קדמאי

Aramaic

Etymology

Derived from Proto-Semitic *q-d-m (“to precede, come before”).

Adjective

קַדְמָאי • (qaḏəmāy) (feminine קַדְמֵיתָא (qaḏəmēṯā))

  1. first (1st)
    • c. 1001, Targum Onkelos, B'reishit 25:25:
      וּנְפַק קַדְמָאָה סִמּוֹק כֻּלֵּיהּ כִּגְלִים (נ״א כִּכְלָן) דִּשְׂעָר וּקְרוֹ שְׁמֵיהּ עֵשָׂו:
      unəp̄aq qaḏəmāʾā simmoq kullēh kiḡəlim (na kiḵəlān) diśəʿār uqəro šəmēh ʿēśaw.
      The first one came out with a reddish complexion, covered completely with what was like a hairy robe, and they named him Eisov.
  2. former

References

  • “qdmy”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–
  • Jastrow, Marcus (1903), “קַדְמַי”, in A Dictionary of the Targumim, the Talmud Babli and Yerushalmi, and the Midrashic Literature‎[1], London, New York: Luzac & Co., G.P. Putnam's Sons
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