וְכָזֹ֥את

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 וְכָזֹ֥את

   ve-kha-ZOT

   and thus
2. phraseyour reading level🔊 וְכָזֹ֥את וְכָזֹ֖את

   ve-kha-ZOT ve-kha-ZOT

   and thus and thus
3. clause🔊 וְכָזֹ֥את וְכָזֹ֖את יָעַ֥צְתִּי אָֽנִי׃

   ve-kha-ZOT ve-kha-ZOT ya-ATS-ti a-NI

   and thus and thus I counseled I
4. sentence🔊 וַיֹּ֣אמֶר חוּשַׁ֗י אֶל־צָד֤וֹק וְאֶל־אֶבְיָתָר֙ הַכֹּ֣הֲנִ֔ים כָּזֹ֣את וְכָזֹ֗את יָעַ֤ץ אֲחִיתֹ֙פֶל֙ אֶת־אַבְשָׁלֹ֔ם וְאֵ֖ת זִקְנֵ֣י יִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל וְכָזֹ֥את וְכָזֹ֖את יָעַ֥צְתִּי אָֽנִי׃

   va-yo-MER KHU-shai el-tsa-DOK ve-el-ev-ya-TAR ha-ko-ha-NIM ka-ZOT ve-kha-ZOT ya-ATS a-khi-TO-fel et-av-sha-LOM ve-ET zik-NEI yis-ra-EL ve-kha-ZOT ve-kha-ZOT ya-ATS-ti a-NI

   and he said Hushai to Zadok and to Abiathar the priests thus and thus counseled Ahithophel direct object marker Absalom and elders of Israel and thus and thus I counseled I

Exegesis

The idiomatic demonstrative pair kazot vekazot {כָּזֹאת וְכָזֹאת | kāzōṯ wə-kāzōṯ} marks unspecified counsel and, through repetition, emphasizes the contrast.