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As if a man did flee from a lion, and a bear met him; and went into the house and leaned his hand on the wall, and a serpent bit him.

כַּאֲשֶׁ֨ר (כַּ) ka. “just”

But let justice well up as waters, and righteousness as a mighty stream.

כַּמַּ֖יִם (כַּ) ka. “like <the>”כְּנַ֥חַל (כְּ) ke. “like”

That thrum on the psaltery, that devise for themselves instruments of music, like David;

כְּדָוִ֕יד (כְּ) ke. “like”

Shall not the land tremble for this, and every one mourn that dwelleth therein? Yea, it shall rise up wholly like the River; and it shall be troubled and sink again, like the River of Egypt.

כָאֹר֙ (כָ) kha. “like the”כִּיא֥וֹר (כִּ) ki. “like”

And I will turn your feasts into mourning, and all your songs into lamentation; and I will bring up sackcloth upon all loins, and baldness upon every head; and I will make it as the mourning for an only son, and the end thereof as a bitter day.

כְּאֵ֣בֶל (כְּ) ke. “like”כְּי֥וֹם (כְּ) ke. “[will be] like”

For the Lord, the GOD of hosts, is He that toucheth the land and it melteth, and all that dwell therein mourn; and it riseth up wholly like the River, and sinketh again, like the River of Egypt;

כַיְאֹר֙ (כַ) kha “like the”כִּיאֹ֥ר (כִּ) ki. “like”

Are ye not as the children of the Ethiopians unto Me, O children of Israel? saith the LORD. Have not I brought up Israel out of the land of Egypt, and the Philistines from Caphtor, and Aram from Kir?

כִבְנֵי֩ (כִ) khi “like”

For, lo, I will command, and I will sift the house of Israel among all the nations, like as corn is sifted in a sieve, yet shall not the least grain fall upon the earth.

כַּאֲשֶׁ֤ר (כַּ) ka. “just”

In that day will I raise up the tabernacle of David that is fallen, and close up the breaches thereof, and I will raise up his ruins, and I will build it as in the days of old;

כִּימֵ֥י (כִּ) ki. “like”

Though thou make thy nest as high as the eagle, and though thou set it among the stars, I will bring thee down from thence, saith the LORD.

כַּנֶּ֔שֶׁר (כַּ) ka. “like <the>”

In the day that thou didst stand aloof, in the day that strangers carried away his substance, and foreigners entered into his gates, and cast lots upon Jerusalem, even thou wast as one of them.

כְּאַחַ֥ד (כְּ) ke. “[were] like”

For the day of the LORD is near upon all the nations; as thou hast done, it shall be done unto thee; thy dealing shall return upon thine own head.

כַּאֲשֶׁ֤ר (כַּ) ka. “just”

For as ye have drunk upon My holy mountain, so shall all the nations drink continually, yea, they shall drink, and swallow down, and shall be as though they had not been.

כַּֽאֲשֶׁ֤ר (כַּֽ) ka. “just”כְּל֥וֹא (כְּ) ke. “like”

Wherefore they cried unto the LORD, and said: 'We beseech Thee, O LORD, we beseech Thee, let us not perish for this man's life, and lay not upon us innocent blood; for Thou, O LORD, hast done as it pleased Thee.'

כַּאֲשֶׁ֥ר (כַּ) ka. “just”

So Jonah arose, and went unto Nineveh, according to the word of the LORD. Now Nineveh was an exceeding great city, of three days' journey.

כִּדְבַ֣ר (כִּ) ki “according to”

And it came to pass, when the sun arose, that God prepared a vehement east wind; and the sun beat upon the head of Jonah, that he fainted, and requested for himself that he might die, and said: 'It is better for me to die than to live.'

כִּזְרֹ֣חַ (כִּ) ki “when”

And the mountains shall be molten under Him, and the valleys shall be cleft, as wax before the fire, as waters that are poured down a steep place.

כַּדּוֹנַג֙ (כַּ) ka. “like <the>”כְּמַ֖יִם (כְּ) ke. “like”

For this will I wail and howl, I will go stripped and naked; I will make a wailing like the jackals, and a mourning like the ostriches.

כַּתַּנִּ֔ים (כַּ) ka. “like <the>”כִּבְנ֥וֹת (כִּ) ki “like”

Make thee bald, and poll thee for the children of thy delight; enlarge thy baldness as the vulture; for they are gone into captivity from thee.

כַּנֶּ֔שֶׁר (כַּ) ka. “like <the>”

I will surely assemble, O Jacob, all of thee; I will surely gather the remnant of Israel; I will render them all as sheep in a fold; as a flock in the midst of their pasture; they shall make great noise by reason of the multitude of men.

כְּצֹ֣אן (כְּ) ke. “like”כְּעֵ֙דֶר֙ (כְּ) ke. “like”

Who also eat the flesh of my people, and flay their skin from off them, and break their bones; yea, they chop them in pieces, as that which is in the pot, and as flesh within the caldron.

כַּאֲשֶׁ֣ר (כַּ) ka. “just”וּכְבָשָׂ֖ר (כְ) khe. “like”

Then shall they cry unto the LORD, but He will not answer them; yea, He will hide His face from them at that time, according as they have wrought evil in their doings.

כַּאֲשֶׁ֥ר (כַּ) ka. “<as>”

Now why dost thou cry out aloud? Is there no King in thee, is thy Counsellor perished, that pangs have taken hold of thee as of a woman in travail?

כַּיּוֹלֵדָֽה׃ (כַּ) ka “like <the>”

Be in pain, and labour to bring forth, O daughter of Zion, like a woman in travail; for now shalt thou go forth out of the city, and shalt dwell in the field, and shalt come even unto Babylon; there shalt thou be rescued; there shall the LORD redeem thee

כַּיּֽוֹלֵדָ֑ה (כַּ) ka “like <the>”

But they know not the thoughts of the LORD, neither understand they His counsel; for He hath gathered them as the sheaves to the threshing-floor.

כֶּעָמִ֥יר (כֶּ) ke. “like <the>”