H3588A–כִּי–ki

And when the people saw him, they praised their god; for they said, Our god hath delivered into our hand our enemy, and the destroyer of our country, who hath slain many of us.

כִּ֣י ki “for”

Then said Micah, Now know I that Jehovah will do me good, seeing I have a Levite to my priest.

כִּֽי־ ki- “that”כִּ֧י ki “for”

In those days there was no king in Israel: and in those days the tribe of the Danites sought them an inheritance to dwell in; for unto that day [ergänzt: their] inheritance had not fallen unto them among the tribes of Israel.

כִּי֩ ki “for”

And they said, Arise, and let us go up against them; for we have seen the land, and, behold, it is very good: and are ye still? be not slothful to go and to enter in to possess the land.

כִּ֤י ki “for”

When ye go, ye shall come unto a people secure, and the land is large; for God hath given it into your hand, a place where there is no want of anything that is in the earth.

כִּֽי־ ki- “for”

Then answered the five men that went to spy out the country of Laish, and said unto their brethren, Do ye know that there is in these houses an ephod, and teraphim, and a graven image, and a molten image? now therefore consider what ye have to do.

כִּ֠י ki “that”

And they cried unto the children of Dan. And they turned their faces, and said unto Micah, What aileth thee, that thou comest with such a company?

כִּ֥י ki “that”

And the children of Dan went their way: and when Micah saw that they were too strong for him, he turned and went back unto his house.

כִּי־ ki- “that”

And there was no deliverer, because it was far from Sidon, and they had no dealings with any man; and it was in the valley that lieth by Beth-rehob. And they built the city, and dwelt therein.

כִּ֧י ki “for”

(Now the children of Benjamin heard that the children of Israel were gone up to Mizpah.) And the children of Israel said, Tell us, how was this wickedness brought to pass?

כִּֽי־ ki- “that”

And I took my concubine, and cut her in pieces, and sent her throughout all the country of the inheritance of Israel; for they have committed lewdness and folly in Israel.

כִּ֥י ki “for”

and Phinehas, the son of Eleazar, the son of Aaron, stood before it in those days), saying, Shall I yet again go out to battle against the children of Benjamin my brother, or shall I cease? And Jehovah said, Go up; for to-morrow I will deliver him into thy hand.

כִּ֥י ki “for”

And there came over against Gibeah ten thousand chosen men out of all Israel, and the battle was sore; but they knew not that evil was close upon them.

כִּֽי־ ki- “that”

So the children of Benjamin saw that they were smitten; for the men of Israel gave place to Benjamin, because they trusted unto the liers-in-wait whom they had set against Gibeah.

כִּ֣י ki “for”כִּ֤י ki “for”

And the men of Israel turned in the battle, and Benjamin began to smite and kill of the men of Israel about thirty persons; for they said, Surely they are smitten down before us, as in the first battle.

כִּ֣י ki “for”

And the men of Israel turned, and the men of Benjamin were dismayed; for they saw that evil was come upon them.

כִּ֣י ki “if”כִּֽי־ ki- “that”

And the children of Israel said, Who is there among all the tribes of Israel that came not up in the assembly unto Jehovah? For they had made a great oath concerning him that came not up unto Jehovah to Mizpah, saying, He shall surely be put to death.

כִּי֩ ki “for”

And the people repented them for Benjamin, because that Jehovah had made a breach in the tribes of Israel.

כִּֽי־ ki- “for”

Then the elders of the congregation said, How shall we do for wives for them that remain, seeing the women are destroyed out of Benjamin?

כִּֽי־ ki- “for”

Howbeit we may not give them wives of our daughters, for the children of Israel had sworn, saying, Cursed be he that giveth a wife to Benjamin.

כִּֽי־ ki- “for”

And it shall be, when their fathers or their brethren come to complain unto us, that we will say unto them, Grant them graciously unto us, because we took not for each man [ergänzt: of them] his wife in battle, neither did ye give them unto them, else would ye now be guilty.

כִּֽי־ ki- “that”כִּ֣י ki “for”כִּ֣י ki “for”

Then she arose with her daughters-in-law, that she might return from the country of Moab: for she had heard in the country of Moab how that Jehovah had visited his people in giving them bread.

כִּ֤י ki “if”כִּֽי־ ki- “that”

And they said unto her, Nay, but we will return with thee unto thy people.

כִּי־ ki- “that”

Turn again, my daughters, go your way; for I am too old to have a husband. If I should say, I have hope, if I should even have a husband to-night, and should also bear sons;

כִּ֥י ki “for”כִּ֤י ki “if”

would ye therefore tarry till they were grown? would ye therefore stay from having husbands? nay, my daughters, for it grieveth me much for your sakes, for the hand of Jehovah is gone forth against me.

כִּֽי־ ki- “for”כִּֽי־ ki- “that”