H6927

קַדְמָה

qad.mahH:N-F

former

1) antiquity, former state or estate or situation, before, origin 1a) antiquity, beginning, origin 1b) former state or situation conj 1c) before Aramaic equivalent: qad.mah (קַדְמָה "previously" H6928)

Full Brown-Driver-Briggs lexicon entry

[קַדְמָה] noun feminine antiquity, former state; —

1. antiquity, beginning, suffix קַדְמָתָהּ Isa 23:7 (of Tyre).

2. former state, suffix קַדְמָתָן Ezek 16:55 (twice in verse), קַדְמַתְכֶן vEzek 16:55 plural suffix קַדְמוֺתֵיכֶם Ezek 36:11.

3. construct singular = conjunction before (temporal; Aramaic) שֶׁקַּדְמַת שָׁלַף Ps 129:6.

[קַדְמָה] noun feminine former time (compare Biblical Hebrew קַדְמָה, Zinjirli קדמה (Cooke¹⁷⁷), former state); — construct Dan 6:11 מִןקַּֿדְמַת דְּנָה = before this, formerly; so Ezra 5:11 ׳מִקַּדְמַת דְּ. compare Gen 28:19 ᵑ7^J, Ezek 38:17 ᵑ7.

4 occurrences

Psalms (1), Isaiah (1), Ezekiel (2)