Lexical Definition

‎קַדְמָה‎ qadmâh (kad-maw') previously ^A:N-F
(Aramaic) corresponding to ‎קַדְמָה‎

afore(-time), ago.

• former time

1) former time or situation, as before

Extended Information

Aramaic of: קַדְמָה

• Aramaic of qad.mah (‎ק‎ַ‎ד‎ְ‎מ‎ָ‎ה‎ "former" קַדְמָה)

Brown-Driver-Briggs

[‎קַדְמָה‎] noun feminine former time (compare Biblical Hebrew ‎קַדְמָה‎, Zinjirli ‎קדמה‎ (Cooke¹⁷⁷), former state); — construct Dan 6:11* ‎מִןקַּֿדְמַת דְּנָה‎ = before this, formerly; so Ezra 5:11 ‎׳‎‎מִקַּדְמַת דְּ‎. compare Gen 28:19 ‎ᵑ7‎^J, Ezek 38:17 ᵑ7.

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