H9004–/כ–k

When Ephraim spake trembling, he exalted himself in Israel; but when he offended in Baal, he died.

כְּדַבֵּ֤ר (כְּ) ke. “when”

And now they sin more and more, and have made them molten images of their silver, and 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 that is driven with the whirlwind out of the floor, and as the smoke out of the chimney.

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

According to their pasture, so were they filled; they were filled, and their heart was exalted; therefore have they forgotten me.

כְּמַרְעִיתָם֙ (כְּ) ke. “according to”

Therefore I will be unto them as a lion: as a leopard by the way will I observe them:

כְּנָמֵ֖ר (כְּ) ke. “like”

I will meet them as a bear that is bereaved of her whelps, and will rend the caul of their heart, and there will I devour them like a lion: the wild beast shall tear them.

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

I will be as the dew unto Israel: he shall grow 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 branches 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 that dwell under his shadow shall return; they shall revive as the corn, and grow as the vine: the scent thereof shall be as the wine of Lebanon.

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

Ephraim shall say, What have I to do any more with idols? I have heard him, and observed him: I am like a green fir tree. From me is thy fruit found.

כִּבְר֣וֹשׁ (כִּ) ki “[am] like”

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

כִּבְתוּלָ֥ה (כִּ) ki “like”

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

וּכְשֹׁ֖ד (כְ) khe. “like”

A day of darkness and of gloominess, a day of clouds and of thick darkness, as the morning spread upon the mountains: a great people and a strong; there hath not been ever the like, neither shall be any more after it, even to the years of many generations.

כְּשַׁ֖חַר (כְּ) ke. “like”

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

כְּגַן־ (כְּ) ke. “[is] like”

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

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

Like the noise of chariots on the tops of mountains shall 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 shall run like mighty men; they shall climb the wall like men of war; and they shall march every one on his ways, and they shall not break their ranks:

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

They shall run to and fro in the city; they shall run upon the wall, they shall climb up upon the houses; they shall enter in at the windows like a thief.

כַּגַּנָּֽב׃ (כַּ) ka. “like <the>”

And it shall come to pass, that whosoever shall call on the name of the LORD shall be delivered: for in mount Zion and in Jerusalem shall be deliverance, as the LORD hath said, and in the remnant whom the LORD shall call.

כַּֽאֲשֶׁר֙ (כַּֽ) ka. “just”

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

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

Behold, I am pressed under you, as a cart is pressed that is full of sheaves.

כַּאֲשֶׁ֤ר (כַּ) ka. “just”

Thus saith the LORD; As the shepherd taketh out of the mouth of the lion two legs, or a piece of an ear; so shall the children of Israel be taken out that dwell in Samaria in the corner of a bed, and in Damascus in a couch.

כַּאֲשֶׁר֩ (כַּ) ka. “just”

I have overthrown some of you, as God overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah, and ye were as a firebrand plucked out of the burning: yet have ye not returned unto me, saith the LORD.

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

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

כָּאֵשׁ֙ (כָּ) ka. “like <the>”

Seek good, and not evil, that ye may live: and so the LORD, the God of hosts, shall be with you, as ye have spoken.

כַּאֲשֶׁ֥ר (כַּ) ka. “just”