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מִן־קֳדָם‏ prep./conj from before, in front of

from before, from being in the presence of OfA^Eg, BA^Ezra, BA^Dan, Qumran, JLAtg, Syr, BabMBK, Man, LJLA. Dan7:8 : וּתְלָת מִן־קַרְנַיָּא קַדְמָיָתָא אתעקרו/#ק#אֶתְעֲקַרָה/ מִן־קדמיה‏ three of the first horns were torn away from before it. GenApoc 22.9 : וכולהון הווא ערקין מן קודמוהי‏ they were all fleeing from before him. TgO Gen16:6 : וַעֲרַקַת מִן קְדָמַהָא‏ she fled from her presence. PJ Gen16:8 : מן קדם שרי ריבונתי אנא ערקת‏ I fled from my mistress Sarai. simple "from" with royal or divine figures BA^Dan, JLAtg, PTA, Syr, LJLA. Ezra7:14 : כָּל־קֳבֵל דִּי מִן־קֳדָם מַלְכָּא וְשִׁבְעַת יָעֲטֹהִי שְׁלִיחַ לְבַקָּרָא עַל־יְהוּד‏ since a message was sent from the king and his seven counselors to investigate Judaea. Dan2:18 : וְרַחֲמִין לְמִבְעֵא מִן־קֳדָם אֱלָהּ שְׁמַיָּא‏ to pray for mercy from the God of Heaven. TgO Gen4:1 : קְנֵיתִי גַברָא מִן קְדָם יוי‏ . TgO Gen18:14 : הֲיִתכַסַא מִן קדם יוי פִתגָמָא‏ could the matter be hidden from the Lord?. GT X Gen44:18 : מן קדם פרעה אנא דחיל‏ . PJ Gen3:8 : ואיטמר אדם ואינתתיה מן קדם ייי‏ Adam and his wife hid from the Lord.

before, in front of Com^-OA. Dan7:20r : וּנְפַלָה קֳדָמַהּ תְּלָת‏ three fell in front of it.

in the presence of a condition -> due to JLAtg, Gal, Sam, Syr, LJLA. Dan5:19 : וְדָחֲלִין מִן־קֳדָמוֹהִי‏ they were frightened of him. TgJ Jer26:3 : בִשתָא דַאֲנָא מְחַשֵיב לְמַעֲבַד לְהוֹן מִן קְֹדָם בִישוּת עוּבָדֵיהוֹן‏ the bad thing I am considering doing to them on account of the wickedness of their deeds. TgJ Mi4:8 : מְשִיחָא דְיִשרָאֵל דִטמִיר מִן קְֹדָם חוֹבֵי כְנִשתָא דְצִיוֹן‏ Messiah of Israel who has been hidden due to the sins of the congregation of Zion. TgLam5:10 : משכנא כתנורא אתקדרו מן קדם מפח כפנא‏ our skin became as black as an oven from the bloating of starvation. TgEsth² 3:8(17) : וגרפין חמיעא מן קדם פטירא‏ they scrape away leaven in deference to unleavened bread. conj. : because JLAtg, Sam, LJLA. TgJ Is42:24 : מִן קֳדָם דְחָבוּ קֳדָמוֹהִי‏ because they sinned against Him. TgEsth2^sup16.2-06:11 : מן קדם דאיתיכון קדם אבוכון דבשמיא‏ because you are with your Father who is in Heaven. conj. : before, previous to JLAtg, PTA, CPA, Sam, Syr, JBAg, Man. TgO Ex19:18 : וְטֻורָא דְסִינַי תָנִין כֻולֵיה מִן קְדָם דְאִתגְלִי עְלוֹהִי יוי בְאִישָתָא‏ the entirety of Mt. Sinai was in smoke before the Lord was revealed upon it in flames. GT Q Exod20:8 : מִן קַדָם דִּי בְּרֵיתִי יָת עָלמָא‏ before I created the world.

Page refs. in other dictionaries: DJPA: 316a; DJBA: 986b; Jastrow: 1316; DJA: 76b; Cook,Qumran: 205;

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