H6930 H6930
eastern, oriented toward the east
An adjective meaning 'eastern' or 'belonging to the east.' It appears in Ezekiel 47:8 describing 'the eastern circuit' or 'the eastern Galilee' through which the temple's life-giving river flows. The term derives from the root meaning 'before' or 'east,' since Semitic orientation faced eastward. This geographical precision matters in Ezekiel's visionary temple geography, where directional specificity helps readers trace the sacred waters' path toward the Dead Sea.
Senses
1. sense 1 — The feminine adjective 'eastern,' qualifying a geographical circuit or region in Ezekiel's temple vision. The phrase 'the eastern Galilee' locates the path of healing waters flowing from the sanctuary toward the Arabah. Some translations retain the Hebrew untransliterated due to morphological complexity, but Spanish (oriental) and French (ancien—likely confusing this with qadmon 'ancient') show the directional sense. The eastern orientation reflects both geographic reality and symbolic movement toward restoration. 1×
AR["الشَّرْقِيِّ"]·ben["পূর্বের"]·DE["[הקדמונה]"]·EN["the-eastern"]·FR["ancien"]·heb["ה-קדמונה"]·HI["पूरवी"]·ID["timur"]·IT["[הקדמונה]"]·jav["wétan"]·KO["동쪽의"]·PT["a-oriental"]·RU["восточному"]·ES["la-oriental"]·SW["la-mashariki"]·TR["doğunun"]·urd["مشرقی"]
Related Senses
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BDB / Lexicon Reference
† [קַדְמוֹן] adj. eastern;—fs. הַגְּלִילָה הַקַּדְמוֹנָה Ez 47:8 the eastern circuit.