H6924. qedem

קֶ֫דֶם‎ noun [masculine] front, east, aforetime; — absolute׳ק‎ Deuteronomy 33:27 +, קֶ֑קֶם‎ Judges 8:10 +; construct קֶדֶם‎ Proverbs 8:22; once plural construct קַדְמֵי‎ 8:23; —

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a. front, ׳מִקּ‎ Isaiah 9:11 from the front (i.e. East), in front (opposed to מֵאָחוֺר‎), וָק ׳אָחוֺר‎ Psalm 139:5 behind and before; ׳ק אֶהֳלֹךְ‎ Job 23:8 I go forward (opposed to אָחוֺר‎)

b. East: ׳הַרהַֿקּ‎ Genesis 10:30 (J) mount of the East; ׳בְּנֵיקֿ‎ = dwellers in the east, tribes east or northeast of Canaan 29:1 (E), Judges 6:3, 33; 7:12; 8:10; 1 Kings 5:10; Isaiah 11:14; Jeremiah 49:28; Ezekiel 25:4, 10; Job 1:3; ק ׳הַרְרֵי‎ Numbers 23:7, see Di Sachau: Reise (1883), 159 ff.165 ff. Dr in Hast.^PETHOS; ק ׳אֶרֶץ‎ Genesis 25:6 (J); מִקֶּדֶם מָֽלְאוּ‎ Isaiah 2:6 they are full from the east (insert probablyמִקְסָם קֶסֶם,‎, or < קֹסְמִים‎ before ׳מִקּ‎, compare Lo De Du Che^Hpt Di-Kit); elsewhere ׳מִקּ‎ =eastward: (I) in the east Genesis 2:8 (2) on the eastern (side) 12:8 (J) Zechariah 14:4; ׳מִקּ לְ‎ on the east of Genesis 3:24 (J), 12:8 (J), Numbers 34:(P), Joshua 7:2 (JE), Judges 8:11; Ezekiel 11:23 = Jonah 4:5; -3eastward, with verb of motion Genesis 11:2; 13:11 (both J).

2 temporal, ancient time, aforetime:

a. ק ׳הַרְרֵי‎ Deuteronomy 33:15 ancient mountains, compare ק ׳אֱלֹהֵי‎ 33:27, ׳מַלְכֵיקֿ‎ Isaiah 19:11, שְׁמֵיקֿ ׳בִּשְׁמֵי‎ Psalm 68:34.

b. ק ׳כִּימֵי‎ Psalm 44:2 in ancient days; compare ק ׳מִימֵי‎ from of old Isaiah 23:7; Micah 7:20; Lamentations 1:7; 2:17; Isaiah 37:26 = ק ׳לְמִימֵי‎) 2 Kings 19:25 (see מִן‎ 9b (2)); ק ׳כִּימֵי‎ Isaiah 51:9; Jeremiah 46:26; ק ׳יַרְחֵי‎ Job 29:2 months of old.

c. ׳מִקּ‎ from of old Micah 5:1; Isaiah 45:21; 46:10; Habakkuk 1:12; Nehemiah 12:46; Psalm 77:12 ׳מִנִּיק‎ 7; 8:2 springing out of, derived from, ancient times (compare Dr); מִקּ ׳יָמִים‎ 77:6; 143:5 days from of old.

d. ׳ק‎ alone, as adverb anciently, of old Psalm 74:2; 119:152; ׳כְּק‎ Jeremiah 30:20; Lamentations 5:21; ק ׳ישֵׁב‎ Psalm 55:20 he that sitteth (enthroned from) of old.

e. beginning, מִקַּדְמֵיאָֿ֑רֶץ‎ Proverbs 8:23 from the beginnings of the earth; ׳ק מִפְעָלָיו‎ 8:22 the beginning of his works ("" רֵאשִׁית‎).

[קֵ֫דֶם‎], with ה‎ locative I. קֵ֫דְמָה‎

adverb eastward, to, toward, the east; — Genesis 25:6 (J), Leviticus 1:16; 16:14; Numbers 34:3, 11, 15; Joshua 19:12-13, (all P), 1 Kings 7:39 2 Chronicles 4:10; 1 Kings 17:3 = 2 Kings 13:17; Ezekiel 8:16 (twice in verse); + north, south, west, Genesis 13:14; 28:14 (both J), Numbers 2:3; 3:28; 10:5 (north, west, in ᵐ5‎), 34:10 (all P); also as

noun after מְּאַת‎ = eastern side, Exodus 27:13; 38:13 (both P), + W Ezekiel 45:7 (strike out Co; read קֶדֶם‎ Berthol Toy Krae), + north, south, west, Numbers 35:5; Joshua 18:20 so ק ׳גְּבוּל‎ 15:5 (all P).