Lexical Definition

‎קֳדָם‎ qŏdâm (kod-awm') before ^A:Prep
(Aramaic) or קְדָם qᵉdâm (ked-awm'); (Aramaic) (Daniel 7:13), corresponding to ‎קֶדֶם‎

before, [idiom] from, [idiom] I (thought), [idiom] me, [phrase] of, [idiom] it pleased, presence.

• before

1) before, in front of
1a) before
1b) from before

See Greek: παρίστημι

Brown-Driver-Briggs

‎קֳדָם‎₄₂ preposition before (so Old Aramaic, Nabataean, Palmyrene, etc. (Lzb^{360 f.}), ᵑ7 ‎קָדָם‎, Syriac ; properly a substantive the front, compare Arabic the front; for √ see Biblical Hebrew ‎קדם‎); — suffix ‎קָדָמַי‎ Dan 2:9 +, ‎מָ֑י‎- vDan 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, vDan 2:10 vDan 2:11 vDan 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 vDan 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, Dr^{Sm lxx. f.} lxxiii). Also = Hebrew ‎מִפְּנֵי‎, with to fear Dan 5:19; Dan 6:27*, be rooted up Dan 7:8, fall vDan 7:20.

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