Jeremiah 21:12:3Jer.21.12.W3TAB

כֹּ֚ה

ko

thus

Transliteration
KO
Extended
KOH
IPA
/ˈkoː/

Meaning by language

English
thus

Alphabet Analysis

Kafk with dagesh; kh without
Holemlong 'oh' as in go
Heh as in house; silent at word end

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Word in context

  1. word

    KO

  2. clause

    BET da-VID KO a-MAR Ye-ho-VAH di-NU la-BO-ker mish-PAT ve-ha-TSI-lu ga-ZUL mi-YAD o-SHEK

  3. sentence

    BET da-VID KO a-MAR Ye-ho-VAH di-NU la-BO-ker mish-PAT ve-ha-TSI-lu ga-ZUL mi-YAD o-SHEK pen-TE-tse ka-ESH kha-ma-TI u-va-a-RA ve-EN me-kha-BE mi-pe-NE RO-a ma-a-le-HEM ma-al-le-KHEM

Exegesis

The formulaic koh amar {כֹּ֚ה אָמַ֣ר | kō ʾā-mar} ‘thus says’ introduces the divine oracle.

Root and etymology

Rootkaf–heh–nun

priest

In contextJeremiah 21:12

O house of David, thus says the LORD : Execute justice in the morning , and deliver the one who has been robbed from the hand of the oppressor, so that my wrath does not go out like fire and burn with none to quench it because of the evil of your deeds.

About this coordinate

Jeremiah 21:12:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Jeremiah 21:12, so the Hebrew word כֹּ֚ה (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 Jer.21.12.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Jer.21.12.W3.S1) and character.