Aramaic

Alternative forms

• Syriac: ܩܕܡ
• Aramaic: 𐡒𐡃𐡌

Verb

קדם • ‎(q'ðam)

1. to precede, to come before

Pronunciation 2

Conjunction

קדם • ‎(transliteration needed)

1. before

Preposition

קֳדָם • ‎(qŏḏām)

1. before, in front of

Antonyms

• בתר

References

• “qdm”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–
• Jastrow, Marcus (1903) A Dictionary of the Targumim, the Talmud Babli and Yerushalmi, and the Midrashic Literature, London, New York: Luzac & Co., G.P. Putnam's Sons
• Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press

Hebrew

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Noun

קֶדֶם • ‎(kédem) m [pattern: קֶטֶל]

1. front
2. east
3. ancient times
   • Lamentations 5:21, with translation of the Jewish Publication Society:

     הֲשִׁיבֵנוּ יְהוָה אֵלֶיךָ ונשוב (וְנָשׁוּבָה) חַדֵּשׁ יָמֵינוּ כְּקֶדֶם׃‎

     hashivénu YHVH 'elékha v'nashúva khadésh yaméinu k'kédem.
     hăšīḇḗnū YHWH ʾēléḵā wənāšū́ḇā ḥaddēš yāmḗnū kəqéḏem.

     Turn Thou us unto Thee, O LORD, and we shall be turned; renew our days as of old.

Verb

קָדַם • ‎(kadám) ‎(pa'al construction)

1. to precede, to come before

Conjugation

Prefix

קְדַם־ • ‎(kdám-)

1. pre-

Verb

קִדֵּם • ‎(kidém) ‎(pi'el construction)

1. Defective spelling of קידם.

Preposition

קֹדֶם • ‎(kódem)

1. Defective spelling of קודם.