Nehemiah 13:18:2Neh.13.18.W2TAB
כֹ֤ה
ko
“thus”
- Transliteration
- KO
- Extended
- KOH
- IPA
- /ˈkoː/
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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Word in context
- word
KO
- phraseyour reading level
ha-lo KO a-SU
- clause
ha-lo KO a-SU a-vo-TEI-khem va-ya-VE e-lo-HEI-nu a-LEI-nu ET KAL-ha-ra-A ha-ZOT ve-AL ha-IR ha-ZOT
- sentence
ha-lo KO a-SU a-vo-TEI-khem va-ya-VE e-lo-HEI-nu a-LEI-nu ET KAL-ha-ra-A ha-ZOT ve-AL ha-IR ha-ZOT ve-a-TEM mo-si-FIM kha-RON al-yis-ra-EL le-kha-LEL et-ha-sha-BAT
Exegesis
The verse begins with the interrogative halo {הֲלוֹא | hə·lōʾ} ‘is it not’ and the demonstrative adverb koh {כֹּה | kō(h)} ‘thus’, framing a rhetorical question.
Root and etymology
b-r-kbet–resh–kaf
“to bless”
In context — Nehemiah 13:18
Is it not thus that your fathers acted, and our God brought all this calamity upon us and upon this city? Yet you are adding wrath upon Israel by profaning the Sabbath .
About this coordinate
Nehemiah 13:18:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of Nehemiah 13:18, so the Hebrew word כֹ֤ה (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 Neh.13.18.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (Neh.13.18.W2.S1) and character.