H6921 — קָדִים קָדִם

Hebrew / Aramaic entry for Bible study and original-language reference.

Hebrewqadiymnoun mascOccurrences: 69TWOT: 1988d

Definition / Gloss

Strong's Number:	H6921
Word:	קָדִים קָדִם
Part of Speech:	noun masc
Etymology:	from H6923
Language:	Hebrew
Occurrences:	69
Transliteration:	qadiym
Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation:	kaw-deem' (or qadim {kaw-deem'}) n-m.
Meaning:	1. the fore or front part 2. hence (by orientation) the East (often adverbially, eastward, for brevity the east wind)
KJV Renderings:	east(-ward, wind).

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קָדִים₆₉ noun masculine^{Hos 13:15} East, east wind; — absolute ׳ ק Gen 41:6 +; with ה locative קָדִ֫ימָה Ezek 11:1 +, קָדִ֫מָה Ezek 48:4 +; —

1. (apart from Ezekiel) East, especially ׳ רוּחַ (הַ)קּ wind of the East, east wind, often as violent and scorching, from desert on southeast, = Arabic sirocco ( [untranscribed source text 4681] eastern), compare Dr^{Amos 4:9:
Exod 10:13} (twice in verse) ( J E ), Exod 14:21 ( J ), Jer 18:17 (simile), Jonah 4:8; Ps 48:8 also ׳ ק (רוּחַ omitted) = east wind Gen 41:6; Gen 41:23; Gen 41:27 ( E ), Hos 12:2 ; Hos 13:15 ; Hos 27:21; Hos 38:24; Ps 78:26. — קָדִימָה Hab 1:9 is dubious, usually eastward, i.e. forward, but text probably corrupt, compare We Now Da, GASm proposes מַקְדִּים (see also [מְגַמָּה] p. 169 above).

2. in Ezekiel (52 t.):

a. East ׳ רוּחַ הַקּ east wind Ezek 17:10 ; Ezek 19:12; Ezek 27:26 east side Ezek 42:16 (+ north, south, west); ׳ שַׁעַר הַקּ Ezek 40:44 (+ north, south); ׳ פְּאַת ק Ezek 47:18 , + west Ezek 48:6; Ezek 48:7; Ezek 48:8, compare Ezek 48:1 (׳ ק ׳ פ הַיָּם; but read יָמָּה ׳ יְעַד פ ׳ ק ׳ מִפּ ᵐ5 Co Toy and others), + north, south, west, Ezek 48:16 ׳ דֶּרֶךְ הַ קּ i.e. toward the east Ezek 40:10 + 7 t., ׳ הַקּ ׳ מִדּ Ezek 43:2 ׳ לַקּ Ezek 40:23 eastward (+ North) Ezek 41:14 ׳ מֵהַקּ Ezek 42:9 on the East.

b. קָדִ֫ימָה = East: ׳ דֶּרֶךְ הַקּ Ezek 40:6 גְּבוּל קָדִימָה Ezek 45:7; Ezek 48:21 (+ west); פְּאַת קָדִימָה Ezek 47:18 , + west Ezek 48:3 + 8 t., + north, south, west, Ezek 48:32.

c. as adverb קָדִ֫ימָה eastward Ezek 11:1; Ezek 44:1; Ezek 47:1 + west Ezek 45:7 (strike out Berthol Krae), Ezek 48:18, + north, south, west, Ezek 48:10 Ezek 48:17 also (הַ)קָּדִים eastward Ezek 40:19 ; Ezek 43:17; Ezek 46:1; Ezek 46:12; Ezek 47:1; Ezek 47:3, + north Ezek 47:2.

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