לכי

⁧לכי⁩ • (likay)

1. 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.

⁧לְכִי⁩ • (l'chi)

1. feminine singular imperative of ⁧הָלַךְ⁩ (halách)
   • Tanach, 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

⁧לֵכִי⁩ • (léchi)

1. 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

⁧לכי⁩ • (lach)

1. (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.

   • Tanach, Song of Songs 2:13:

     ⁧קומי לכי רעיתי יפתי ולכי לך⁩

     kúmi lach ra'yatí yafatí ul'chí lach

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

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