The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon

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קְדָם‏ prep. before

before Com. spatial Com. in the presence of, with a high official or divinity reflecting respect and distance Com. Ezra7:19 : הַשְׁלֵם קֳדָם אֱלָהּ יְרוּשְׁלֶם‏ turn them over to the God of Jerusalem. 4QpapTob ar19.6.2=00:80122 : ו]ש֗יזפן קדם אסרחריב מלך אתור‏ . TgO Gen4:13 : וַאֲמַר קַיִן קְדָם יוי‏ . reflecting close relationship to a king or god Com. temporal Com. Dan7:7 : וְהִיא מְשַׁנְּיָה מִן־כָּל־חֵיוָתָא דִּי קָדָמַיהּ‏ it was different from all the beasts that were before it. before a rel. clause as a conjunction Com. TgO Gen36:31 : קְדָם דִימלוֹך מַלכָא לִבנֵי יִשרָאֵל‏ before any Israelite king would rule. FTP Gen11:4 : קודם דנתבדר‏ before we are scattered †.

Page refs. in other dictionaries: DJPA: 478a; DJBA: 985b; Jastrow: 1316; Levy Ch-W: 2:345; Tal Sam: 755; DNWSI: 988; DJA: 76b; Cook,Qumran: 205;

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Derivatives:

ˀštqd (ˀeštəqaḏ) adv. last year

dqwdmwy n.m. day-before-yesterday

lqdm (l_qŭḏām) prep. in front of; towards the front of

mn qdmt dnh adv. previously

mn qwdm, mn qdm, mqdm (men qŭḏām) prep./conj from before, in front of

qdm ˁd lˀ conj. before

qwmy, qmy prep. before

lqmy prep. before

mn qwmy prep. before

mqmy prep. before