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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

mn@qdm p01 = mn@qdm p --> mn@qwdm p
mn qwdm, mn qdm, mqdm (men qŭḏām) prep./conj from before, in front of
1 from before, from being in the presence of OfA-Egypt, BA-Ez, BA-Da, Qum, JLAtg, Syr, JBAmb, Man, LJLA. ▶ more

--(a) ܡܢ ܩܘܕܡ ܐܦ̈ܝ : idem. CPA.

--(b) simple "from" with royal or divine figures BA-Da, JLAtg, JPAEpig, PTA, Syr, LJLA.
2 before, in front of Com, -OA.
3 in the presence of a condition -> due to JLAtg, Gal, Sam, Syr, LJLA. ▶ more

--(a) conj. : because JLAtg, Sam, LJLA.
4 before, previous to CPA, Syr. ▶ more

--(a) conj. : before, previous to JLAtg, PTA, CPA, Sam, Syr, JBAg, Man.