BDB9849
קֳדָם42 preposition before (so Old Aramaic, Nabataean, Palmyrene, etc. (Lzb360 f.), ᵑ7 קָדָם, Syriac [untranscribed source text 6142]; properly a substantive the front, compare Arabic [untranscribed source text 6143] the front; for √ see Biblical Hebrew קדם); — suffix קָדָמַי Dan 2:9 +, מָ֑י- Dan 2:6 קדמיך Kt , קֳדָמָךְ Qr , Dan 5:23 ; Dan 6:23 קֳדָמוֺהִי Dan 4:5 + (compare Nerab קדמוה, Cooke189); 3 feminine singular קדמיה Kt , קֳדָמַהּ Qr , Dan 7:7; Dan 7:8; Dan 7:20 קֳדָמֵיהוֺן Dan 4:4 —
1.
before (= Hebrew לפְנֵי), especially in the phrases to answer, pray,
say, etc., before a superior (as more respectful than to), Dan 2:9
לְמֵאמַד קֳדָמַי, Dan 2:10 Dan 2:11 Dan 2:27; Dan 6:11 (see Dr), v.Dan 6:12 v.Dan 6:13 v.Dan 6:14
׳
קֱרִי ק
Ezra 4:18;
Ezra 4:23;
Ezra 5:23
(twice in verse); with שְׁפַר to seem fair
Dan 3:32; Dan 6:2 after verbs
of motion, in before, Dan 2:24; Dan 2:25; Dan 3:13; Dan 4:3 +; of time Dan 7:7.
2.
מִןקֳֿדָם
from before ( = מִלִּפְנֵי, but as used in late
Hebrew, Esth 1:19
; Esth 4:8), with
קַבֵּל
Dan 2:6,
בְּעָא Dan
2:18 of a decree, Dan 6:27
מִןקֳֿדָמִי
שִֹׁים טְעֵם (|| מִנִּי
Dan 3:29 +),
compare Dan 2:15;
Ezra 7:14 of God,
Dan 5:24
מִןקֳֿדָמוֺהִי שְׁלִיחַ פַּסָּא דַּייְֿדָא, Dan 7:10 (so very often in
ᵑ7
, DrSm lxx. f. lxxiii). Also = Hebrew מִפְּנֵי
, with to fear
Dan 5:19; Dan 6:27, be
rooted up
Dan 7:8,
fall
Dan 7:20.