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קָדִים69 noun masculineHosea 13:15 East, east wind; — absolute
׳ק Genesis 41:6 +; with
ה locative
קָדִ֫ימָה Ezekiel 11:1 +,
קָדִ֫מָה Ezekiel 48:4 +; —
1 (apart from Ezekiel) East, especially ׳רוּחַ (הַ)קּ wind of the East, east wind, often as violent and scorching, from desert on southeast, = Arabic sirocco (
eastern), compare DrAmos 4:9: Exodus 10:13 (twice in verse) (JE), Exodus 14:21 (J), Jeremiah 18:17 (simile), Jonah 4:8; Psalm 48:8; also ׳ק (רוּחַ omitted) = east wind Genesis 41:6,23,27 (E), Hosea 12:2; Hosea 13:15; Isaiah 27:8; Job 15:2; Job 27:21; Job 38:24; Psalm 78:26. — קָדִימָה Habakkuk 1:9 is dubious, usually eastward, i.e. forward, but text probably corrupt, compare We Now Da, GASm proposes מַקְדִּים (see also [מְגַמָּה] p. 169 above). 2 in Ezekiel (52 t.):
a. East ׳רוּחַ הַקּ east wind Ezekiel 17:10; Ezekiel 19:12; Ezekiel 27:26; east side Ezekiel 42:16 (+ north, south, west); ׳שַׁעַר הַקּ Ezekiel 40:44 (+ north, south); ׳מְּאַת ק Ezekiel 47:18, + west Ezekiel 48:6,7,8, compare Ezekiel 48:1 (׳ק ׳פ הַיָּם; but read יָמָּה ׳יְעַד פ ׳ק ׳מִמּ ᵐ5 Co Toy and others), + north, south, west, Ezekiel 48:16; ׳דֶּרֶךְ הַ קּ i.e. toward the east Ezekiel 40:10 7t., ׳הַקּ ׳מִדּ Ezekiel 43:2; ׳לַקּ Ezekiel 40:23 eastward (+ North) Ezekiel 41:14; ׳מֵהַקּ Ezekiel 42:9 on the East.
b. קָדִ֫ימָה = East: ׳דֶּרֶךְ הַקּ Ezekiel 40:6; גְּבוּל קָדִימָה Ezekiel 45:7; Ezekiel 48:21 (+ west); מְּאַת קָדִימָה Ezekiel 47:18, + west Ezekiel 48:3 8t., + north, south, west, Ezekiel 48:32.
c. as adverb קָדִ֫ימָה eastward Ezekiel 11:1; Ezekiel 44:1; Ezekiel 47:1; + west Ezekiel 45:7 (strike out Berthol Krae), Ezekiel 48:18, + north, south, west, Ezekiel 48:10; Ezekiel 48:17; also (הַ)קָּדִים eastward Ezekiel 40:19; Ezekiel 43:17; Ezekiel 46:1,12; Ezekiel 47:1,3, + north Ezekiel 47:2.
