כד
Aramaic
Etymology
Contraction of כְּדִי (kəḏī), from כְּ־ (kə-, “like/as”) + דִּי (dī, “that”), equivalent to כְּ־ (kə-, “like/as”) + דְּ־ (də-, “that”).
Conjunction
כַּד • (kaḏ)
- when, as
Hebrew
Etymology
| Root |
|---|
| כ־ד־ד (k-d-d) |
Compare Ugaritic 𐎋𐎄 (kd), Aramaic 𐡊𐡃 (kd), Punic 𐤊𐤃 (kd), Ancient Greek κάδος (kádos).
Noun
כַּד • (kad) m (plural indefinite כַּדִּים, plural construct כַּדֵּי־) [pattern: קֶטֶל]
- jar, pitcher, pot
- 1956, Aharon Ashman, A Small Pot
- כַּד קָטָן, כַּד קָטָן, \\ שְׁמוֹנָה יָמִים שַׁמְנוֹ נָתַן. \\ כָּל הָעָם הִתְפַּלֵּא, \\ מֵאֵלָיו הוּא מִתְמַלֵּא.
- A small pot, a small pot, / eight days it gave its oil. / The whole nation wondered, / it fills up by itself
- vase
References
- “כד” in the Hebrew Terms Database of the Academy of Hebrew Language
- H3537 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible
Further reading
כד on the Hebrew Wikipedia.Wikipedia he