כָּכָה

adv. thus (NH abbrev. to כָּךְ, with preps. בֵּין כָּךְ meanwhile, לְפִיכָךְ therefore; prob. either from כָה and כְּ, lit. as thus, Ol§ 223 h; or from כָּה כָה Köii. 1, 253), somewhat more emph. than כֹּה, usually prefixed to word which it qualifies:—Ex 12:11 וככה תאכלו אתו and thus shall ye eat it, 29:35 Nu 8:26; 11:15 ואם ככה את עשׂה לי, 15:11, 12, 13; Dt 25:9; 29:23 (cf. 1 K 9:8 Je 22:8); so often with עשׂה: 1 S 19:17 למה ככה רמיתני why hast thou thus deceived me? 2 S 17:21 1 K 1:6, 48; Je 13:9; 19:11; 28:11; 51:64; once with an adj. 2 S 13:4 מדוע אתה כָכָה דל why art thou thus lean? Ec 11:5 answering to כַּאֲשֶׁר; ψ 144:15 העם שֶׁכָּכָה לוֹ the people to which it is thus. Once 2 Ch 18:19 repeated, in this way … in that way (‖ 1 K 22:20 בְּכֹה … בְּכֹה). Comp. the syn. כָּזֹאת (v. p. 262). With a prep. once, in late Hebrew, Est 9:26 עַל־כֶּ֫כָה concerning such a matter. With the interrog. אי, אֵיכָכָה how? (p. 32).