The Hebrew >KI< has 7 meanings:#7 of 8
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OVERVIEW:
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RULE:
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The Hebrew word >KI< primarily means >BECAUSE<. A famous
midrash says >KI< has 4 meanings.
However we who speak English must use caution.
I have counted 7 English translations.
By completing this unit the reader will become proficient
in how >KI< is used and will be able to apply these
translations to new verses.
TODAYS UNIT
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In todays unit we show that >KI< can mean >WHEN< or >IF<
The meaning >IF< is one of the 4 meanings listed
by Chazal.
REFERENCE:
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This module comes from the following digest in the
Rashi-is-Simple series
For a short summary see
http://www.RashiYomi.Com/gn41-49a.htm
http://www.RashiYomi.Com/h9n4.htm (Available Sunday)
http://www.RashiYomi.Com/h9n5.htm (Available Sunday)
For many examples see
http://www.RashiYomi.Com/h4n1.htm
For further special cases see
http://www.RashiYomi.Com/Nu20-29c
http://www.RashiYomi.Com/h6n24
http://www.RashiYomi.Com/h4n8
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EXAMPLES
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In the following examples the Hebrew word >KI<
means >WHEN< or >IF<*1 *2
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EXAMPLE 15: Ex34-09a
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God walk with us: then IF we sin you can forgive us
EXAMPLE 16: Nu05-20a
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...and IF you have sinned...
EXAMPLE 17: Dt32-03a
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WHEN I call the name of God give praise
EXAMPLE 18: Dt32-36a
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WHEN God judges his nation..then He will say
EXAMPLE 19: Gn40-14a
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..so that IF & WHEN you remember me I'll be saved*3
NOTES
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*1 There are of course many verses where >KI< means
>WHEN<. But these are 2 main verses where Rashi
makes a comment.
*2 I feel obligated to mention the important Malbim
that when a paragraph introduces a whole hypothetical
situation then
---the first >IF< of the paragraph uses the Hebrew >KI<
---the remaining >IFs< of the paragraph use the Hebrew >IM<
For example Lv04 is the chapter on >SIN OFFERINGS<
We then have the following sequence of sin offerings
---Lv04-01:12 >KI< (if) a High Priest sins
---Lv04-13:21 >IM< (if) the congregation sins
---Lv04-22:26 >ASHER< (if) the King sins
---Lv04-27:31 >IM< (if) the individual sins
---Lv04-32:35 >IM< (if) the individual sins
This is a peach of a principle which seems to have been
neglected. More can be said (like the anomalous >ASHER<
is Lv04-22) but the above will suffice for now.
*3 We follow the interpretation of the Sifsay Chachamim
commentary on Rashi who interprets Gn40-13:14 as one sentence
>In another 3 days Pharoh will remember you and restore you
(from prison) to your former post of personally serving him
(The restoration from prison will be so complete that) WHEN
(& if you do me a favor &) you mention me to Pharoh I will
be saved from Prison<
The strange construction >WHEN & IF< comes from the two
words >KI< = >WHEN< and >IM< = >IF< and is similar to our
English phrase >WHEN & IF<.
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