H6933 H6933
former, first; that which came before in time or sequence (Aramaic)
This Aramaic adjective means former or first—referring to what came before. Daniel 7:4, 8, 24 use it in the vision of beasts and horns. The 'first' beast is described, distinguishing it from those that follow. The 'former horns' (7:8, 24) are those that preceded the emerging little horn. The term provides temporal or sequential ordering in visionary material, helping track the succession of kingdoms and powers. Grammatically, it appears in various forms (feminine singular emphatic, feminine/masculine plural emphatic) agreeing with the nouns it modifies.
Senses
1. sense 1 — Daniel's apocalyptic visions use this adjective to order elements: the first beast (7:4) establishes sequence, while 'the former horns' (7:8, 24) are those uprooted by the little horn. The multilingual evidence shows morphological notation (brackets for [קדמיא], [קדמיתא]), reflecting the various Aramaic forms (masculine/feminine, singular/plural). The basic meaning is temporal precedence: what came first or earlier in the sequence of vision or history. 3×
AR["الْأَوَّلِينَ", "الْأُولَى"]·ben["প্রথম", "প্রথমটি", "প্রথমদের"]·DE["[קדמיא]", "[קדמיתא]"]·EN["first", "the-former"]·FR["[קדמיא]", "[קדמיתא]"]·heb["ה-ראשונה", "ה-ראשונות", "ה-ראשונים"]·HI["पहला", "पहले", "पहलों"]·ID["-yang-pertama", "Yang-pertama", "yang-pertama"]·IT["[קדמיא]", "[קדמיתא]"]·jav["Ingkang-kapisan", "ingkang-rumiyin", "rumiyin"]·KO["처음의것들에게서", "첫째는", "첫째의"]·PT["O-primeiro", "primeiros"]·RU["первый", "первых", "прежних"]·ES["La-primera", "los-primeros", "primeros"]·SW["Wa-kwanza", "wa-kwanza", "za-kwanza"]·TR["ilk", "ilki", "öncekilerden"]·urd["پہلا", "پہلوں", "پہلے"]
Related Senses
H3605 1. all, every, whole (5352×)H0259 1. one (cardinal numeral) (940×)H8147 1. cardinal number two (666×)G3956 1. all (collective plural) (616×)H3967 1. cardinal numeral hundred (550×)H1419a 1. great, large (general quality) (486×)H7969 1. cardinal number three (431×)H0505 1. cardinal number thousand (427×)H7651 1. seven (cardinal number) (393×)G1520 1. cardinal number one (339×)H6240 1. ten (cardinal number) (334×)H6242 1. twenty (cardinal number) (315×)H2568 1. cardinal number five (309×)H0702 1. four (cardinal number) (277×)G3956 2. every, each (distributive) (227×)H8337 1. six (cardinal number) (215×)G3956 3. all things, everything (substantive) (211×)G3956 4. (187×)H6235 1. ten (177×)G3173 1. great in size or extent (176×)
BDB / Lexicon Reference
† [קַדְמָי] adj. former, first (so Nab. Palm. 𝔗 Syriac);—fs. emph. קַדְמָֽיְתָא the first Dn 7:4, fpl. emph. קַרְנַיָּא קַדְמָיָתָא the former horns v 8, mpl. emph. קַדְמָיֵא v 24.