BDB3924
כֹּה demonstrative adverb thus, here (Biblical Aramaic כָּה; ᵑ7 , ᵑ6 :Jerusalem, Mandean כָּא here: in Syriac with prefixes [untranscribed source text 2449] hither, [untranscribed source text 2450] ( ᵑ6 :Jerusalem [untranscribed source text 2451]) hence, [untranscribed source text 2452] where? compare אֵיכָה, p. 32, and Köii. 1, 252) —
1. of manner, thus (so most frequently, and usually pointing to what is to
follow, while כֵּן points commonly to what has preceded), Gen 15:5
כה יהיה זרעך
thus shall thy seed be, Num 6:23; 1Kgs 2:30
כֹּה דִבֶּר יוֺאָב וְכֹה עָנָנִי, 1Kgs 5:25; Isa 24:13 (answered by בְּ, as Jer 23:29); with a substantive
Isa 20:6
הִנֵּה
כֹה מַבָּטֵנוּ, Jer 9:21 (si vera lectio), Jer 23:29; 1Sam 27:11. Mostly confined to particular phrases: thus
a. with different forms of אמר, כה תאמר
thus shalt thou say Exod 3:14; Exod 3:15; Exod 19:3; Exod 20:22 etc.; especially כה אמר יי֞ thus saith
(or said)
׳
י
Exod 4:22; Exod 5:1; Exod 7:17; Exod 7:26; Exod 8:16 etc.;
and
continually in the prophets, as Isa 7:7; Isa 8:11; Isa 18:4 etc.; Jer 2:2; Jer 2:5; Jer 4:27; Jer 6:16 etc.; also in the idiomatic formula אִם כֹּה יאֹמַר
if he say (or used to say) (the words spoken following) Gen 31:8; 1Sam 14:9; 1Sam 14:10;
1Sam 20:7; 2Sam 15:26
.
b. with עשׂה to do thus, Exod 5:15; Deut 7:5 pointing back, Num 22:30;
Josh 6:14; 1Sam 27:11
and elsewhere;
especially in the phrase כה יעשׂה אלהים וכה יוסיף (with variations), 1Sam 3:17 + (see
יסף
), in which כֹּה points to an imprecation understood but not expressed. With
בְּ
prefixed
1Kgs 22:20
ויאמר זה בְּכֹה וזה אמר בְּכֹה and one spake in this wise, and another
spake
in that wise (|| 2Chr 18:19
כָכָהכָּ֗֗֗כָה; probably rightly).
2. of place, here (rare, chiefly in
E
), Gen
31:37
שִׂים כֹּה place it here before my brethren, Num 23:15 (twice in verse); 2Sam 18:30
;
Ruth 2:8. Repeated,
Exod 2:12
וַיִּפֶן כֹּה וָכֹה and he turned this way and that way
; כֹּהכֹּ֗֗֗ה
on this side . . . on that side
Num 11:31.
With
עַד
Gen 22:5 and we
will
go עַדכֹּֿה
as far as here (δεικτικῶς) i.e. yonder.
3. of time, עַד כֹּה
hitherto, Exod 7:16 (compare עַדהֵֿנָּה), Josh 17:14
עַדכֹּֿה
וְעַדכֹּֿה till now and till then, i.e.
meanwhile,
1Kgs 18:45
.