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Arabic
Conjunction
לכי • (likay)
- Judeo-Arabic spelling of لِكَيْ (likay, “so that, in order that”)
c. 10th century, Saadia Gaon, Tafsir, Exodus 10:1:תׄם קאל אללה למוסי אדכׄל אלי פרעון פאני קד קוית קלבה וקלב קואדה לכי אחל אפאתי הדׄה בהם׃- ṯumma qāla llāhu limūsā dḵul ʔilā firʕawna faʔinnī qad qawwaytu qalbahu wa-qalba quwwādihi likay ʔuḥilla ʔāfātī hāḏihi bahum.
- Then God said to Moses: Come to Pharaoh for I have just strengthened his heart and the heart of his commanders so that I might set upon them these my plagues.
Hebrew
Etymology 1
Verb
לְכִי • (l'chi)
- feminine singular imperative of הָלַךְ (halách)
Verb
לֵכִי • (léchi)
- pausal feminine singular imperative of הָלַךְ (halách)
Tanach, Exodus 2:8, with translation of the King James Version:וַתֹּאמֶר לָהּ בַּת פַּרְעֹה לֵכִי וַתֵּלֶךְ הָעַלְמָה- vatómer lah bat par'ó léchi vatélech haalmá
- And Pharaoh's daughter said to her, Go. And the maid went
Etymology 2
Preposition
לכי • (lach)
- (rare Biblical Hebrew spelling) Alternative spelling of לָךְ
Tanach, 2 Kings 4:2, with translation of the King James Version:ויאמר אליה אלישע מה אעשה לך הגידי לי מה יש לכי בבית ותאמר אין לשפחתך כל בבית כי אם אסוך שמן- vayómer eléha elishá ma eesé lach hagídi li ma yesh lach babáyit vatómer en l'shifchat'chá kol babáyit ki im asúch shámen
- And Elisha said unto her, What shall I do for thee? tell me, what hast thou in the house? And she said, Thine handmaid hath not any thing in the house, save a pot of oil.
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