קֳדָם

qŏdâm Strong H6925

Engelsk before

Brown-Driver-Briggs (bibelsk aramaisk)

קֳדָם₄₂ preposition before (so Old Aramaic, Nabataean, Palmyrene, etc. (Lzb^{360 f.}), ᵑ7 קָדָם, Syriac ; properly a substantive the front, compare Arabic the front; for √ see Biblical Hebrew קדם); — suffix קָדָמַי Dan 2,9 +, מָ֑י- vDan 2,6 קדמיך Kt, קֳדָמָךְ Qr, Dan 5,23; Dan 6,23 קֳדָמוֺהִי Dan 4,5 + (compare Nerab קדמוה, Cooke¹⁸⁹); 3 feminine singular קדמיה Kt, קֳדָמַהּ Qr, Dan 7,7; Dan 7,8; Dan 7,20 קֳדָמֵיהוֺן Dan 4,4 —

1. before (= Hebrew לפְנֵי), especially in the phrases to answer, pray, say, etc., before a superior (as more respectful than to), Dan 2,9 לְמֵאמַד קֳדָמַי, vDan 2,10 vDan 2,11 vDan 2,27; Dan 6,11 (see Dr), v.Dan 6,12 v.Dan 6,13 v.Dan 6,14 ׳קֱרִי ק Ezr 4,18; Ezr 4,23; Ezr 5,23 (twice in verse); with שְׁפַר to seem fair Dan 3,32; Dan 6,2 after verbs of motion, in before, Dan 2,24; Dan 2,25; Dan 3,13; Dan 4,3 +; of time Dan 7,7.

2. מִןקֳֿדָם from before ( = מִלִּפְנֵי, but as used in late Hebrew, Est 1,19; Est 4,8), with קַבֵּל Dan 2,6, בְּעָא vDan 2,18 of a decree, Dan 6,27 מִןקֳֿדָמִי שִֹׁים טְעֵם (|| מִנִּי Dan 3,29 +), compare Dan 2,15; Ezr 7,14 of God, Dan 5,24 מִןקֳֿדָמוֺהִי שְׁלִיחַ פַּסָּא דַּייְֿדָא, Dan 7,10 (so very often in ᵑ7, Dr^{Sm lxx. f.} lxxiii). Also = Hebrew מִפְּנֵי, with to fear Dan 5,19; Dan 6,27, be rooted up Dan 7,8, fall vDan 7,20.

Kilder: F. Brown, S.R. Driver og C.A. Briggs, A Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain, i Eliran Wongs udgave (marvel.bible) med tekst fra Tim Morton (Bible Analyzer) og bibelhenvisninger ved Stephen Ku. Forekomster og ordklasser: BHSA (ETCBC). Lemma og translitteration: Strong's hebraiske ordliste.