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title: קַדְמָה — Tanakh dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «קַדְמָה» in the Tanakh dictionary: antiquity. Every English meaning with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# קַדְמָה

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«קַדְמָה‎» in the Tanakh dictionary: its 3 English meanings, every sentence parsed by Mova itself — its syntax tree, a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies, and its pragmatics clause by clause. The word in the dictionary, with its verses: [קַדְמָה‎ in the Tanakh dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/w/6927.md).

## Meaning (OSHB) {#m1}

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antiquity

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:tanakh:6927:m1:1
# text = antiquity
1	antiquity	antiquity	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

## Meaning (BDB 1906) {#m2}

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n.f. antiquity, former state conj.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:tanakh:6927:m2:1
# text = n.f. antiquity, former state conj.
1	n.f	n.f	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
3	antiquity	antiquity	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
5	former	former	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
6	state	state	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	_
7	conj	conj	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

## MACULA's glosses {#m3}

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their former; your former; before

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:tanakh:6927:m3:1
# text = their former; your former; before
1	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	2	nmod:poss	_	_
2	former	former	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	5	punct	_	_
4	your	your	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	5	nmod:poss	_	_
5	former	former	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	5	punct	_	_
7	before	before	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

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**Text:** the English meanings of the Tanakh dictionary: the OpenScriptures lexical index (CC BY 4.0), Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906 (public domain, via Sefaria) as their short meanings, and MACULA Hebrew's glosses (CC BY 4.0) when they read as English; the whole entries, dense with abbreviations and Hebrew, are not parsed. **Trees:** Mova's own parse — the `en` model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. **Frames:** Mova's frames reader (`prag`), each meaning and example read on its own. Trees and frames: Elamur Cosmic License.

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