כדי

כדי

See also: כּדי‎

Aramaic

Conjunction

כדי • (transliteration needed)

1. when

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Hebrew

FWOTD – 10 June 2015

Etymology 1

כְּ־‎ (k'-, “as”) +‎ דַּי‎ (day, “sufficient”)

Pronunciation

• (Modern Israeli Hebrew) IPA^(key): /keˈde/

Adverb

כְּדֵי • (k'de)

1. 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)

1. 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 [time] for the drinking of a quarter[-log]

   • 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

• עַד כְּדֵי כָּךְ‎

Descendants

• → Yiddish: כּדי‎ (kedey)

Adjective

כְּדַי • (k'dái)

1. Alternative spelling of כְּדַאי‎