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Hebrew
Etymology
Cognate with Arabic كَـ (ka-).
Preposition
כְּ־ • (k'-)
- Like, as.
- Synonym: כְּמוֹ (k'mó)
- Psalms 92:12:
צַדִּיק כַּתָּמָר יִפְרָח כְּאֶרֶז בַּלְּבָנוֹן יִשְׂגֶּה׃- tsadík katamár yifrákh k'érez bal'vanón yisgé.
- The righteous shall flourish like the palm tree: he shall grow like a cedar in Lebanon.[1]
- About, approximately.
Usage notes
- Like all one-letter words in Hebrew, כ־ functions as a clitic, attaching to the word that follows it. Since it is a preposition, this means it attaches to the first word of its object.
- כ־ undergoes the same vowel changes as לְ־ (l'-, “to”) and בְּ־ (b'-, “in”), including the merger with הַ־ (ha-, “the”).
- In colloquial Hebrew, כ־ is relatively uncommon, the synonymous preposition כְּמוֹ (k'mó) usually being used instead. The main exception is in the idiom כְּשֶׁ־ (k'she-, “as, when”), since כְּמוֹ שֶׁ־ (k'mó, “like, as”) does not share the idiomatic sense.
- כ־ does not have its own object-containing forms; those of the synonymous preposition כְּמוֹ (k'mó) are used instead.
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