Numbers 22:16:5Num.22.16.W5TAB
כֹּ֤ה
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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Word in context
- word
KO
- phraseyour reading level
KO a-MAR
- clause
va-yo-MRU LO KO a-MAR ba-LAK ben-tsi-POR al-NA ti-ma-NA me-ha-LOKH e-LAI
- sentence
va-ya-VO-u el-bil-AM va-yo-MRU LO KO a-MAR ba-LAK ben-tsi-POR al-NA ti-ma-NA me-ha-LOKH e-LAI
Exegesis
The expression koh {כֹּה | kō} ‘thus’ coupled with amar {אָמַר | ’āmar} ‘he said’ serves as the proclamation formula for Balak’s speech.
In context — Numbers 22:16
They came to Balaam and said to him, “Thus says Balak son of Zippor: ‘Please do not withhold yourself from coming to me .’”
About this coordinate
Numbers 22:16:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Numbers 22:16, so the Hebrew word כֹּ֤ה (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 Num.22.16.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.22.16.W5.S1) and character.