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title: קַדְמֹנִי — former · The Tanakh dictionary
description: קַדְמֹנִי (6931), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 10 times: former. BDB 1906: adj. former, eastern. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# קַדְמֹנִי

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«קַדְמֹנִי» in the Tanakh 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.

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**Used:** 10 times · **Key:** 6931 · **BDB:** קַדְמֹנִי

### Glosses

eastern (6); former (2); ancient.\[things\] (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

former [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1511/6931/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

adj. former, eastern [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1511/6931/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** adj. former, eastern (on format. v. LagBN 195 BaNB, § 227 d);—abs. ק׳ 1 S 24:14 (Gi v 13), Jo 2:20; -מוֹנִי Ez 10:19 +; mpl. קַדְמֹנִים Jb 18:20, -מוֹנִים Ez 38:17; fpl. קַדְמֹנִיּוֹת Is 43:18; Mal 3:4;— former, ancient, יָמִים ק׳ Ez 38:17 former days; שָׁנִים ק׳ Mal 3:4 (‖ יְמֵי עוֹלָם): fpl. as n., former things Is 43:18 (‖ רִאשֹׁנוֹת); ms. as n. coll. מְשַׁל הַקַּדְמֹנִי 1 S 24:14 a proverb of the ancients. eastern: of שַׁעַר Ez 10:19; 11:1, יָם (i.e. Dead Sea) 47:18 and (opp. הַיָּם הָאַחֲרוֹן) Zc 14:8; Jo 2:20; mpl. as n. Easterns, those of the E. (opp. W) Jb 18:20 (so Ew De Hi Di Bae Du; Vrss earlier and later, so Da al. \[both future\], Bu former generations \[now in Sheʾôl\], and future).

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 10 of its verses cited, 2 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (2 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (2 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «קַדְמֹנִי» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1511/6931/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Isaiah 43:18](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/ISA.43.18/)

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אַֽל־תִּזְכְּר֖וּ רִֽאשֹׁנ֑וֹת וְקַדְמֹנִיּ֖וֹת אַל־תִּתְבֹּנָֽנוּ׃

*Word for word:* do.not remember former.\[things\] and ancient.\[things\] do.not consider

*JPS 1917:* Remember ye not the former things, neither consider the things of old.

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[Job 18:20](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.18.20/)

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עַל־י֭וֹמוֹ נָשַׁ֣מּוּ אַחֲרֹנִ֑ים וְ֝קַדְמֹנִ֗ים אָ֣חֲזוּ שָֽׂעַר׃

*Word for word:* on day his they.are.appalled \[the\].western and.\[the\] eastern they.take.hold.of a.shudder

*JPS 1917:* They that come after shall be astonished at his day, as they that went before are affrighted.

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