H3588A–כִּי–ki

for on him hath Jehovah thy God fixed, out of all thy tribes, to stand to serve in the name of Jehovah, He and his sons continually.

כִּ֣י ki “for”

`And when the Levite cometh from one of thy cities out of all Israel, where he hath sojourned, and hath come with all the desire of his soul unto the place which Jehovah doth choose,

וְכִֽי־ (כִֽי) khi- “if”

`When thou art coming in unto the land which Jehovah thy God is giving to thee, thou dost not learn to do according to the abominations of those nations:

כִּ֤י ki “if”

`For the abomination of Jehovah `is' every one doing these, and because of these abominations is Jehovah thy God dispossessing them from thy presence.

כִּֽי־ ki- “that”

for these nations whom thou art possessing, unto observers of clouds, and unto diviners, do hearken; and thou -- not so hath Jehovah thy God suffered thee.

כִּ֣י׀ ki “for”

`And when thou sayest in thy heart, How do we know the word which Jehovah hath not spoken? --

וְכִ֥י (כִ֥י) Khi “if”

`When Jehovah thy God doth cut off the nations, whose land Jehovah thy God is giving to thee, and thou hast succeeded them, and dwelt in their cities, and in their houses,

כִּֽי־ ki- “if”

lest the redeemer of blood pursue after the man-slayer when his heart is hot, and hath overtaken him (because the way is great), and hath smitten him -- the life, and he hath no sentence of death, for he is not hating him heretofore;

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

when thou keepest all this command to do it, which I am commanding thee to-day, to love Jehovah thy God, and to walk in His ways all the days -- then thou hast added to thee yet three cities to these three;

כִּֽי־ ki- “if”

`And when a man is hating his neighbour, and hath lain in wait for him, and risen against him, and smitten him -- the life, and he hath died, and he hath fled unto one of these cities,

וְכִֽי־ (כִֽי) khi- “if”

`When a violent witness doth rise against a man, to testify against him apostacy,

כִּֽי־ ki- “that”

`When thou goest out to battle against thine enemy, and hast seen horse and chariot -- a people more numerous than thou -- thou art not afraid of them, for Jehovah thy God `is' with thee, who is bringing thee up out of the land of Egypt;

כִּֽי־ ki- “if”כִּֽי־ ki- “for”

for Jehovah your God `is' He who is going with you, to fight for you with your enemies -- to save you.

כִּ֚י ki “for”

`When thou drawest near unto a city to fight against it, then thou hast called unto it for Peace,

כִּֽי־ ki- “if”

for thou dost certainly devote the Hittite, and the Amorite, the Canaanite, and the Perizzite, the Hivite, and the Jebusite, as Jehovah thy God hath commanded thee,

כִּֽי־ ki- “for”

`When thou layest siege unto a city many days, to fight against it, to capture it, thou dost not destroy its trees to force an axe against them, for of them thou dost eat, and them thou dost not cut down -- for man's `is' the tree of the field -- to go in at thy presence in the siege.

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

Only, the tree, which thou knowest that it `is' not a fruit-tree, it thou dost destroy, and hast cut down, and hast built a bulwark against the city which is making with thee war till thou hast subdued it.

כִּֽי־ ki- “that”

`When one is found slain on the ground which Jehovah thy God is giving to thee to possess it -- fallen in a field -- it is not known who hath smitten him,

כִּי־ ki- “if”

`And the priests, sons of Levi, have come nigh -- for on them hath Jehovah thy God fixed to serve Him, and to bless in the name of Jehovah, and by their mouth is every strife, and every stroke --

כִּ֣י ki “for”

and thou dost put away the innocent blood out of thy midst, for thou dost that which `is' right in the eyes of Jehovah.

כִּֽי־ ki- “for”

`When thou goest out to battle against thine enemies, and Jehovah thy God hath given them into thy hand, and thou hast taken captive its captivity,

כִּֽי־ ki- “if”

`When a man hath two wives, the one loved and the other hated, and they have borne to him sons (the loved one and the hated one), and the first-born son hath been to the hated one;

כִּֽי־ ki- “if”

But the first-born, son of the hated one, he doth acknowledge, to give to him a double portion of all that is found with him, for he `is' the beginning of his strength; to him `is' the right of the first-born.

כִּי֩ ki “that”כִּי־ ki- “for”

`When a man hath a son apostatizing and rebellious -- he is not hearkening to the voice of his father, and to the voice of his mother, and they have chastised him, and he doth not hearken unto them --

כִּֽי־ ki- “if”

`And when there is in a man a sin -- a cause of death, and he hath been put to death, and thou hast hanged him on a tree,

וְכִֽי־ (כִֽי) khi- “if”