2 Samuel 19:13:72 Sam.19.13.W7TABWLC 2 Samuel 19:14
כֹּ֣ה
ko
“thus”
- Transliteration
- KO
- Extended
- KOH
- IPA
- /koː/
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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The word
Word in context
- word
KO
- phraseyour reading level
KO ya-a-SE-LI e-lo-HIM
- clause
KO ya-a-SE-LI e-lo-HIM ve-KHO yo-SIF im-lo-O sar-tsa-VA ti-he-YE le-fa-NAI KOL-ha-ya-MIM TA-khat yo-AV
- sentence
ve-la-a-ma-SA TOM-re-U ha-lo-O A-ts-me u-ve-sa-RI A-TA KO ya-a-SE-LI e-lo-HIM ve-KHO yo-SIF im-lo-O sar-tsa-VA ti-he-YE le-fa-NAI KOL-ha-ya-MIM TA-khat yo-AV
Exegesis
The oath formula koh ya’aseh li Elohim vekoh yosif {כֹּה יַעֲשֶׂה לִי אֱלֹהִים וְכֹה יוֹסִיף} employs two parallel imprecations with divine subject expressed elliptically in the third person masculine singular.
Root and etymology
כ־ה־ן
“priest”
In context — 2 Samuel 19:13
And to Amasa you shall say, “Are you not my bone and my flesh ? Thus may God do to me, and thus may He add, if you do not become commander of the army in place of Joab before me all the days.”
About this coordinate
2 Samuel 19:13:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of 2 Samuel 19:13, so the Hebrew word כֹּ֣ה (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 2 Sam.19.13.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Sam.19.13.W7.S1) and character.