〈קֶדֶם〉 qed̲em ‘east’
〈NIM〉 ? ‘east’
〈ἀνατολή〉 anatolē ‘diurnal rising’
קָדִים
qād̲îm
Hebrew noun
Last edited: 2024-11-25| Primary meaning | east |
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| Literal translation | east |
| Variants | קָדִים qād̲îm |
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east cardinal direction
וְאֵ֖לֶּה שְׁמ֣וֹת הַשְּׁבָטִ֑ים מִקְצֵ֣ה צָפ֡וֹנָה אֶל־יַ֣ד דֶּֽרֶךְ־חֶתְלֹ֣ן ׀ לְֽבוֹא־חֲמָ֡ת חֲצַ֣ר עֵינָן֩ גְּב֨וּל דַּמֶּ֤שֶׂק צָפ֙וֹנָה֙ אֶל־יַ֣ד חֲמָ֔ת וְהָיוּ־ל֧וֹ פְאַת־קָדִ֛ים הַיָּ֖ם דָּ֥ן אֶחָֽד׃
wəʾēlleh šəmôt̲ haššəb̲āṭîm miqṣēh ṣāp̲ônāh ʾel-yad̲ derek̲-ḥet̲lōn ləb̲ôʾ-ḥămāt̲ ḥăṣar ʿênān gəb̲ûl dammeśeq ṣāp̲ônāh ʾel-yad̲ ḥămāt̲ wəhāyû-lô p̲əʾat̲-qād̲îm hayyām dān ʾeḥād̲.
‘Now these are the names of the tribes: from the north end, beside the way of Hethlon to the entrance of Hamath, Hazar-enan, at the border of Damascus, northward, beside Hamath; and they shall have their sides east and west: Dan, one portion.’
APA (7th)
Meinhardt, K. (2024). קָדִים (Lemma #2564). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2564/
Chicago (Author-Date)
Meinhardt, K. (2024). קָדִים (Lemma #2564). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2564/
MLA (9th)
Meinhardt, K. (2024). קָדִים (Lemma #2564). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2564/
Harvard
Meinhardt, K. (2024) קָדִים (Lemma #2564), The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. Available at: https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2564/ (Accessed: February 2, 2026).
BibTeX
@misc{zodiac2564,
note = {[Online; accessed 2026-02-02]},
author = {Meinhardt, Kierán},
year = {2024},
title = {קָדִים ({Lemma} #2564)},
url = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2564/},
howpublished = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2564/},
}