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Aramaic
Pronunciation
Conjunction
כְּדִּי • (k'di)
- when, as soon as.
Hebrew
Etymology 1
כְּ־ (k'-, “as”) + דַּי (day, “sufficient”)
Pronunciation
Adverb
כְּדֵי • (k'dei)
- in order: specifies a purpose
a. 217 C.E., Mishnah, Berachot 1:1:אִם כֵּן, לָמָּה אָמְרוּ חֲכָמִים עַד חֲצוֹת, כְּדֵי לְהַרְחִיק אֶת הָאָדָם מִן הָעֲבֵרָה:- Im ken, lamah ʾamru ḥakhamim ʿad ḥatsot? K'dei l'harḥiq ʾet haʾadam min haʿaverah.
- If so, why did the Sages say "until midnight?" In order to distance humankind from transgression.
Usage notes
Followed by לְ־ (l-, “to”), meaning "in order to", or שֶׁ־ (she-, “that”), meaning "in order that".
Preposition
כְּדֵי • (k'de)
- sufficient or appropriate for, sufficiently or appropriately for
- אָכַל כְּדֵי צָרְכּוֹ ― achál k'de tsorkó ― he ate so as to suffice for his need
- כְּדֵי שְׁתִיַת רְבִיעִית ― k'de sh'tiyát r'viít ― sufficient for the drinking of a quarter
Tanach, Deuteronomy 25:2, with translation of Aryeh Kaplan:וְהִפִּילוֹ הַשֹּׁפֵט וְהִכָּהוּ לְפָנָיו כְּדֵי רִשְׁעָתוֹ בְּמִסְפָּר- v'hipiló hashofét v'hikáhu l'fanav k'de rish'ató b'mispár
- the judge shall make him lean over, and have him flogged with a fixed number of lashes for his crime.
Derived terms
Descendants
Etymology 2
Adjective
כְּדַי • (k'dái)
- Alternative spelling of כְּדַאי