כ־

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Contents 1 Hebrew 1.1 Preposition 1.1.1 Usage notes 1.1.2 Synonyms 1.1.3 Derived terms

[edit] Hebrew

[edit] Preposition

כְּ- (k'-)

1. Like, as.

[edit] 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 merges with הַ- (ha-) "the".
• In colloquial Hebrew, כ- is relatively uncommon, the synonymous preposition כְּמוֹ (kmó) usually being used instead. The main exception is in the fixed expression כְּשֶׁ- (k'she-) "as" (in the sense of "when"), since in this use כְּמוֹ שֶׁ- (k'mó) does not have the idiomatic sense (it means simply "like").
• כ- does not have its own object-containing forms; those of the synonymous preposition כְּמוֹ (k'mó) are used instead.

[edit] Synonyms

• כְּמוֹ (k'mó)

[edit] Derived terms

• כַּאֲשֶׁר (k'ashér)
• כְּמוֹ (k'mó)
• כְּשֶׁ- (k'she-)