כ־

Etymology
Cognate with 🇨🇬.

Preposition

 * 1) Like, as.
 * 2) * Psalms 92:12:
 * "he"
 * "he"

- צַדִּיק כַּתָּמָר יִפְרָח כְּאֶרֶז בַּלְּבָנוֹן יִשְׂגֶּה׃


 * 1) About, approximately.

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 and, including the merger with.
 * In colloquial Hebrew, כ־ is relatively uncommon, the synonymous preposition usually being used instead. The main exception is in the idiom, since  does not share the idiomatic sense.
 * כ־ does not have its own object-containing forms; those of the synonymous preposition are used instead.