BDB7312 [H6931]

I. קַדְמֹנִי adjective former, eastern (on formation see Lag^{BN 195} Ba^{NB, § 227d}); — absolute ׳ק 1Sam 24:14 (Gi v.1Sam 24:13), Joel 2:20 מ֑וֺנִי Ezek 10:19 +; masculine plural קַדְמֹנִים Job 18:20, מ֑וֺנִים Ezek 38:17 feminine plural קַדְמֹנִיּוֺת Isa 43:18; Mal 3:4 —

1. former, ancient, ׳יָמִים ק Ezek 38:17 former days; ׳שָׁנִים ק Mal 3:4 (|| יְמֵי עוֺלָם): feminine plural as n., former things Isa 43:18 (|| רִאשֹׁנוֺת); masculine singular as collective noun מְשַׁל הַקַּדְמֹנִי 1Sam 24:14 a proverb of the ancients.

2. eastern: of שַׁעַר Ezek 10:19; Ezek 11:1, יָם (i.e. Dead Sea) Ezek 47:18 and (opposed to הַיָּם הָאַחֲרוֺן) Zech 14:8; Joel 2:20 masculine plural as noun Easterns, those of the east (opposed to west) Job 18:20 (so Ew De Hi Di Bae Du; Vrss earlier and later, so Da and others [both future], Bu former generations [now in Sh®°ôl], and future).

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