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The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon

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Variant reading 1 of 2

qdm p01
qdm (qḏām, qŭḏām) prep. before
1 before Com. ▶ more

--(a) spatial Com.

(a.1) in the presence of, with a high official or divinity reflecting respect and distance Com.

(a.2) reflecting close relationship to a king or god Com.

--(b) temporal Com.

(b.1) before a relative clause as a conjunction Com.

--(c) with various nouns characterizing them as being in front or previous to something Syr.
2 as a substantive : front part Sam, Syr.


Variant reading 2 of 2

lqdm p01
lqdm (l_qŭḏām) prep. in front of; towards the front of
1 in front of, before . ▶ more

--(a) in space (often with verbs of motion) Qum, JLAtg, JPAEpig, Gal, PTA, Sam, Man, LJLA.

(a.1) fig. with inanimates PTA, Syr.

--(b) in time (very rare!) LJLA.
2 with motion towards one's front Syr, LJLA. ▶ more

--(a) towards (figures of respect) JLAtg, Syr, JBA, JBAg, LJLA.

(a.1) w. pron. suf. : for oneself Man.

1 ܐܸܬܵܐ ܠܲܩܕܵܡܲܘܗܝ : to advance Syr.

(a.2) to, to before JBA, JBAg.

--(b) ahead of Syr.