1 Chronicles 17:4:51 Chr.17.4.W5TAB
כֹּ֖ה
ko
“thus”
- Transliteration
- KO
- Extended
- KOH
- IPA
- /ˈkoː/
Meaning by language
- English
- thus
Alphabet Analysis
| Kaf | k with dagesh; kh without | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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Word in context
- word
KO
- clause
LEKH ve-a-MAR-ta el-da-VID av-DI KO a-MAR ye-ho-VAH
- sentence
LEKH ve-a-MAR-ta el-da-VID av-DI KO a-MAR ye-ho-VAH LO a-TA tiv-NE-li ha-BA-yit la-SHA-vet
Exegesis
The prophetic formula kōh ʾā-mar Yəhōwāh {כֹּ֖ה אָמַ֣ר יְהוָ֑ה | kōh ʾā-mar Yəhōwāh} ‘thus says the LORD’ introduces the divine oracle.
In context — 1 Chronicles 17:4
Go and say to David my servant, “Thus says the LORD : You will not be the one to build the house for Me to dwell in.”
About this coordinate
1 Chronicles 17:4:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of 1 Chronicles 17:4, so the Hebrew word כֹּ֖ה (ko) can be cited, linked and studied at exactly this position rather than somewhere in the verse. In the Biblical Knowledge Coordinate System the same position is written 1 Chr.17.4.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Chr.17.4.W5.S1) and character.