לפיכך
Hebrew
Etymology
From לְפִי (l'fí-, “according to, per”) + כָּךְ (kakh, “so, thus”).
Pronunciation
- (Modern Israeli Hebrew) IPA(key): /le.fiˈχaχ/
- (Tiberian Hebrew) IPA(key): /lă.fiːˈxɔːx/
Adverb
לְפִיכָךְ • (l'fikhákh)
- Therefore, hence, thereby.
- a. 217 C.E., Mishnah. Sanhedrin, section 4.5:
- לְפִיכָךְ נִבְרָא אָדָם יְחִידִי, לְלַמֶּדְךָ, שֶׁכָּל הַמְאַבֵּד נֶפֶשׁ אַחַת מִיִּשְׂרָאֵל, מַעֲלֶה עָלָיו הַכָּתוּב כְּאִלּוּ אִבֵּד עוֹלָם מָלֵא.
- Therefore but a single person was created in the world, to teach that if any man has caused a single life to perish from Israel, he is deemed by Scripture as if he had caused a whole world to perish;