BDB7312
I. קַדְמֹנִי adjective former, eastern (on formation see LagBN 195 BaNB, § 227d); — absolute ׳ ק 1Sam 24:14 ( Gi v.1Sam 24:13), Joel 2:20 מ֑וֺנִי Ezek 10:19 +; masculine plural קַדְמֹנִים Job 18:20, מ֑וֺנִים Ezek 38:17 feminine plural קַדְמֹנִיּוֺת Isa 43:18; Mal 3:4 —
1.
former, ancient, ׳
יָמִים ק
Ezek 38:17
former days; ׳
שָׁנִים ק
Mal 3:4 (||
יְמֵי עוֺלָם): feminine plural as n., former things
Isa 43:18
(|| רִאשֹׁנוֺת); masculine singular as collective noun מְשַׁל
הַקַּדְמֹנִי
1Sam 24:14
a proverb of the ancients.
2.
eastern: of שַׁעַר
Ezek 10:19
; Ezek 11:1
, יָם (i.e. Dead Sea) Ezek 47:18 and (opposed to הַיָּם הָאַחֲרוֺן) Zech 14:8;
Joel 2:20
masculine plural as noun Easterns, those of the east (opposed to west) Job 18:20
(so Ew
De
Hi
Di
Bae
Du;
Vrss
earlier and later, so Da and others [both
future], Bu
former generations [now in Sh®°ôl], and future).