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דַּי‎ substantive sufficiency, enough (Late Hebrew, but not known in other cognate languages) — construct דֵּי‎, with suffix (see below) דַּיָּם דַּיֶּ֑ךָּ,‎: —

1 absolute thrice only Malachi 3:10 I will pour you out a blessing עַדבְּֿלִידָֽֿי‎ until there is not sufficiency, i.e. until my abundance can be exhausted, or, as this can never be, for ever (compare Psalm 72:7), Esther 1:18 וָקָ֑צֶף בִּזָּיוֺן וּכְדַי‎ and (there will be) as enough (i.e. in plenty) contempt and wrath, 2 Chronicles 30:3 לְמַדַּי‎ = לְמַהדַּֿי‎ for what was sufficient. With a Genitive of the person or thing for which anything suffices: Exodus 36:5 הָעֲבֹדָה מִדֵּי‎ (more) than enough for the work, Leviticus 5:7 and if his hand do not reach (if he do not command) שֶׂה דֵּי‎ enough for (i.e. to buy) a lamb, 12:8; 25:28 לוֺ הָשִׁיב דֵּי‎ enough for recovering it, Deuteronomy 15:8 מַחְסֹרוֺ דֵּי‎ enough for his need, Isaiah 40:16 (twice in verse). With suffix Proverbs 25:16 דַּיֶּ֑ךָּ אֱכֹל‎ eat that which is sufficient for thee; דַּיָּם‎ Exodus 36:7; Jeremiah 49:9; Obadiah 5.. Once with Genitive of the thing which is sufficient, Proverbs 27:27 עִזִּים חֲלֵב דֵּי‎ enough of goats' milk.

2 Combined with כְּ בְּ,‎, and especially דַּי מִן,‎ (דֵּי‎) has a tendency to form compound prepositions, used idiomatically in certain applications: —

a. בְּדֵי‎ (α) for (the בְּ‎ pretii) what suffices for: Nahum 2:13 the lion tare in pieces גֹרוֺתָיו בְּדֵי‎ for the need of his whelps ("" לְלִבְאֹתָיו‎; but ? כְּדֵי‎, see b); iron. Habakkuk 2:13; Jeremiah 51:58 the peoples labour בְּדֵיאֵֿשׁ‎ for fire (only to satisfy the fire), and the nations weary themselves בְּדֵירִֿיק‎ for what is empty. (β) in the abundance of, i.e. as often as Job 39:25 שׁוֺפָר בְּדֵי‎ in the abundance of the trumpet, i.e. as often as the trumpet sounds (מִדֵּי‎ elsewhere in this sense).

b. כְּדֵי‎ according to the sufficiency, or abundance, of Leviticus 25:26 and find גְאֻלָּתוֺ כְּדֵי‎ according to the sufficiency of his redemption, i.e. as much as it demands, Deuteronomy 25:2; Nehemiah 5:8 בָנוּ כְּדֵי‎ (stative construct before בְּ‎: Ges^{§ 130}, 1) 'quantum in nobis erat,' after our ability, Judges 6:5 they came לָרֹב אַרְבֶּה כְּדֵי‎ according to the abundance of the locust in multitude (for which לָרֹב כָּאַרְבֶּה‎ would ordinarily be said: compare 7:12).

c. מִדֵּי‎ out of the abundance of, hence as often as; — (α) followed by infinitive 1 Samuel 1:7 עֲלֹתָהּ מִדֵּי‎ = as often as she went up, 18:30; 1 Kings 14:28 (= 2 Chronicles 12:11) 2 Kings 4:8; Isaiah 28:19 עָבְרוֺ מִדֵּי‎ as often as it passeth over, Jeremiah 31:20; (β) followed by substantive, 48:27 בּוֺ דְבָרֶיךָ מִדֵּי‎ as often as thy words (are) of him; and in the idiomatic phrases בְּשָׁנָה שָׁנָה מִדֵּי‎ = yearly (a combination of שָׁנָה מִדֵּי‎ and בְּשָׁנָה שָׁנָה‎: see below שָׁנָה‎) 1 Samuel 7:16 (see Dr) Zechariah 14:16; 2 Chronicles 24:5; and בְּחָדְשׁוֺ חֹדֶשׁ מִדֵּי‎ Isaiah 66:23 as often as month (comes) in its month (i.e. in its own time: חֹדֶשׁ‎ made more precise by the add. of בְּחָדְשׁוֺ‎; compare the phrase בְּיוֺמוֺ יוֺם דְּבַר‎): so בְּשַׁבַּתּוֺ שַׁבָּת מִדֵּי‎ ib.; (γ) as conjunction, with the finite verb (אֲשֶׁר‎ being understood: compare בַּעֲבוּר‎ etc.), Jeremiah 20:8 אֲדַבֵּר מִדֵּי‎ as often as I speak.

מַדַּי‎ (i.e. מַהדַּֿי‎) 2 Chronicles 30:3, see מה‎

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מִדֵּי‎ see דַּי‎.

מְדִינָה מִדְיָן,‎ see דין‎.

מִדְיָנִים‎ see I. מדון‎. מְדֹכָה‎ see דוך‎.

מַדְמֵן‎, I, II. מַדְמַנָּה מַדְמֵנָה,‎ see דמן‎.

מְדָן‎ see דין‎. מְדָנִים‎ see מִדְיָנִי מדון,‎.

מֹדַ֫עַת מֹדַע, מַדַּע,‎ see ידע‎.

[מַדְקָרָה‎], plural construct מַדְקְרוֺת‎ see דקר‎.

מַדְרֵגָה‎ see דרג‎. מְדֻרָה‎ see דור‎.

[מִדְרָךְ‎] see דרך‎. [מִדְרָשׁ‎] see דרשׁ‎.

[מְדֻשָׁה‎] see דושׁ‎.