קָדִים

1. (apart from Ezekiel) East, especially ׳רוּחַ (הַ)קּ wind of the East, east wind, often as violent and scorching, from desert on southeast, = Arabic sirocco ( eastern), compare Dr^{Amos 4,9: 2 Mos 10,13} (twice in verse) (JE), 2 Mos 14,21 (J), Jer 18,17 (simile), Jon 4,8; Sl 48,8 also ׳ק (רוּחַ omitted) = east wind 1 Mos 41,6; 1 Mos 41,23; 1 Mos 41,27 (E), Hos 12,2; Hos 13,15; Hos 27,21; Hos 38,24; Sl 78,26. — קָדִימָה Hab 1,9 is dubious, usually eastward, i.e. forward, but text probably corrupt, compare We Now Da, GASm proposes מַקְדִּים (see also [מְגַמָּה] p. 169 above).

2. in Ezekiel (52 t.):
\ \ a. East ׳רוּחַ הַקּ east wind Ezk 17,10; Ezk 19,12; Ezk 27,26 east side Ezk 42,16 (+ north, south, west); ׳שַׁעַר הַקּ Ezk 40,44 (+ north, south); ׳פְּאַת ק Ezk 47,18, + west Ezk 48,6; Ezk 48,7; Ezk 48,8, compare vEzk 48,1 (׳ק ׳פ הַיָּם; but read יָמָּה ׳יְעַד פ ׳ק ׳מִפּ ᵐ5 Co Toy and others), + north, south, west, vEzk 48,16 ׳דֶּרֶךְ הַ קּ i.e. toward the east Ezk 40,10 + 7 t., ׳הַקּ ׳מִדּ Ezk 43,2 ׳לַקּ Ezk 40,23 eastward (+ North) Ezk 41,14 ׳מֵהַקּ Ezk 42,9 on the East.
\ \ b. קָדִ֫ימָה = East: ׳דֶּרֶךְ הַקּ Ezk 40,6 גְּבוּל קָדִימָה Ezk 45,7; Ezk 48,21 (+ west); פְּאַת קָדִימָה Ezk 47,18, + west Ezk 48,3 + 8 t., + north, south, west, vEzk 48,32.
\ \ c. as adverb קָדִ֫ימָה eastward Ezk 11,1; Ezk 44,1; Ezk 47,1 + west Ezk 45,7 (strike out Berthol Krae), Ezk 48,18, + north, south, west, vEzk 48,10 vEzk 48,17 also (הַ)קָּדִים eastward Ezk 40,19; Ezk 43,17; Ezk 46,1; Ezk 46,12; Ezk 47,1; Ezk 47,3, + north vEzk 47,2.