H6929 H6929
Kedemah, Qedemah; one of Ishmael's twelve sons, an Ishmaelite tribal ancestor
This personal name designates Ishmael's youngest listed son, one of the twelve princes who fathered Arabian tribal groups. The name likely derives from the root meaning 'east' or 'ancient,' possibly indicating 'easterner' or 'ancient one.' The Septuagint renders it Kedema/Kedma with slight variation. Both Genesis and Chronicles preserve this name in Ishmael's genealogy, fulfilling God's promise that Ishmael would father twelve princes. Like other Ishmaelite names, this probably became an eponymous tribal designation for one of the Arabian peoples descended from Abraham through Hagar.
Senses
1. sense 1 — Genesis 25:15 and 1 Chronicles 1:31 list Kedemah identically as Ishmael's twelfth son, both with the conjunction 'and' as final item in the genealogical sequence. Spanish uses 'y-Quedma/Qedmah,' French and German 'et-Kedemah/und-Kedma,' all preserving the conjunction that marks list completion. The Genesis passage immediately notes these are the twelve princes according to their settlements and encampments, confirming these names doubled as tribal designations. The name appears nowhere else in Scripture, suggesting this Ishmaelite branch left limited biblical footprint, absorbed into the broader Arabian context referenced as 'people of the east.' 2×
AR["وَ-قِدْمَة", "وَقِدْمَةُ"]·ben["এবং-কেদমা", "ও-কেদমা"]·DE["[וקדמה]", "und-Kedma"]·EN["and-Kedemah", "and-Qedemah"]·FR["[וקדמה]", "et-Kedemah"]·heb["ו-קדמה"]·HI["और-केदमा"]·ID["dan-Kedma"]·IT["[וקדמה]", "e-Kedemah"]·jav["lan-Kedema", "lan-Kédma"]·KO["그-와-게드마", "그리고-게드마이다"]·PT["e-Qedmah"]·RU["и-Кедма"]·ES["y-Qedmah", "y-Quedma"]·SW["na-Kedema"]·TR["ve-Kedma"]·urd["اور-قدمہ", "و-قدمہ"]
Related Senses
G3588 1. definite article (18298×)H0853 1. definite direct object marker (10915×)G2532 1. (8312×)H3068 1. YHWH (the divine name) (6522×)H0834a 1. relative pronoun (who/which/that) (4839×)H3588a 1. causal: because, for (3498×)G1161 1. and (2806×)H3478 1. Israel (proper name and nation) (2507×)G4771 1. you (plural address) (1853×)H1931 1. personal pronoun he/she/it (1431×)G3739 1. relative pronoun who/which/that (1149×)H1732 1. David (proper name) (1075×)H2088 1. this, this one (demonstrative) (1059×)G1063 1. (1047×)G3778 1. this thing, these things (1003×)H???? 2. (1002×)G2424 1. (924×)G3754 1. that (content clause) (881×)H2009 1. presentative particle: behold, look (881×)H0589 1. I (first person singular pronoun) (874×)
BDB / Lexicon Reference
† II. קֵ֑דְמָה n.pr.m. Κεδ(ε)μα, son of Ishmael Gn 25:15 = 1 Ch 1:31.—i. ק׳ v. [קֵדֶם].