כך

Hebrew

Pronunciation

• (Modern Israeli Hebrew) IPA^(key): /kaχ/
• Homophone: קַח

Adverb

כָּךְ • (kakh)

1. Such, so, thus, in this way, in that way.
   • 2010 April 15, Amit Cohen, “כך מתכוננות סוריה ולבנון למלחמה עם ישראל” (divéakh: kakh mitkon'nót súrya ul'vanón l'milkhamá im yisra'él, “Report: this is how Syria and Lebanon are preparing for war with Israel”), on nrgמעריב.
   • 2010 April 21, Hagai Einav, “ישראל בת 62: כך חגגתם, וזה מה שאיחלתם” (yisra'él bat 62: kakh khagágtem, v'zé ma she'ikháltem, “Israel turns 62: this is how you celebrated, and this is what you wished”), on Ynet.
   • 2010 April 25, “וידיאו: כך נראים חיי חייל אמריקאי בשבי הטליבאן” (vídeo: kakh nir'ím khayéi khayál amerikái bish'ví hatáliban, “Video: this is how the life of an American soldier in Taliban captivity looks”), on הארץ (Haaretz) Online.

Usage notes

• Except in various fixed expressions (see the derived terms below), the adverb כך is relatively formal, with the mostly synonymous related adverb ככה (kákha) being more common in colloquial speech.

Related terms

• ככה (kákha, “this way”)

Pronoun

כָּךְ • (kakh)

1. that (anaphorically referring to something previously mentioned, or something which is clear from the context)

   מה דעתך על כך?

   What's your opinion on that?

Related terms

• זֶה (ze, “this”)

Derived terms

• אחר כך (akhár kakh, “after, afterward”)
• כך ש־ (kakh she-, “such that, so that”)
• כל כך (kol kakh, “so, to such an extent”)
• עַד כְּדֵי כָּךְ (ad k'dey kakh, “to the extent that”)