הֵיכִי (= הי כי) 1) how? Ber. 4ᵇ ה׳ מצי סמיך how can he join?; a. fr.—ה׳ דמי (abbr. ה"ד), v. דְּמֵי I.—Emphat. הֵיכִין how now? Ned. 51ᵇ ה׳ משמע how is it now to be decided? —2) כי ה׳ a) as well as, v. כִּי ch.—b) so that, in order that. Ber. 8ᵃ כי ה׳ דתורכו חיי in order that you may prolong your lives. Ib. 6ᵇ כי ה׳ דלא ליתזק lest he may be injured; a. v. fr.