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קַדְמַי

«קַדְמַי» in the Biblical Aramaic dictionary: former — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 2 verses in layers.

Used: 3 times · Key: lemma:קַדְמַי · BDB: קַדְמָי

Glosses

(the) (1); the (1); the.former (1)

Meaning (OSHB)

former tree →

Meaning (BDB 1906)

adj. former, first tree →

The whole BDB entry

adj. former, first (so Nab. Palm. 𝔗 Syriac);—fs. emph. קַדְמָֽיְתָא the first Dn 7:4, fpl. emph. קַרְנַיָּא קַדְמָיָתָא the former horns v 8, mpl. emph. קַדְמָיֵא v 24.

Jastrow 1903

קַדְמַי: first, former, previous Fem. in ancient times in front tree →

The whole Jastrow entry

(preced. wds.) first, former, previous. Targ. Y. II, Gen. I, 5 (ed. Vien. קֳרָמָי). Targ. Is. VIII, 23. Targ. Ps. XCII, 1 אדם ק׳ (v. קַדְמוֹנִי). Targ. Gen. XXV, 25; a. fr.—Y. B. Hash. II, 58ᵇ top כהנא אתמני קדמיי מן וכ׳ K. was appointed (member of the court) before R. Jacob; עאל … ק׳ מיניה לעיבורא but R. J. entered the meeting for intercalation before him. Lam. R. to III, 7 ק׳ מנהון, v. קְרַץ II; a. e.—Pl. קַדְמָאִין, קַדְמַיִין, קֳדָמָאֵי, קַדְ׳. Targ. Job XXIX, 2 (ed. Wil. קַדְמָיָן, read מָיִן …). Ib. VIII, 8. Targ. Jer. XVI, 18; a. fr.—Targ. Job XVIII, 20 קדמאי Ms. (ed. קַדְמוֹנָאֵי).—Y. Peah I, 21ᵈ bot. אי הוון ק׳ מלאכים וכ׳ (not בני מל׳) if our ancestors were angels, we are human beings, and if they were human &c.; Y. Shek. V, beg. 48ᶜ קדְמָאיֵי; Gen. R. s. 60; a. e.—Fem. קַדְמֵיתָא, קַדְמַיְיתָא. Targ. Jer. XXV, 1. Targ. Is. XLIII, 2 בק׳ in ancient times. Targ. O. Gen. XI, 2 בק׳ (h. text מקדם). Ib. XXXIII, 2 קַדְמֵתָא ed. Amst. ed. Vien. קדמאין; (ed. Berl. קַדְמוּתָא; Y. בק׳ דמיתא) in front; a. e.—Y. Taan. I, beg. 63ᶜ היא דעתיה … ק׳ היא וכ׳ R. Eliezer’s opinion in the former quotation (Mishnah) is the same as in the latter. Ib. בק׳ in the early prayer (שחרית). Y. Peah V, end, 19ᵃ (in a defective passage) מה בינה לק׳ what is the difference between this and the former case? Y. Ned. VI, end, 40ᵃ ק׳ ואיקרון when the first (of the three letters) was read, he showed them honor; a. e.—[Y. Gitt. III, end, 45ᵇ, read: קְדִימְתָּא.]

Why these entries: BDB: same consonants, part of speech agrees, 3 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (1 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (1 candidates); Jastrow: headword, part of speech agrees, 0 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses (1 candidates)

Trees and pragmatics

Every English meaning of «קַדְמַי» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

In the verses

Daniel 7:24

וְקַרְנַיָּ֣א עֲשַׂ֔ר מִנַּהּ֙ מַלְכוּתָ֔ה עַשְׂרָ֥ה מַלְכִ֖ין יְקֻמ֑וּן וְאָחֳרָ֞ן יְק֣וּם אַחֲרֵיה֗וֹן וְה֤וּא יִשְׁנֵא֙ מִן־קַדְמָיֵ֔א וּתְלָתָ֥ה מַלְכִ֖ין יְהַשְׁפִּֽל׃

Word for word: and the horns ten from it the kingdom ten kings they.will.arise and another he.will.arise after them and he he.will.be.different from the.former [kings] and three kings he.will.bring.low

JPS 1917: And as for the ten horns, out of this kingdom shall ten kings arise; and another shall arise after them; and he shall be diverse from the former, and he shall put down three kings.

Daniel 7:4

קַדְמָיְתָ֣א כְאַרְיֵ֔ה וְגַפִּ֥ין דִּֽי־נְשַׁ֖ר לַ֑הּ חָזֵ֣ה הֲוֵ֡ית עַד֩ דִּי־מְּרִ֨יטוּ גַפַּ֜יהּ וּנְטִ֣ילַת מִן־אַרְעָ֗א וְעַל־רַגְלַ֙יִן֙ כֶּאֱנָ֣שׁ הֳקִימַ֔ת וּלְבַ֥ב אֱנָ֖שׁ יְהִ֥יב לַֽהּ׃

Word for word: the first [was].like a.lion and wings (diy).of an.eagle [were].to it seeing I.was until that they.were.plucked.off wings its and it.was.lifted away.from the earth and on two.feet like a.human it.was.made.to.stand and a.heart of.a.human it.was.given to it

JPS 1917: The first was like a lion, and had eagle's wings; I beheld till the wings thereof were plucked off, and it was lifted up from the earth, and made stand upon two feet as a man, and a man's heart was given to it.

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