Jeremiah 21:3:4Jer.21.3.W4TAB

כֹּ֥ה

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. phraseyour reading level

    KO to-me-RUN

  3. clause

    KO to-me-RUN el-tsid-ki-YA-hu

  4. sentence

    va-YO-mer yir-me-YA-hu a-le-HEM KO to-me-RUN el-tsid-ki-YA-hu

Exegesis

The demonstrative koh {כֹּה | kō} ‘thus’ introduces a prophetic formula, and the Qal imperfect toʾmerun {תֹאמְרֻ֖ן | tōʾmərun} ‘you shall say’ issues a second-person plural command.

Root and etymology

Rootkaf–heh–nun

priest

In contextJeremiah 21:3

Jeremiah said to them, “This is what you are to say to Zedekiah .”

About this coordinate

Jeremiah 21:3:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Jeremiah 21:3, so the Hebrew word כֹּ֥ה (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.21.3.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Jer.21.3.W4.S1) and character.