כלפי

Hebrew

Preposition

כְּלַפֵּי • (k'lapéi)

  1. (literally) To, toward: proceeding toward, in the direction of.
    • 2003, Rina and Gideon Baruch and Antonio Costa (translators), Paulo Coelho (author), האלכימאי (ha'alkimái, “The Alchemist”), Yedioth Ahronoth (2013), page 20:
      [] כשהסביר לה שאת הכבשים יש לגזוז מן הזנב כלפי הראש.
      [] k'shehisbír láh she'ét hak'vasím yésh ligzóz mín hazanáv k'lapéi harósh.
      [] when he explained to her that the sheep were to be shorn from the tail toward the head.
  2. Toward: directed at, regarding, with respect to.