כִּי
Meanings
Conjunction
1. because, for, since
2. that; used to introduce declarative content clauses (dated or formal, dated, formal)
3. when, as, at the time that (archaic)
4. rather, but, but rather; used to introduce a clause correcting a previous one (archaic)
5. that, so that; used to introduce a real or imagined result clause (archaic)
Pronunciation
ki
Examples465
מִי עַבְדְּךָ כֶּלֶב כִּי זָכַר אֲדֹנִי אֵת עַבְדָּהּ
Who is your servant, a dog, that my lord remembered his servant?
הַשֶּׁמֶשׁ נמצאת עַכְשָׁו במִזְרָח, כִּי זוֹהִי שְׁעַת זריחתה.
The sun is in the east now, for this is the hour of its rising.
הָלַכְתִּי למַכֹּלֶת לִקְנוֹת שַׂקִּית חָלָב כִּי אִמִּי בִּקְּשָׁה ממני.
I went to the grocery store to buy a bag of milk because my mother asked me to.
המורה הוֹדִיעָה כִּי מָחָר יתקיים יוֹם סְפּוֹרְט בית־ספרי.
The teacher announced that tomorrow will be a school sports day.
עַל הַשֶּׁלֶט נִכְתַּב כִּי אָסוּר לְהַפְרִיעַ אֵת מנוחת הַדַּיָּרִים בֵּין 2 ל־4 בצׇהֳרַיִם.
The sign says (literally On the sign is written) that [it is] forbidden to disturb the tenants' rest between 2 and 4 in the afternoon.
הוּא השתולל כִּי הוּא לֹא הוזמן.
He was mad because he was not invited.