- כִּי־
- כְּ־, כִּ־׳, כִּי־prefix, h. a. ch. (v. כֵּן) 1) as, like. Targ. Gen. 9:3. Targ. Hos. 4:9; a. v. fr.Ber.I, 2 כאדםוכ׳ like one reading in the Torah. Ib. 3 כדרכו as usual; a. v. fr. 2) whereas. Tosef.Snh.II, 6 כגוזלייא … וכאימרייאוכ׳ ed. Zuck. (Var. דגוזלייא … ואמרייא, as Snh.11a, Y. ib. I, 18d top) whereas the spring pigeons are yet tender (Ib. 5 בגוזלייאוכ׳.(Compound particles כְּדֵי, כְּוָת , v. s. vv. or second component.ך as affix, frequ. indicating place (כ locale) or instrument, as בָּזָךְ, דוּךְ, אוּשְׁפְּזִיכָא
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