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qdmy (qaḏmāy) adv. first
1
first, at first
Gal, PTA, CPA, Syr
KohR[1]19:4(5)↗ קדמאי אבא ובתר רבי‏ : Dad is first and then my teacher ; FTV Lev22:27↗ תורא איתבחר קדמי‏ : the ox was chosen first ; Lag(362) John2:10↗ ܟܘܠ ܐܢܫ ܩܡܐܝ ܚܡܪܐ ܛܒܐ ܡܣܝܡ ܘܟܕ ܝܪܘܘܢ ܠܕܢ ܕܫܦܝܦ ܡܝܬܝ‏ : everyone sets out good wine first, but when they get drunk, he brings that which is inferior ; ApocBar 33:3↗ ܛܒ ܗܘܐ ܠܢ ܕܢܡܘܬ ܟܠܢ ܩܕܡܝ‏ : it was good for all of us to die first
2
as co-prepositon
(1)
l_ : before
PTA
TN Gen29:26↗ text not cited ; TN Deut5:9↗ text not cited
(2)
קדמי מן, קדמיין מן : before
JLAtg, Gal, CPA
PTRH 58.b:7[2]↗ עאל ר׳ יעקב בר אחא קדמיי מיניה לעיבורא‏ : PN entered before he did for the intercalation ; Lag(360) John1:27↗ ܗܕܢ ܕܐܬܐ ܡܢ ܒܬ݁ܪܝ ܕܩܡܐܝ ܡܢܝ ܐܬ݁ܥܒܕ‏ : the one who comes after me is the one who was made before me
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CPA ܩܡܐܝ܂ ܩܡܝ
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