לכי

Arabic

Conjunction

לכי • (likay)

  1. Judeo-Arabic spelling of لِكَيْ‎ (likay, “so that, in order that”)‎‎
    • Exodus 10:1 in Saadia Gaon's Tafsir (circa 10th century)
      ‏תׄם קאל אללה למוסי אדכׄל אלי פרעון פאני קד קוית קלבה וקלב קואדה לכי אחל אפאתי הדׄה בהם׃‎‎
      ṯumma qāla llāhu limūsā dḵul ʾilā firʿawna faʾinnī qad qawwaytu qalbahu waqalba quwwādihi likay ʾuḥilla ʾāfātī 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

Verb

לְכִי • (l'chi)

  1. feminine singular imperative of הָלַךְ‎ (halách)
    • 1 Kings 14:12, with translation of the King James Version:
      ‏וְאַתְּ קוּמִי לְכִי לְבֵיתֵךְ‎
      v'at kúmi l'chi l'vetéch
      Arise thou therefore, get thee to thine own house

Verb

לֵכִי • (léchi)

  1. pausal feminine singular imperative of הָלַךְ‎ (halách)
    • 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

Preposition

לכי • (lach)

  1. (rare Biblical Hebrew spelling) Alternative spelling of לָךְ‎
    • 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.
    • Song of Songs 2:13
      קומי לכי רעיתי יפתי ולכי לך
      kúmi lach ra'yatí yafatí ul'chí lach

Anagrams

This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.