Lexical Definition

‎קָדִים‎ qâdîym (kaw-deem') east ^H:N-M
or קָדִם qâdim (kaw-deem'); from ‎קָדַם‎

east(-ward, wind).

• the fore or front part
• hence (by orientation) the East (often adverbially, eastward, for brevity the east wind)

1) east, east wind
1a) east (of direction)
1b) east wind

See Greek: ἀνατολή · βίαιος · ἐναντίον · ἐναντίος · καύσων · νότος · πνεῦμα

Brown-Driver-Briggs

‎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 ( eastern), compare Dr^{Amos 4:9: Exod 10:13} (twice in verse) (JE), 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 vEzek 48:1 (‎׳‎‎ק‎ ‎׳‎‎פ‎ ‎הַיָּם‎; but read ‎יָמָּה‎ ‎׳‎‎יְעַד פ‎ ‎׳‎‎ק‎ ‎׳‎‎מִפּ‎ ᵐ5 Co Toy and others), + north, south, west, vEzek 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, vEzek 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, vEzek 48:10 vEzek 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 vEzek 47:2.

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