כֹּ֚ה

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 כֹּ֚ה

   KO

   thus
2. clause🔊 וְעַתָּ֡ה אֱמָר־נָ֣א אֶל־אִישׁ־יְהוּדָה֩ וְעַל־יוֹשְׁבֵ֨י יְרוּשָׁלִַ֜ם לֵאמֹ֗ר כֹּ֚ה אָמַ֣ר יְהוָ֔ה הִנֵּ֨ה אָנֹכִ֜י יוֹצֵ֤ר עֲלֵיכֶם֙ רָעָ֔ה וְחֹשֵׁ֥ב עֲלֵיכֶ֖ם מַֽחֲשָׁבָ֑ה

   ve-a-TA e-MAR-NA el-I-SH-ye-hu-DA ve-al-yo-she-VE ye-ru-sha-LA-yim le-MOR KO a-MAR ye-ho-VAH hi-NE a-NO-khi yo-TSER a-le-KHEM ra-A ve-kho-SHEV a-le-KHEM ma-kha-sha-VA

   and now say, please to a man of Judah or to the men of Judah and to the inhabitants of Jerusalem saying thus says the LORD behold I forming against you evil or disaster and devising against you a plan or a thought
3. sentence🔊 וְעַתָּ֡ה אֱמָר־נָ֣א אֶל־אִישׁ־יְהוּדָה֩ וְעַל־יוֹשְׁבֵ֨י יְרוּשָׁלִַ֜ם לֵאמֹ֗ר כֹּ֚ה אָמַ֣ר יְהוָ֔ה הִנֵּ֨ה אָנֹכִ֜י יוֹצֵ֤ר עֲלֵיכֶם֙ רָעָ֔ה וְחֹשֵׁ֥ב עֲלֵיכֶ֖ם מַֽחֲשָׁבָ֑ה שׁ֣וּבוּ נָ֗א אִ֚ישׁ מִדַּרְכּ֣וֹ הָֽרָעָ֔ה וְהֵיטִ֥יבוּ דַרְכֵיכֶ֖ם וּמַעַלְלֵיכֶֽם׃

   ve-a-TA e-MAR-NA el-I-SH-ye-hu-DA ve-al-yo-she-VE ye-ru-sha-LA-yim le-MOR KO a-MAR ye-ho-VAH hi-NE a-NO-khi yo-TSER a-le-KHEM ra-A ve-kho-SHEV a-le-KHEM ma-kha-sha-VA SHU-vu NA ISH mid-DAR-kho ha-ra-A ve-hei-TI-vu dar-KHEI-khem u-ma-al-le-KHEM

   and now say, please to a man of Judah or to the men of Judah and to the inhabitants of Jerusalem saying thus says the LORD behold I forming against you evil or disaster and devising against you a plan or a thought return please each man or each one from his way the evil and make good or do well your ways and your deeds

Exegesis

The infinitive le-emor {לֵאמֹר | lē-ʾmōr} ‘to say’ introduces indirect speech leading into the prophetic formula koh amar YHWH {כֹּה אָמַר יְהוָה | kōh ʾā-mar Yə-hō-wāh}.

Root and etymology

m-l-ʾ🔊 mem–lamed–aleph

“work, occupation”

• 🔊 מַלְאָךְmal’akhmessengerGenesis 16:7