H3588A–כִּי–ki

for Jehovah thy God hath chosen him out of all thy tribes, that he may stand to serve in the name of Jehovah, he and his sons continually.

כִּ֣י ki “for”

And if the Levite shall come from one of thy gates out of all Israel, where he sojourneth, and shall come according to all the desire of his soul unto the place which Jehovah will choose,

וְכִֽי־ (כִֽי) khi- “if”

When thou art come into the land which Jehovah thy God giveth thee, thou shalt not learn to do according to the abominations of those nations.

כִּ֤י ki “if”

For every one that doeth these things is an abomination to Jehovah, and because of these abominations Jehovah thy God doth dispossess them from before thee.

כִּֽי־ ki- “that”

For these nations, which thou shalt dispossess, hearkened unto those that use auguries, and that use divination; but as for thee, Jehovah thy God hath not suffered thee [ergänzt: to do] so.

כִּ֣י׀ ki “for”

And if thou say in thy heart, How shall we know the word that Jehovah hath not spoken?

וְכִ֥י (כִ֥י) Khi “if”

When Jehovah thy God hath cut off the nations whose land Jehovah thy God giveth thee, and thou hast dispossessed them, and dwellest in their cities and in their houses,

כִּֽי־ ki- “if”

lest the avenger of blood pursue the manslayer, while his heart is hot, and overtake him, because the way is long, and smite him mortally; whereas he was not worthy of death, since he hated him not previously.

כִּי־ ki- “for”כִּֽי־ ki- “for”כִּ֠י ki “for”

(if thou keep all this commandment to do it, which I command thee this day, to love Jehovah thy God, and to walk in his ways continually), then shalt thou add three cities more for thyself to these three,

כִּֽי־ ki- “if”

But if a man hate his neighbour, and lie in wait for him, and rise up against him, and smite him mortally that he die, and he flee into one of these cities,

וְכִֽי־ (כִֽי) khi- “if”

If an unrighteous witness rise up against any man to testify against him of an offence;

כִּֽי־ ki- “that”

When thou goest out to war against thine enemies, and seest horses, and chariots, [ergänzt: and] a people more numerous than thou, thou shalt not fear them; for Jehovah thy God is with thee, who brought thee up out of the land of Egypt.

כִּֽי־ ki- “if”כִּֽי־ ki- “for”

for Jehovah your God is he that goeth with you, to fight for you against your enemies, to save you.

כִּ֚י ki “for”

When thou approachest unto a city to fight against it, thou shalt proclaim peace unto it.

כִּֽי־ ki- “if”

but shalt utterly devote them to destruction, the Hittites and the Amorites, the Canaanites and the Perizzites, the Hivites and the Jebusites, as Jehovah thy God hath commanded thee;

כִּֽי־ ki- “for”

When thou shalt besiege a city many days, in making war against it to take it, thou shalt not destroy the trees thereof by lifting up an axe against them; for thou canst eat of them; and thou shalt not cut them down, for is the tree of the field a man that it should be besieged?

כִּֽי־ ki- “if”כִּ֚י ki “for”כִּ֤י ki “for”

Only the trees which thou knowest are not trees for meat, thou mayest destroy and cut them down, and build bulwarks against the city that maketh war with thee, until it fall.

כִּֽי־ ki- “that”

If one be found slain in the land which Jehovah thy God giveth thee to possess, lying in the field, [ergänzt: and] it be not known who hath smitten him,

כִּי־ ki- “if”

and the priests the sons of Levi shall come near; for them Jehovah thy God hath chosen to do service unto him, and to bless in the name of Jehovah; and according to their word shall be every controversy and every stroke.

כִּ֣י ki “for”

So shalt thou put away innocent blood from thy midst, when thou shalt do what is right in the eyes of Jehovah.

כִּֽי־ ki- “for”

When thou goest forth to war against thine enemies, and Jehovah thy God delivereth them into thy hands, and thou hast taken captives of them,

כִּֽי־ ki- “if”

If a man have two wives, one beloved, and one hated, and they have borne him children, both the beloved and the hated, and the firstborn son be hers that was hated;

כִּֽי־ ki- “if”

but he shall acknowledge as firstborn the son of the hated, by giving him a double portion of all that is found with him; for he is the firstfruits of his vigour: the right of the firstborn is his.

כִּי֩ ki “that”כִּי־ ki- “for”

If a man have an unmanageable and rebellious son, who hearkeneth not unto the voice of his father, nor unto the voice of his mother, and they have chastened him, but he hearkeneth not unto them;

כִּֽי־ ki- “if”

And if a man have committed a sin worthy of death, and he be put to death, and thou have hanged him on a tree,

וְכִֽי־ (כִֽי) khi- “if”