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title: כֹּה — thus · The Tanakh dictionary
description: כֹּה (3541), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 577 times: thus. BDB 1906: demonstr. adv. thus, here. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# כֹּה

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«כֹּה» in the Tanakh dictionary: **thus** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 2 verses in layers.

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**Used:** 577 times · **Key:** 3541 · **BDB:** כֹּה

### Glosses

thus (576); \[is\].thus (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

thus [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1499/3541/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

demonstr. adv. thus, here [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1499/3541/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** demonstr. adv. thus, here (BA כָּה; 𝔗 𝔖Jerus. Mand. כָּא here: in Syriac with prefixes ܠܟܳܐ hither, ܡܶܟܳܐ (𝔖Jerus. ܡܶܢ ܟܳܐ) hence, ܐܰܝܟܳܐ where? cf. אֵיכָה, p. 32, and Köii. 1, 252)— of manner, thus (so most freq., and usually pointing to what is to follow, while כֵּן points commonly to what has preceded), Gn 15:5 כה יהיה זרעך thus shall thy seed be, Nu 6:23 1 K 2:30 כֹּה דִבֶּר יוֹאָב וְכֹה עָנָנִי, 5:25 Is 24:13 (answered by כְּ, as Je 23:29); with a subst. Is 20:6 הִנֵּה כֹה מַבָּטֵנוּ, Je 9:21 (si vera l.), 23:29 1 S 27:11. Mostly confined to particular phrases: thus with diff. forms of אמר, כה תאמר thus shalt thou say Ex 3:14, 15; 19:3; 20:22 etc.; especially כה אמר י״י thus saith (or said) י׳ Ex 4:22; 5:1; 7:17, 26; 8:16 etc.; and continually in the prophets, as Is 7:7; 8:11; 18:4 etc.; Je 2:2, 5; 4:27; 6:16 etc.; also in the idiom. formula אִם כֹּה יֹאמַר if he say (or used to say) (the words spoken following) †Gn 31:8 1 S 14:9, 10; 20:7 2 S 15:26. with עשׂה to do thus, Ex 5:15 Dt 7:5; pointing back, Nu 22:30 Jos 6:14 1 S 27:11 al.; especially in the phrase כה יעשׂה אלהים וכה יוסיף (with variations), 1 S 3:17 + (v. יסף), in which כֹּה points to an imprecation understood but not expressed. With בְּ prefixed †1 K 22:20 ויאמר זה בְּכֹה וזה אמר בְּכֹה and one spake in this wise, and another spake in that wise (‖ 2 Ch 18:19 כָּכָה … כָּכָה; prob. rightly). of place, here (rare, chiefly in E), Gn 31:37 שִׂים כֹּה place it here before my brethren, Nu 23:15(×2) 2 S 18:30 Ru 2:8. Repeated, Ex 2:12 וַיִּפֶן כֹּה וָכֹה and he turned this way and that way; כֹּה … כֹּה on this side … on that side Nu 11:31. With עַד Gn 22:5 and we will go עַד־כֹּה as far as here (δεικτικῶς) i.e. yonder. of time, עַד כֹּה hitherto, Ex 7:16 (cf. עַד־הֵנָּה), Jos 17:14; עַד־כֹּה וְעַד־כֹּה till now and till then, i.e. meanwhile, 1 K 18:45.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech not compared, 44 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (3 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech not compared, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (3 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «כֹּה» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1499/3541/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Jeremiah 45:2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JER.45.2/)

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כֹּֽה־אָמַ֥ר יְהוָ֖ה אֱלֹהֵ֣י יִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל עָלֶ֖יךָ בָּרֽוּךְ׃

*Word for word:* thus he.says Yahweh the.God of.Israel to you O.Baruch

*JPS 1917:* 'Thus saith the LORD, the God of Israel, concerning thee, O Baruch: Thou didst say:

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[Isaiah 7:7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/ISA.7.7/)

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כֹּ֥ה אָמַ֖ר אֲדֹנָ֣י יְהוִ֑ה לֹ֥א תָק֖וּם וְלֹ֥א תִֽהְיֶֽה׃

*Word for word:* thus he.says Lord \[the\] Yahweh not it.will.stand and not it.will.happen

*JPS 1917:* thus saith the Lord GOD: It shall not stand, neither shall it come to pass.

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