כֹּ֚ה

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 כֹּ֚ה

   KO

   thus
2. clause🔊 וַיֹּ֣אמֶר אֵלָ֗יו כֹּ֚ה אָמַ֣ר יְהוָ֔ה יַ֛עַן שִׁלַּ֥חְתָּ אֶת־אִישׁ־חֶרְמִ֖י מִיָּ֑ד

   va-yo-MER e-LAV KO a-MAR ye-ho-VAH YA-an shil-LAKH-ta et-I-shi-kher-MI mi-YAD

   and he said to him thus said LORD because you sent away or let go the man of my devoted-thing or my ban from {the} hand
3. sentence🔊 וַיֹּ֣אמֶר אֵלָ֗יו כֹּ֚ה אָמַ֣ר יְהוָ֔ה יַ֛עַן שִׁלַּ֥חְתָּ אֶת־אִישׁ־חֶרְמִ֖י מִיָּ֑ד וְהָיְתָ֤ה נַפְשְׁךָ֙ תַּ֣חַת נַפְשׁ֔וֹ וְעַמְּךָ֖ תַּ֥חַת עַמּֽוֹ׃

   va-yo-MER e-LAV KO a-MAR ye-ho-VAH YA-an shil-LAKH-ta et-I-shi-kher-MI mi-YAD ve-ha-ye-TA NA-fe-she-kha TA-khat naf-SHO ve-am-ME-kha TA-khat a-MO

   and he said to him thus said LORD because you sent away or let go the man of my devoted-thing or my ban from {the} hand and it will be your life instead of or under his life and your people instead of or under his people

Exegesis

The prophetic formula koh amar yehowah {כֹּ֚ה אָמַ֣ר יְהוָ֔ה | kō ʾā-mar Yə-hō-wāh} ‘Thus says the LORD’ asserts divine authority.

Root and etymology

s-k-k🔊 ס־כ־כsamekh–kaph–kaph

“shelter, booth”

• 🔊 סֻכּוֹתSukkotFestival of Booths