Lexical Definition

‎קַדְמָה‎ qadmâh (kad-maw') former ^H:N-F
from ‎קָדַם‎

afore, antiquity, former (old) estate.

• priority (in time)
• also used adverbially (before)

1) antiquity, former state or estate or situation, before, origin
1a) antiquity, beginning, origin
1b) former state or situation conj
1c) before

Extended Information

• Aramaic equivalent: qad.mah (‎ק‎ַ‎ד‎ְ‎מ‎ָ‎ה‎ "previously" קַדְמָה)

Brown-Driver-Briggs

Aramaic form: קַדְמָה
[‎קַדְמָה‎] noun feminine antiquity, former state; —

1. antiquity, beginning, suffix ‎קַדְמָתָהּ‎ Isa 23:7 (of Tyre).

2. former state, suffix ‎קַדְמָתָן‎ Ezek 16:55 (twice in verse), ‎קַדְמַתְכֶן‎ vEzek 16:55 plural suffix ‎קַדְמוֺתֵיכֶם‎ Ezek 36:11.

3. construct singular = conjunction before (temporal; Aramaic) ‎שֶׁקַּדְמַת שָׁלַף‎ Ps 129:6.

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