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title: כָּכָה — thus · The Tanakh dictionary
description: כָּכָה (3602), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 37 times: thus. BDB 1906: adv. thus. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# כָּכָה

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«כָּכָה» 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:** 37 times · **Key:** 3602 · **BDB:** כָּ֫כָה

### Glosses

thus (37)

### Meaning (OSHB)

thus [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1499/3602/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

adv. thus [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1499/3602/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** adv. thus (NH abbrev. to כָּךְ, with preps. בֵּין כָּךְ meanwhile, לְפִיכָךְ therefore; prob. either from כָה and כְּ, lit. as thus, Ol§ 223 h; or from כָּה כָה Köii. 1, 253), somewhat more emph. than כֹּה, usually prefixed to word which it qualifies:—Ex 12:11 וככה תאכלו אתו and thus shall ye eat it, 29:35 Nu 8:26; 11:15 ואם ככה את עשׂה לי, 15:11, 12, 13; Dt 25:9; 29:23 (cf. 1 K 9:8 Je 22:8); so often with עשׂה: 1 S 19:17 למה ככה רמיתני why hast thou thus deceived me? 2 S 17:21 1 K 1:6, 48; Je 13:9; 19:11; 28:11; 51:64; once with an adj. 2 S 13:4 מדוע אתה כָכָה דל why art thou thus lean? Ec 11:5 answering to כַּאֲשֶׁר; ψ 144:15 העם שֶׁכָּכָה לוֹ the people to which it is thus. Once 2 Ch 18:19 repeated, in this way … in that way (‖ 1 K 22:20 בְּכֹה … בְּכֹה). Comp. the syn. כָּזֹאת (v. p. 262). With a prep. once, in late Hebrew, Est 9:26 עַל־כֶּ֫כָה concerning such a matter. With the interrog. אי, אֵיכָכָה how? (p. 32).

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech not compared, 24 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (2 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech not compared, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (1 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «כָּכָה» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1499/3602/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Numbers 15:12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/NUM.15.12/)

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כַּמִּסְפָּ֖ר אֲשֶׁ֣ר תַּעֲשׂ֑וּ כָּ֛כָה תַּעֲשׂ֥וּ לָאֶחָ֖ד כְּמִסְפָּרָֽם׃

*Word for word:* according to the.number which you.will.offer thus you.will.do for the one according to their.number

*JPS 1917:* According to the number that ye may prepare, so shall ye do for every one according to their number.

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[Numbers 15:13](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/NUM.15.13/)

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כָּל־הָאֶזְרָ֥ח יַעֲשֶׂה־כָּ֖כָה אֶת־אֵ֑לֶּה לְהַקְרִ֛יב אִשֵּׁ֥ה רֵֽיחַ־נִיחֹ֖חַ לַֽיהוָֽה׃

*Word for word:* every (the) native-born he.will.do thus (et) these.\[things\] to bring.near a.fire.offering of.an.odor of.soothing to Yahweh

*JPS 1917:* All that are home-born shall do these things after this manner, in presenting an offering made by fire, of a sweet savour unto the LORD.

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