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title: קָדַם — come in front · The Tanakh dictionary
description: קָדַם (6923), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 26 times: come in front. BDB 1906: vb. denom. come or be in front, meet viz. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# קָדַם

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«קָדַם» in the Tanakh dictionary: **come in front** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 2 verses in layers.

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**Used:** 26 times · **Key:** 6923 · **BDB:** קָדַם

### Glosses

they (5); he (3); they.met (2)

### Meaning (OSHB)

come in front [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1511/6923/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

vb. denom. come or be in front, meet viz. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1511/6923/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** vb. denom. (Gerber130) come or be in front, meet;—Pf. 1 s. קִדַּמְתִּי Jon 4:2 ψ 119:147; 3 pl. קִדְּמוּ Dt 23:5 +, etc.; Impf. 3 ms. sf. יְקַדְּמֵנִי ψ 59:11; 3 fs. sf. תְּקַדְּמַךָּ ψ 88:14; 1s. אֲקַדֵּם Mi 6:6; Imv. ms. קַדְּמָה ψ 17:13;— meet, confront (with hostility) c. acc. pers. 2 S 22:6, 19 = ψ 18:6, 19, Jb 30:27, c. acc. פָּנָיו ψ 17:13; of hostile approach to city (acc.) 2 K 19:32 = Is 37:33 (+ adv. acc.). come to meet one (acc.) as friend, with (ב) sthg. Is 21:14; Dt 23:5; Ne 13:2, so, as worshippers (acc. of י׳), Mi 6:6(×2); c. acc. pers. + rei ψ 21:4; so 59:11 Kt 𝔊 𝔙 (acc. pers. alone Qr), acc. pers. alone ψ 79:8; acc. י׳ 88:14, acc. פָּנָיו (of י׳) 95:2 (+ בְּ), cf. חֶסֶד וֶאֱמֶת יְקַדְּמוּ פָנֶיךָ 89:15 (viz., to join themselves to thee). meet, receive, acc. pers., Jb 3:12. go before, in front ψ 68:28. be in front, 1 S 20:25 (read וַיְקַדֵּם for וַיָּקָם) 𝔊 Ew Th We Dr al. be beforehand, c. ב temp. ψ 119:147; + inf. cstr. Jon 4:2; anticipate, forestall, c. acc. rei ψ 119:148. Impf. 3 fs. תַּקְדִּים (We Now GASm תְּקַדֵּם) Am 9:10 calamity … shall not come in front about us (בַּעֲדֵינוּ). Pf. 3 ms. sf. הִקְדִּימַנִי Jb 41:3 who has anticipated me \[God\]? 𝔊 Me Bi Bu confronted me (reading וַיִּשְׁלָ֑ם for foll. וַאֲשַׁלֵּם); Du יְקַדְּמֶנּוּ confronted him (the crocodile).

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 24 of its verses cited, 3 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (5 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 2 words shared with the BDB entry, 2 with the glosses (5 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «קָדַם» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1511/6923/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[2 Samuel 22:6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/2SA.22.6/)

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חֶבְלֵ֥י שְׁא֖וֹל סַבֻּ֑נִי קִדְּמֻ֖נִי מֹֽקְשֵׁי־מָֽוֶת׃

*Word for word:* the.cords of.Sheol they surrounded.me they confronted.me snares of.death

*JPS 1917:* The cords of Sheol surrounded me; the snares of Death confronted me.

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[Psalms 18:6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.18.6/)

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חֶבְלֵ֣י שְׁא֣וֹל סְבָב֑וּנִי קִ֝דְּמ֗וּנִי מ֣וֹקְשֵׁי מָֽוֶת׃

*Word for word:* the.cords of.Sheol they surrounded.me they confronted.me snares of.death

*JPS 1917:* The cords of Sheol surrounded me; the snares of Death confronted me.

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