H9004–/כ–k

When Ephraim spoke, there was trembling; he exalted himself in Israel: but he trespassed through Baal, and he died.

כְּדַבֵּ֤ר (כְּ) ke. “when”

And now they sin more and more, and have made them molten images of their silver, idols according to their own understanding, all of it the work of the craftsmen: they say of them, Let the men that sacrifice kiss the calves.

כִּתְבוּנָם֙ (כִּ) ki “according to”

Therefore they shall be as the morning cloud, and as the early dew that passeth away, as the chaff driven with the whirlwind out of the threshing-floor, and as the smoke out of the lattice.

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

According to their pasture, they became full; they became full, and their heart was exalted: therefore have they forgotten me.

כְּמַרְעִיתָם֙ (כְּ) ke. “according to”

And I will be unto them as a lion; as a leopard I will lurk for them by the way;

כְּנָמֵ֖ר (כְּ) ke. “like”

I will meet them as a bear bereaved of her [ergänzt: whelps], and will rend the covering of their heart, and there will I devour them like a lioness: the beast of the field shall tear them.

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

I will be as the dew unto Israel: he shall blossom as the lily, and cast forth his roots as Lebanon.

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

His shoots shall spread, and his beauty shall be as the olive-tree, and his smell as Lebanon.

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

They shall return and sit under his shadow; they shall revive [ergänzt: as] corn, and blossom as the vine: the renown thereof shall be as the wine of Lebanon.

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

Ephraim [ergänzt: shall say], What have I to do any more with idols? (I answer [ergänzt: him], and I will observe him.) I am like a green fir-tree. -- From me is thy fruit found.

כִּבְר֣וֹשׁ (כִּ) ki “[am] like”

Wail like a virgin girded with sackcloth for the husband of her youth.

כִּבְתוּלָ֥ה (כִּ) ki “like”

Alas for the day! for the day of Jehovah is at hand, and as destruction from the Almighty shall it come.

וּכְשֹׁ֖ד (כְ) khe. “like”

a day of darkness and gloom, a day of clouds and gross darkness, as the dawn spread upon the mountains; -- a great people and a strong; there hath not been ever the like, neither shall be any more after them, to the years of generations and generations.

כְּשַׁ֖חַר (כְּ) ke. “like”

A fire devoureth before them, and behind them a flame burneth; the land is as a garden of Eden before them, and behind them a desolate wilderness: yea, and nothing escapeth them.

כְּגַן־ (כְּ) ke. “[is] like”

The appearance of them is as the appearance of horses; and as horsemen, so they run.

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

Like the noise of chariots, on the tops of the mountains, they leap; like the noise of a flame of fire that devoureth the stubble, as a strong people set in battle array.

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

They run like mighty men; they climb the wall like men of war; and they march every one on his ways, and break not their ranks.

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

They spread themselves over the city; they run upon the wall; they climb up into the houses; they enter in by the windows like a thief.

כַּגַּנָּֽב׃ (כַּ) ka. “like <the>”

And it shall be that whosoever shall call upon the name of Jehovah shall be saved: for in mount Zion and in Jerusalem shall be deliverance, as Jehovah hath said, and for the residue whom Jehovah shall call.

כַּֽאֲשֶׁר֙ (כַּֽ) ka. “just”

But I destroyed the Amorite before them, whose height was as the height of the cedars, and he was strong as the oaks; but I destroyed his fruit from above, and his roots from beneath.

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

Behold, I will press upon you, as a cart presseth that is full of sheaves.

כַּאֲשֶׁ֤ר (כַּ) ka. “just”

Thus saith Jehovah: Like as the shepherd rescueth out of the jaw of the lion two legs, or a piece of an ear; so shall the children of Israel be rescued that sit in Samaria in the corner of a couch, and upon the damask of a bed.

כַּאֲשֶׁר֩ (כַּ) ka. “just”

I have overthrown among you, like God's overthrow of Sodom and Gomorrah, and ye were as a brand plucked out of the burning; yet have ye not returned unto me, saith Jehovah.

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

Seek Jehovah, and ye shall live; lest he break out like fire in the house of Joseph, and devour [ergänzt: it], and there be none to quench [ergänzt: it] in Bethel.

כָּאֵשׁ֙ (כָּ) ka. “like <the>”

Seek good, and not evil, that ye may live; and so Jehovah, the God of hosts, shall be with you, as ye say.

כַּאֲשֶׁ֥ר (כַּ) ka. “just”