כָּכָה

כָּ֫כָה₃₇ adverb thus (Late Hebrew abbreviated to כָּךְ, with prepositions בֵּין כָּךְ meanwhile, לְפִיכָךְ therefore; probably either from כָה and כְּ, literally as thus, Ol^{§ 223 h}; or from כָּה כָה Kö^{ii. 1, 253}), somewhat more emphatic than כֹּה, usually prefixed to word which it qualifies: — 2 Mos 12,11 וככה תאכלו אתו and thus shall ye eat it, 2 Mos 29,35; 4 Mos 8,26; 4 Mos 11,15 ואם ככה את עשׂה לי, 4 Mos 15,11; 4 Mos 15,12; 4 Mos 15,13; 5 Mos 25,9; 5 Mos 29,23 (compare 1 Kong 9,8; Jer 22,8); so often with עשׂה: 1 Sam 19,17 למה ככה רמיתני why hast thou thus deceived me ? 2 Sam 17,21; 1 Kong 1,6; 1 Kong 1,48; Jer 13,9; Jer 19,11; Jer 28,11; Jer 51,64 once with an adjective 2 Sam 13,4 מדוע אתה כָכָה דל why art thou thus lean ? Praed 11,5 answering to כַּאֲשֶׁר; Sl 144,15 העם שֶׁכָּכָה לוֺ the people to which it is thus. Once 2 Kron 18,19 repeated, in this way . . . in that way (|| 1 Kong 22,20 בְּכֹהבְּ֗֗֗כֹה). compare the synonym כָּזֹאת. With a preposition once, in late Hebrew, Est 9,26 עַלכָּֿ֫כָה concerning such a matter. With the interrogative אי, אֵיכָכָה how ? (p. 32).