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: Exod 10:13} (twice in verse) (JE), Exod 14:21 (J), Jer 18:17 (simile), Jonah 4:8; Ps 48:8 also ׳ק (רוּחַ omitted) = east wind Gen 41:6; Gen 41:23; Gen 41:27 (E), Hos 12:2; Hos 13:15; Hos 27:21; Hos 38:24; Ps 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 Ezek 17:10; Ezek 19:12; Ezek 27:26 east side Ezek 42:16 (+ north, south, west); ׳שַׁעַר הַקּ Ezek 40:44 (+ north, south); ׳פְּאַת ק Ezek 47:18, + west Ezek 48:6; Ezek 48:7; Ezek 48:8, compare vEzek 48:1 (׳ק ׳פ הַיָּם; but read יָמָּה ׳יְעַד פ ׳ק ׳מִפּ ᵐ5 Co Toy and others), + north, south, west, vEzek 48:16 ׳דֶּרֶךְ הַ קּ i.e. toward the east Ezek 40:10 + 7 t., ׳הַקּ ׳מִדּ Ezek 43:2 ׳לַקּ Ezek 40:23 eastward (+ North) Ezek 41:14 ׳מֵהַקּ Ezek 42:9 on the East.
  b. קָדִ֫ימָה = East: ׳דֶּרֶךְ הַקּ Ezek 40:6 גְּבוּל קָדִימָה Ezek 45:7; Ezek 48:21 (+ west); פְּאַת קָדִימָה Ezek 47:18, + west Ezek 48:3 + 8 t., + north, south, west, vEzek 48:32.
  c. as adverb קָדִ֫ימָה eastward Ezek 11:1; Ezek 44:1; Ezek 47:1 + west Ezek 45:7 (strike out Berthol Krae), Ezek 48:18, + north, south, west, vEzek 48:10 vEzek 48:17 also (הַ)קָּדִים eastward Ezek 40:19; Ezek 43:17; Ezek 46:1; Ezek 46:12; Ezek 47:1; Ezek 47:3, + north vEzek 47:2.