כד
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Aramaic[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Contraction of כְּדִי (kəḏī), from כְּ־ (kə-, “like/as”) + דִּי (dī, “that”), equivalent to כְּ־ (kə-, “like/as”) + דְּ־ (də-, “that”).
Conjunction[edit]
כַּד • (kaḏ)
Hebrew[edit]
Etymology[edit]
| Root |
|---|
| כ־ד־ד (k-d-d) |
Compare Ugaritic 𐎋𐎄 (kd), Aramaic 𐡊𐡃 (kd), Punic 𐤊𐤃 (kd), Ancient Greek κάδος (kádos).
Noun[edit]
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
- כַּד קָטָן, כַּד קָטָן, \ שְׁמוֹנָה יָמִים שַׁמְנוֹ נָתַן. \ כָּל הָעָם הִתְפַּלֵּא, \ מֵאֵלָיו הוּא מִתְמַלֵּא.
- vase
References[edit]
- “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[edit]
כד on the Hebrew Wikipedia.Wikipedia he
