--- title: קָדִים — East · The Tanakh dictionary description: קָדִים (6921), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 69 times: East. BDB 1906: n.m. East, east wind. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/w/6921.html) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [dictionaries](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/) / [Tanakh](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/) / [ק](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/1511.md)‎ / קָדִים‎ # קָדִים «קָדִים» in the Tanakh dictionary: **East** — 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:** 69 times · **Key:** 6921 · **BDB:** קָדִים ### Glosses eastward (20); the.east (15); east (10) ### Meaning (OSHB) East [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1511/6921/#m1) ### Meaning (BDB 1906) n.m. East, east wind [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1511/6921/#m2) **The whole BDB entry:** 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. Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 50 of its verses cited, 2 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (5 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (5 candidates) ### Trees and pragmatics [Every English meaning of «קָדִים» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1511/6921/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames. ### In the verses [Psalms 48:8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.48.8/) בְּר֥וּחַ קָדִ֑ים תְּ֝שַׁבֵּ֗ר אֳנִיּ֥וֹת תַּרְשִֽׁישׁ׃ *Word for word:* with a.wind of.\[the\].east you.shatter (the).ships of.Tarshish *JPS 1917:* With the east wind Thou breakest the ships of Tarshish. [Job 15:2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.15.2/) הֶֽחָכָ֗ם יַעֲנֶ֥ה דַֽעַת־ר֑וּחַ וִֽימַלֵּ֖א קָדִ֣ים בִּטְנֽוֹ׃ *Word for word:* a wise.\[person\]? does.he.answer knowledge of.wind and does.he.fill? east.wind belly his *JPS 1917:* Should a wise man make answer with windy knowledge, and fill his belly with the east wind? - ← previous: [קַדַּחַת](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/w/6920.md) - next →: [קָדַם](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/w/6923.md) - ↑ back to [ק](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/1511.md)