Where does “לא בכדי” come from?

לא בכדי (Hebrew) comes from Aramaic כְּדִי, from Aramaic כְּ־ — like/as.

לא בכדי (Hebrew): not for nothing, not in vain

Definitions

  1. not for nothing, not in vain

Ancestry of “לא בכדי”, step by step

לא בכדי traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Aramaic כְּדִי

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Aramaicכְּדִי—
2Aramaicכְּ־like/as

via Hebrew לֹא

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hebrewלֹאnot, no; no, not
Every word from Aramaic כְּ־ →Every word from Aramaic כְּדִי →