Lexical Summary qodam: before Original Word: קֱדָםTransliteration: qodam Phonetic Spelling: (kod-awm') Part of Speech: Preposition Short Definition: before Meaning: before Strong's Concordance before, from, I thought, me, of, it pleased, presence (Aramaic) or qdam (Aramaic) (Daniel 7:13) {ked-awm'}; corresponding to qedem; before -- before, X from, X I (thought), X me, + of, X it pleased, presence. see HEBREW 'obdan see HEBREW qedem Brown-Driver-Briggs H6925. qodam קֳדָם42 preposition before (so Old Aramaic, Nabataean, Palmyrene, etc. (Lzb360f.), קָדָם ᵑ7, Syriac ; properly a substantive the front, compare Arabic the front; for √ see Biblical Hebrew קדם); — suffix קָדָמַי Daniel 2:9 +, מָ֑י- 2:6; קדמיך Kt, קֳדָמָךְ Qr, 5:23; 6:23; קֳדָמוֺהִי 4:5 + (compare Nerab קדמוה, Cooke189); 3 feminine singular קדמיה Kt, קֳדָמַהּ Qr, 7:7-8, 20; קֳדָמֵיהוֺן 4:4; — 1 before (= Hebrew לפְנֵי), especially in the phrases to answer, pray, say, etc., before a superior (as more respectful than to), Daniel 2:9 קֳדָמַי לְמֵאמַד, 2:10; 2:11; 2:27; 6:11 (see Dr), 6:12; 6:13; 6:14; ק ׳קֱרִי Ezra 4:18; 4:23; Ezra 5:23 (twice in verse); with שְׁפַר to seem fair Daniel 3:32; Daniel 6:2; after verbs of motion, in before, 2:24-25, 3:13; 4:3 +; of time 7:7. 2 מִןקֳֿדָם from before ( = מִלִּפְנֵי, but as used in late Hebrew, Esther 1:19; 4:8), with קַבֵּל Daniel 2:6, בְּעָא 2:18; of a decree, 6:27 טְעֵם שִֹׁים מִןקֳֿדָמִי ("" מִנִּי 3:29 +), compare 2:15; Ezra 7:14; of God, Daniel 5:24 דַּייְֿדָא מַּסָּא שְׁלִיחַ מִןקֳֿדָמוֺהִי, 7:10 (so very often in ᵑ7, DrSm lxx. f. lxxiii). Also = Hebrew מִמְּנֵי, with to fear 5:19; 6:27, be rooted up 7:8, fall 7:20. |
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