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truth women have been kept from us, etc., 1 K 20:6 surely tomorrow I will send, etc., Pr 23:18 ( v. D e) surely there is a reward; perhaps also Jb 42:8 .

כִּי עַל כֵּן forasmuch as , a peculiar phrase found Gn 18:5 ; 19:8 ; 33:10 ; 38:26 Nu 10:3 1; 14:43 Ju 6:22 2 S 18:20 Qr (rightly), Je 29:28 ; 38:4 —lit. for therefore , emphasizing the ground pleonastically ( Ew § 353 a). The orig. force of the phrase is traceable in some of the passages in which it occurs, as Gn 18:5 let me fetch a morsel of bread, and comfort your heart; עַל עַבְדְּכֶם כִּי־עַל־כֵּן עֲבַרְתֶּם for therefore (sc. to partake of such hospitality) are ye come to your servant, Nu 14:43 the Amalekite and the Canaanite are there, and ye will fall by the sword, כִּי־עַל־כֵּן שַׁבְתֶּם for therefore (to encounter such a fate) have ye turned back from י׳ , etc.: but in process of time the distinct sense of its component parts was no doubt gradually obscured, and it thus came to be used conventionally, as a mere particle of causation, even where there was no preceding statement to which עַל כֵּן therefore could be explicitly referred. אֲשֶׁר עַל כֵּן appears to be used similarly ( cf. אֲשֶׁר 8 c ) Jb 34:27 .

II. כִּי S 3587, 3588 TWOT 961a, 976 GK 3953, 3954 , branding , v. sub כוה .

[ כִּיד S 3589 TWOT 977a GK 3957 ] n. [ m. ] only sf. כִּידֹו Jb 21:2 0, meaning unknown; read prob. פִּידֹו his misfortune (as 12:5 etc.)

כיד TWOT 977 ( of foll.; cf. perhaps Arabic كَادَ (kāda) in sense labour, take pains, strive , or struggle with, كَيْدٌ ( kaydun ) war ) .

I . כִּידֹון S 3591 TWOT 977b GK 3959 n. [ m. ] dart, javelin ( NH id. ) —abs. כ׳ Jos 8:18 + 6 times; כִּידֹן Je 50:4 2; cstr. כִּידֹון 1 S 17: 6;— dart, javelin (distinct from חֲנִית spear, lance , q.v. ), נטה בַּכּ׳ אשׁר ביד(ך) Jos 8:18 (×2), cf. v 2 6; רַעַשׁ כ׳ Jb 41:21 the rushing sound of a dart; וּבַחֲנִית וּבְכ׳ בְּחֶרֶב 1 S 17:45 (weapons of Goliath), נְחשֶׁת בֵּין כְּתֵפָיו כ׳ v 6 ( חֲנִית in v
7 ); + חֲנִית Jb 39:23 also; קֶשֶׁת וְכ׳ Je 6:2 3; 50:42 .

II . כִּידֹן S 3592 GK 3961 n.pr.m. 1 Ch 13: 9, Ö L Χεδων , A Χειλω ; = נָכֹון 2 S 6:6 ( Ö Νωδαβ , A Ναχων , Ö L Ορνα ).


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