כָּמֹֽהוּ׃

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 כָּמֹֽהוּ׃

   ka-MO-hu

   like him
2. phraseyour reading level🔊 לֹֽא־קָ֥ם כָּמֹֽהוּ׃

   lo-KAM ka-MO-hu

   did not arise like him
3. clause🔊 וְאַחֲרָ֖יו לֹֽא־קָ֥ם כָּמֹֽהוּ׃

   ve-a-kha-RAV lo-KAM ka-MO-hu

   and after him did not arise like him
4. sentence🔊 וְכָמֹהוּ֩ לֹֽא־הָיָ֨ה לְפָנָ֜יו מֶ֗לֶךְ אֲשֶׁר־שָׁ֤ב אֶל־יְהוָה֙ בְּכָל־לְבָב֤וֹ וּבְכָל־נַפְשׁוֹ֙ וּבְכָל־מְאֹד֔וֹ כְּכֹ֖ל תּוֹרַ֣ת מֹשֶׁ֑ה וְאַחֲרָ֖יו לֹֽא־קָ֥ם כָּמֹֽהוּ׃

   ve-kha-MO-hu lo-ha-YA le-fa-NAV ME-lekh a-sher-SHAV el-ye-ho-VAH be-khol-le-va-VO u-ve-khol-naf-SHO u-ve-khol-me-OD ke-KHOL to-RAT mo-SHE ve-a-kha-RAV lo-KAM ka-MO-hu

   and like him there was not before him a king who returned to the LORD with all his heart and with all his soul and with all his might according to all law of Moses and after him did not arise like him

Exegesis

The concluding inclusio ve-acharav lo-kam kamohu {וְאַחֲרָיו לֹֽא־קָ֥ם כָּמֹֽהוּ | wə-ʾă-ḥă-rā-wāw lō-qām kā-mō-hû} ‘and after him none arose like him’ reinforces his unparalleled status.