קַדְמָהqadmâh
קַדְמָה: antiquity, former state
Pronunciation: kad-maw' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H6927
Meanings
1. antiquity, beginning (Isaiah 23:7)
3. construct singular = conjunction before, temporal (Psalms 129:6)
קַדְמָה: former time, before this, formerly (Daniel 6:11; Ezra 5:11; Genesis 28:19; Ezekiel 38:17)
Same root
Where it appears
Appears 6 times in the Bible.
- Psalms 129:6 May they be as useless as grass on a rooftop, turning yellow when only half grown,
- Isaiah 23:7 Is this silent ruin all that is left of your once joyous city? What a long history was yours! Think of all the colonists you sent to distant places.
- Ezekiel 16:55 Yes, your sisters, Sodom and Samaria, and all their people will be restored, and at that time you also will be restored.
- Ezekiel 36:11 I will increase not only the people, but also your animals. O mountains of Israel, I will bring people to live on you once again. I will make you even more prosperous than you were before. Then you will know that I am the Lord.
Source: Brown, Driver and Briggs, Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain; markup by unfoldingWord, CC BY (github.com/unfoldingWord/Brown-Driver-Briggs-Enhanced).