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qdmy (qaḏmāy) adj. first
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first
Common Aramaic
Dan 7:4↗ קַדְמָיְתָא כְאַרְיֵה‏ : the first was like a lion ; GenApoc 12.14↗ ביום חד לרגלא קדמיא‏ : on day one of the first pilgrimage festival ; TgO Gen25:25↗ וֻנפַק קַדמָאָה סִמוֹק כוּלֵיה‏ ; CPA Deut13:9↗ ܘܐܝ̈ܕܝ‍[‍ܟ ‍]‍ܝܗ̈ܢ ܥܠܘܗ‍[‍ܝ‍]‍ ܒܩܡ̈ܝܐ ܕܬܩ^ܛ^‍[‍ܘܠ‍]‍ ܝܬܗ‏ : your hands shall be the first to kill him ; SamTgJ Ex23:19↗ קדמאית בכירי ארעתך‏ : the first ones of your land's first fruits ; OS MtCur17:27↗ ܘܢܘܢܐ ܩܕܡܝܐ ܕܣܠܩ‏ : the first fish that comes up ; BT Ber 55b(40)↗ מאן דחליש יומא קמא לא ליגלי‏ : someone who is weak should not reveal it on the first day ; BT Šab 21a(31) (270+ times in BT)↗ תנא קמא‏ : the first tannaitic scholar ; HP Sassoon(1) 34.32↗ ביומא טבא קמא‏ : the first holiday [i.e. the first day of Sukkot] ; AM 270:12↗ bˁrupta qadmaita mn nisan : on the first Friday of Nisan ; PJ Gen25:25↗ ונפק קמאה סמוקריי כוליה‏ : the first one came out all reddish
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primary
Syr
ArisCat 2b15 ܐܘܣ̈ܝܣ ܩܕܡ̈ܝܬܐ‏ : primary substances ; Métr 13:9 ܟܡܐ ܐܢܘܢ ܓܢ̈ܣܐ ܩܕܡ̈ܝܐ ܕܡܫܘܚܬܐ‏ : how many primary types of meter are there?
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important person
Sam, Syr
SamTgJ Ex5:6↗ קדמיה בעמה‏ ; Am7 140:8↗ ܚܕ ܡ݂ܢ ܩܕ̈ܡܝܐ ܕܪܗܘܡܐ‏ : one of Rome's major figures
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subst. : first one
JBA
BT Yom 64b(5)↗ מכלל דקמא כדקאי קאי‏ : the implication is that the first one is as it is ; BT BM 19b(46)↗ דקמא ובתרא קמא זכי‏ : (in a case where there is) a first one and a latter one, the first one prevails
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primeval
Common Aramaic
ATS 1.1:01↗ hiia rbia qadmaiia : the First Great Life ; PJ Gen27:15↗ אדם קדמאי‏
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tractate Bava Qamma
JBAg
GSh 424b:13 text not cited
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former
Common Aramaic
TAD A6.10 .1↗ קדמן כזי מצריא מרדו אדין סמשך פקידא קדמיא‏ : previously when the Egyptians revolted, PN the former official ; Dan 7:24↗ וְהוּא יִשְׁנֵא מִן־קַדְמָיֵא‏ : it will be different from the former ones ; PAT523:1.2↗ dy hnn btr gmḥyn trn qdmyn : which are behind the two earlier niches ; Heb 10:32↗ ܠܝܲܘܡܵܬ݂ܵܐ̈ ܩܲܕ݂ܡܵܝܸܐ̈‏
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predecessor
Syr, JBA
PagPhil.216.24↗ ܡܢܘ ܐܝܬܘܗܝ ܩܕܡܝܐ ܕܟܐܘܢ‏ : who was the predecessor of Saturn?
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pl. : men of old, ancient predecessors
Syr, JBA, JBAg
OS MtCur5:27↗ ܫܡܥܬܘܢ ܕܐܬܐܡܪ ܠܩܕ̈ܡܝܐ ܕܠܐ ܬܓܘܪ‏ ; P Job18:20↗ ܘܩ̈ܕܡܝܐ ܙܩܦܬ ܣܥܪܬܗܘܢ‏ : as for the ancient ones, their hair stood up straight ; BT Ber 20a(5)↗ מאי שנא קמאי דמתרחיש להו ניסא‏ : how were the ancients different so that a miracle happened to them? ; TGHark(1) 30.1.16↗ ומילתא דנקיטא מפומא דרבנן קמאיי איתני עולם‏ : a matter taken from the mouth of the ancient rabbis, the mighty ones of the world
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fem. pl. : former times
Syr
Am3 627:20↗ ܝ݂ܪܸܒ݂ ܚܘܒܗ ܥܠܘܗܝ܃ ܝܬܝܪ ܡܢ ܕܲܒܩܲܕ݂ܡܵܝܬܵܐ‏ : his love for him increased more than it was formerly
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front part, bust
Syr
3KgdHex 10:19 ܘܩܕܡܵܝ̈ܐ ܕܬܲܘܪ̈ܐ ܠܟܘܪܣܝܐ ܡܢ ܒܸܣܬܪܸܗ‏ : the throne had bovine fronts [LXX: προτομαὶ] on its back-side
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CPA ܩܡܐܝܝ ܩܡܝ, JBA קַמָּא, קדמאה , fem. קַמָּיְיתָא
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See also s.v. qdmyh n.f.
Page refs. in other dictionaries: LS2: 1319[646]DJPA: 475bDJBA: 986bJastrow: 1317Drower/Macuch: 399bPayne-Smith: 3494J. Payne-Smith: 490Levy Ch-W: 2:346DNWSI: 992DCPA[Schulthess]: 375[175]DJA: 77aQumran: 205

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