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)

1. when, as
   • c. 1001, Targum Onkelos, B'reishit 6:1:

     וַהֲוָה כַּד שְׁרִיאוּ בְנֵי אֱנָשָׁא לְמִסְגֵּי עַל אַפֵּי אַרְעָא וּבְנָתָא אִתְיְלִידוּ לְהוֹן:

     wahăwā kaḏ šərīʾū ḇənē ĕnāšā ləmisəggē ʿal ʾappē ʾarəʿā uḇənāṯā ʾiṯəyəlīḏū ləhōn.

     It came to be when men began to multiply on the face of the earth, that daughters were born to them.

References

• “kd”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–
• Jastrow, Marcus (1903), “כַּד”, in A Dictionary of the Targumim, the Talmud Babli and Yerushalmi, and the Midrashic Literature‎^[1], London, New York: Luzac & Co., G.P. Putnam's Sons

Hebrew

Etymology

Root
כ־ד־ד (k-d-d)
1 term

Probably Sanskrit कन्दु (kandu, “pot”) and ultimately Proto-South Dravidian *kiṇṭV- (“pot”). 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]

1. 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

2. vase

Declension

Declension of כַּד

	isolated forms		with possessive pronouns
Number:	State:	form	Person:	singular		plural
				m	f	m	f
singular	indefinite	כַּד	first	כַּדִּי		כַּדֵּנוּ
	definite	הַכַּד	second	כַּדְּךָ	כַּדֵּךְ	כַּדְּכֶם	כַּדְּכֶן
	construct	כַּד־	third	כַּדּוֹ	כַּדָּהּ	כַּדָּם	כַּדָּן
plural	indefinite	כַּדִּים	first	כדיי / כַּדַּי		כַּדֵּינוּ
	definite	הַכַּדִּים	second	כַּדֶּיךָ	כדייך / כַּדַּיִךְ	כַּדֵּיכֶם	כַּדֵּיכֶן
	construct	כַּדֵּי־	third	כַּדָּיו	כַּדֶּיהָ	כַּדֵּיהֶם	כַּדֵּיהֶן

References

• “כד” in the Hebrew Terms Database of the Academy of Hebrew Language
• "כד" in the Noun Declension Tables 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