קָדִים

n.m. Ho 13:15 East, east wind;—abs. ק׳ Gn 41:6 +; c. ה loc. קָדִ֫ימָה Ez 11:1 +, קָדִ֫מָה 48:4 +;— (apart from Ez) East, especially רוּחַ (הַ)קּ׳ wind of the East, east wind, often as violent and scorching, from desert on SE., = Arabic sirocco (شرقية eastern), cf. Dr Am 4:9: Ex 10:13(×2) (JE), 14:21 (J), Je 18:17 (sim.), Jon 4:8 ψ 48:8; also ק׳ (רוּחַ om.) = east wind Gn 41:6, 23, 27 (E), Ho 12:2; 13:15; Is 27:8; Jb 15:2; 27:21; 38:24 ψ 78:26.—קָדִימָה Hb 1:9 is dub., usually eastward, i.e. forward, but text prob. corrupt, cf. We Now Da, GASm proposes מַקְדִּים (v. also [מְגַמָּה] p. 169 supr.). in Ez (52 times): East רוּחַ הַקּ׳ east wind 17:10; 19:12; 27:26; east side 42:16 (+ N, S, W); שַׁעַר הַקּ׳ 40:44 (+ N, S); פְּאַת ק׳ 47:18, + W 48:6, 7, 8, cf. v 1 (פ׳ ק׳ הַיָּם; but read מִפּ׳ ק׳ וְעַד פ׳ יָמָּה 𝔊 Co Toy al.), + N, S, W, v 16; דֶּרֶךְ הַקּ׳ i.e. toward the E. 40:10 + 7 times, מִדּ׳ הַקּ׳ 43:2; לַקּ׳ 40:23 eastward (+ N) 41:14; מֵהַקּ׳ 42:9 on the East. קָדִ֫ימָה = East: דֶּרֶךְ הַקּ׳ 40:6; גְּבוּל קָדִימָה 45:7; 48:21 (+ W); פְּאַת קָדִימָה 47:18, + W 48:3 + 8 times, + N, S, W, v 32. as adv. קָדִ֫ימָה eastward 11:1; 44:1; 47:1; + W 45:7 (del. Berthol Krae), 48:18, + N, S, W, v 10, 17; also (הַ)קָּדִים eastward 40:19; 43:17; 46:1, 12; 47:1, 3, + N v 2.