"לא בכדי" meaning in Hebrew

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        "1": "he",
        "2": "לֹא",
        "3": "ב־",
        "4": "כְּדִי",
        "lang3": "arc",
        "t1": "not",
        "t2": "in, for",
        "tr1": "lo",
        "tr2": "b'-",
        "tr3": "k'dí"
      },
      "expansion": "לֹא (lo, “not”) + ב־ (b'-, “in, for”) + Aramaic כְּדִי (k'dí)",
      "name": "af"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "arc",
        "2": "כְּדִיב",
        "tr": "k'div"
      },
      "expansion": "כְּדִיב (k'div)",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "he",
        "2": "כָּזָב",
        "tr": "kazav"
      },
      "expansion": "כָּזָב (kazav)",
      "name": "m"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From לֹא (lo, “not”) + ב־ (b'-, “in, for”) + Aramaic כְּדִי (k'dí), the latter probably a shortening of כְּדִיב (k'div) cognate with Hebrew כָּזָב (kazav).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "לֹא בִּכְדִי",
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lo bikhdí",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "tr": "lo bikhdí",
        "wv": "לֹא בִּכְדִי"
      },
      "expansion": "לֹא בִּכְדִי • (lo bikhdí)",
      "name": "he-adv"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Hebrew",
  "lang_code": "he",
  "pos": "adv",
  "senses": [
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        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Hebrew entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Hebrew terms prefixed with ב־",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "He did not get where he is for nothing, not for nothing did he usually take the highest work fee of all of them.",
          "ref": "1995, Ram Oren, משחק מכור [A Sold Game], Keter Publishing House Ltd, page 242",
          "text": "לא בכדי הגיע לאן שהגיע, לא בכדי נהג לגבות שכר טרחה גבוה מכולם.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "not for nothing, not in vain"
      ],
      "id": "en-לא_בכדי-he-adv-R69Fx-AX",
      "links": [
        [
          "for nothing",
          "for nothing"
        ],
        [
          "in vain",
          "in vain"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "לא בכדי"
}

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      "args": {
        "1": "he",
        "2": "לֹא",
        "3": "ב־",
        "4": "כְּדִי",
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        "t1": "not",
        "t2": "in, for",
        "tr1": "lo",
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      },
      "expansion": "לֹא (lo, “not”) + ב־ (b'-, “in, for”) + Aramaic כְּדִי (k'dí)",
      "name": "af"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "arc",
        "2": "כְּדִיב",
        "tr": "k'div"
      },
      "expansion": "כְּדִיב (k'div)",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "he",
        "2": "כָּזָב",
        "tr": "kazav"
      },
      "expansion": "כָּזָב (kazav)",
      "name": "m"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From לֹא (lo, “not”) + ב־ (b'-, “in, for”) + Aramaic כְּדִי (k'dí), the latter probably a shortening of כְּדִיב (k'div) cognate with Hebrew כָּזָב (kazav).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "לֹא בִּכְדִי",
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lo bikhdí",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "tr": "lo bikhdí",
        "wv": "לֹא בִּכְדִי"
      },
      "expansion": "לֹא בִּכְדִי • (lo bikhdí)",
      "name": "he-adv"
    }
  ],
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  "lang_code": "he",
  "pos": "adv",
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        "Hebrew terms prefixed with ב־",
        "Hebrew terms with quotations",
        "Requests for transliteration of Hebrew quotations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "He did not get where he is for nothing, not for nothing did he usually take the highest work fee of all of them.",
          "ref": "1995, Ram Oren, משחק מכור [A Sold Game], Keter Publishing House Ltd, page 242",
          "text": "לא בכדי הגיע לאן שהגיע, לא בכדי נהג לגבות שכר טרחה גבוה מכולם.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
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        "not for nothing, not in vain"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "for nothing",
          "for nothing"
        ],
        [
          "in vain",
          "in vain"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "לא בכדי"
}