Biblica Analytica
H9031 Hebrew

ךָּ

ka

you

Lexicon Entry

Definition
you
Transliteration
ka
Strong's Number
H9031
Occurrences
728

Lexicon data from STEPBible TIPNR, Tyndale House, Cambridge. Licensed under CC BY 4.0.

What Original Readers Understood

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# Analysis of ךָּ (ka) The Hebrew word ךָּ is a second-person singular pronoun meaning "you," appearing 728 times throughout the Bible. As a fundamental grammatical element, it functions to address or refer to a single individual in direct communication or discussion. Its high frequency reflects its essential role in Hebrew discourse, particularly in contexts involving dialogue, commands, or statements directed toward one person. Given its substantial occurrence count, this pronoun appears across all genres of biblical literature—narrative, poetry, wisdom literature, and prophecy. The frequency suggests that Hebrew speakers regularly engaged in direct address to individuals, whether addressing God, other people, or hypothetical persons in didactic contexts. This pattern reflects the prevalence of personalized communication in ancient Hebrew texts, from intimate conversations between individuals to formal divine-human encounters. As a linguistic building block rather than a word carrying thematic or theological significance on its own, ךָּ's importance lies primarily in grammatical function. Its pervasiveness demonstrates how fundamental the concept of direct address to a singular "you" was in biblical Hebrew communication and literary expression.

Source data & methodology
Strong's
H9031
Lemma
ךָּ
Transliteration
ka
Definition
you
Occurrences
728
Model
claude-haiku-4-5-20251001
Prompt version
1

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Occurrences in Scripture

728 total occurrences across the text — showing 50

2 Chronicles 20:8

They lived in it, and have built you a sanctuary in it for your name, saying,

2 Chronicles 25:9

Amaziah said to the man of God, “But what shall we do for the hundred talents which I have given to the army of Israel?” The man of God answered, “Yahweh is able to give you much more than this.”

2 Chronicles 25:16

As he talked with him, the king said to him, “Have we made you one of the king’s counselors? Stop! Why should you be struck down?” Then the prophet stopped, and said, “I know that God has determined to destroy you, because you have done this, and have not listened to my counsel.”

2 Chronicles 26:18

They resisted Uzziah the king, and said to him, “It isn’t for you, Uzziah, to burn incense to Yahweh, but for the priests the sons of Aaron, who are consecrated to burn incense. Go out of the sanctuary, for you have trespassed. It will not be for your honor from Yahweh God.”

2 Chronicles 26:18

They resisted Uzziah the king, and said to him, “It isn’t for you, Uzziah, to burn incense to Yahweh, but for the priests the sons of Aaron, who are consecrated to burn incense. Go out of the sanctuary, for you have trespassed. It will not be for your honor from Yahweh God.”

2 Chronicles 35:21

But he sent ambassadors to him, saying, “What have I to do with you, you king of Judah? I come not against you today, but against the house with which I have war. God has commanded me to make haste. Beware that it is God who is with me, that he not destroy you.”

2 Chronicles 35:21

But he sent ambassadors to him, saying, “What have I to do with you, you king of Judah? I come not against you today, but against the house with which I have war. God has commanded me to make haste. Beware that it is God who is with me, that he not destroy you.”

Ezra 4:16

We inform the king that, if this city is built and the walls finished, then you will have no possession beyond the River.

Ezra 7:19

The vessels that are given to you for the service of the house of your God, deliver before the God of Jerusalem.

Ezra 7:20

Whatever more will be needed for the house of your God, which you may have occasion to give, give it out of the king’s treasure house.

Nehemiah 1:6

Let your ear now be attentive, and your eyes open, that you may listen to the prayer of your servant, which I pray before you at this time, day and night, for the children of Israel your servants, while I confess the sins of the children of Israel, which we have sinned against you. Yes, I and my father’s house have sinned.

Nehemiah 1:7

We have dealt very corruptly against you, and have not kept the commandments, nor the statutes, nor the ordinances, which you commanded your servant Moses.

Genesis 31:29

It is in the power of my hand to hurt you, but the God of your father spoke to me last night, saying, ‘Be careful that you don’t speak to Jacob either good or bad.’

Nehemiah 9:6

You are Yahweh, even you alone. You have made heaven, the heaven of heavens, with all their army, the earth and all things that are on it, the seas and all that is in them, and you preserve them all. The army of heaven worships you.

Nehemiah 9:10

and showed signs and wonders against Pharaoh, and against all his servants, and against all the people of his land; for you knew that they dealt proudly against them, and made a name for yourself, as it is today.

Nehemiah 9:26

“Nevertheless they were disobedient, and rebelled against you, cast your law behind their back, killed your prophets that testified against them to turn them again to you, and they committed awful blasphemies.

Job 5:19

He will deliver you in six troubles; yes, in seven no evil will touch you.

Job 10:3

Is it good to you that you should oppress, that you should despise the work of your hands, and smile on the counsel of the wicked?

Job 11:6

that he would show you the secrets of wisdom! For true wisdom has two sides. Know therefore that God exacts of you less than your iniquity deserves.

Job 11:6

that he would show you the secrets of wisdom! For true wisdom has two sides. Know therefore that God exacts of you less than your iniquity deserves.

Job 12:8

Or speak to the earth, and it will teach you. The fish of the sea will declare to you.

Job 15:6

Your own mouth condemns you, and not I. Yes, your own lips testify against you.

Job 38:17

Have the gates of death been revealed to you? Or have you seen the gates of the shadow of death?

Job 38:35

Can you send out lightnings, that they may go? Do they report to you, ‘Here we are?’

Job 40:14

Then I will also admit to you that your own right hand can save you.

Exodus 19:9

Yahweh said to Moses, “Behold, I come to you in a thick cloud, that the people may hear when I speak with you, and may also believe you forever.” Moses told the words of the people to Yahweh.

Job 42:7

It was so, that after Yahweh had spoken these words to Job, Yahweh said to Eliphaz the Temanite, “My wrath is kindled against you, and against your two friends; for you have not spoken of me the thing that is right, as my servant Job has.

Psalms 5:3

Yahweh, in the morning you will hear my voice. In the morning I will lay my requests before you, and will watch expectantly.

Psalms 5:10

Hold them guilty, God. Let them fall by their own counsels. Thrust them out in the multitude of their transgressions, for they have rebelled against you.

Psalms 5:11

But let all those who take refuge in you rejoice. Let them always shout for joy, because you defend them. Let them also who love your name be joyful in you.

Psalms 5:11

But let all those who take refuge in you rejoice. Let them always shout for joy, because you defend them. Let them also who love your name be joyful in you.

Psalms 7:1

Yahweh, my God, I take refuge in you. Save me from all those who pursue me, and deliver me,

Psalms 9:2

I will be glad and rejoice in you. I will sing praise to your name, O Most High.

Psalms 9:10

Those who know your name will put their trust in you, for you, Yahweh, have not forsaken those who seek you.

Psalms 16:1

Preserve me, God, for I take refuge in you.

Psalms 18:29

For by you, I advance through a troop. By my God, I leap over a wall.

Psalms 20:4

May he grant you your heart’s desire, and fulfill all your counsel.

Psalms 22:4

Our fathers trusted in you. They trusted, and you delivered them.

Psalms 22:5

They cried to you, and were delivered. They trusted in you, and were not disappointed.

Psalms 25:2

My God, I have trusted in you. Don’t let me be shamed. Don’t let my enemies triumph over me.

Psalms 25:20

Oh keep my soul, and deliver me. Let me not be disappointed, for I take refuge in you.

Psalms 27:8

When you said, “Seek my face,” my heart said to you, “I will seek your face, Yahweh.”

Psalms 31:1

In you, Yahweh, I take refuge. Let me never be disappointed. Deliver me in your righteousness.

Psalms 31:19

Oh how great is your goodness, which you have laid up for those who fear you, which you have worked for those who take refuge in you, before the sons of men!

Psalms 37:4

Also delight yourself in Yahweh, and he will give you the desires of your heart.

Psalms 38:15

For I hope in you, Yahweh. You will answer, Lord my God.

Psalms 39:7

Now, Lord, what do I wait for? My hope is in you.

Psalms 40:16

Let all those who seek you rejoice and be glad in you. Let such as love your salvation say continually, “Let Yahweh be exalted!”

Psalms 44:5

Through you, will we push down our adversaries. Through your name, we will tread down those who rise up against us.

Psalms 50:7

“Hear, my people, and I will speak. Israel, I will testify against you. I am God, your God.