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: — Exodus 12:11 וככה תאכלו אתו and thus shall ye eat it, Exodus 29:35; Numbers 8:26; Numbers 11:15 ואם ככה את עשׂה לי, Numbers 15:11,12,13; Deuteronomy 25:9; Deuteronomy 29:23 (compare 1 Kings 9:8; Jeremiah 22:8); so often with עשׂה: 1 Samuel 19:17 למה ככה רמיתני why hast thou thus deceived me ? 2 Samuel 17:21; 1 Kings 1:6,48; Jeremiah 13:9; Jeremiah 19:11; Jeremiah 28:11; Jeremiah 51:64; once with an adjective 2 Samuel 13:4 מדוע אתה כָכָה דל why art thou thus lean ? Ecclesiastes 11:5 answering to כַּאֲשֶׁר; Psalm 144:15 העם שֶׁכָּכָה לוֺ the people to which it is thus. Once 2 Chronicles 18:19 repeated, in this way . . . in that way ("" 1 Kings 22:20 בְּכֹהבְּ֗֗֗כֹה). compare the synonym כָּזֹאת. With a preposition once, in late Hebrew, Esther 9:26 עַלכָּֿ֫כָה concerning such a matter. With the interrogative אי, אֵיכָכָה how ? (p. 32).