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title: קֵדֶם — eastward · The Tanakh dictionary
description: קֵדֶם (lemma:קֵדֶם), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 26 times: eastward. BDB 1906: adv. eastward to, toward the East. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# קֵדֶם

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«קֵדֶם» in the Tanakh dictionary: **eastward** — 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:** lemma:קֵדֶם · **BDB:** קֵ֫דֶם

### Glosses

eastward (19); of (6); \[were\] (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

eastward [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1511/lemma_3a_5e7_5b5_5d3_5b6_5dd/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

adv. eastward to, toward the East [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1511/lemma_3a_5e7_5b5_5d3_5b6_5dd/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** c. ה loc. i. קִ֫דְמָה adv. eastward to, toward the East;—Gn 25:6 (J), Lv 1:16; 16:14; Nu 34:3, 11, 15; Jos 19:12, 13 (all P), 1 K 7:39 = 2 Ch 4:10; 1 K 17:3; 2 K 13:17; Ez 8:16(×2); + N, S, W, Gn 13:14; 28:14 (both J), Nu 2:3; 3:28; 10:5 (N, W, in 𝔊), 34:10 (all P); also as n. after פְּאַח = E. side, Ex 27:13; 38:13 (both P), + W Ez 45:7 (del. Co; read קֶדֶם Berthol Toy Krae), + N, S, W, Nu 35:5 Jos 18:20 so גְּבוּל ק׳ 15:5 (all P).

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech not compared, 24 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses (5 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech not compared, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (5 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «קֵדֶם» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1511/lemma_3a_5e7_5b5_5d3_5b6_5dd/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Exodus 38:13](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/EXO.38.13/)

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וְלִפְאַ֛ת קֵ֥דְמָה מִזְרָ֖חָה חֲמִשִּׁ֥ים אַמָּֽה׃

*Word for word:* and for.\[the\] side of eastward eastward fifty cubit\[s\]

*JPS 1917:* And for the east side eastward fifty cubits.

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[Numbers 10:5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/NUM.10.5/)

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וּתְקַעְתֶּ֖ם תְּרוּעָ֑ה וְנָֽסְעוּ֙ הַֽמַּחֲנ֔וֹת הַחֹנִ֖ים קֵֽדְמָה׃

*Word for word:* and you.will.give.a.blast an.alarm and they.will.set.out the camps \[which\] encamp eastward

*JPS 1917:* And when ye blow an alarm, the camps that lie on the east side shall take their journey.

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