “like”

Go to the Lord for help so that you may have life; for fear that he may come like fire bursting out in the family of Joseph, causing destruction, and there will be no one to put it out in Beth-el.

כָּאֵשׁ֙ (כָּ) ka. “like <the>”

Go after good and not evil, so that life may be yours: and so the Lord, the God of armies, will be with you, as you say.

כַּאֲשֶׁ֥ר (כַּ) ka. “just”