כדי

כדי • (transliteration needed)

1. when

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

• IPA^(key): /keˈdej/ (Modern Hebrew)

כְּדֵי • (k'dei)

1. in order: specifies a purpose
   • a. 217 CE, 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.

Followed by לְ־‎ (l-, “to”), meaning "in order to", or שֶׁ־‎ (she-, “that”), meaning "in order that".

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.

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כְּדַי • (k'dái)

1. Alternative spelling of כְּדַאי‎