{"def":{"short":"the front, of place (absolutely, the fore part, relatively the East) or time (antiquity); often used adverbially (before, anciently, eastward)","long":["(n m) east, antiquity, front, that which is before, aforetime",["front, from the front or east, in front, mount of the East","ancient time, aforetime, ancient, from of old, earliest time","anciently, of old (adverb)","beginning","east"],"(adv) eastward, to or toward the East"]},"deriv":"or קֵדְמָה; from H6923","pronun":{"ipa":"k’ɛˈd̪ɛm","ipa_mod":"kɛˈdɛm","sbl":"qedem","dic":"keh-DEM","dic_mod":"keh-DEM"},"see":["H6926"],"comment":"Compare H6926."}