קֶ֖דֶם

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 קֶ֖דֶם

   KE-dem

   old times
2. phraseyour reading level🔊 לְמִ֥ימֵי קֶ֖דֶם

   le-mi-ME KE-dem

   for the days of old times
3. clause🔊 הֲלֹֽא־שָׁמַ֤עְתָּ לְמֵֽרָחוֹק֙ אֹתָ֣הּ עָשִׂ֔יתִי לְמִ֥ימֵי קֶ֖דֶם וִֽיצַרְתִּ֑יהָ

   ha-LO-SHA-MA-ta le-me-ra-KHOK o-TAH a-SI-ti le-mi-ME KE-dem vi-TSAR-ti-HA

   have you not heard from far away it I did for the days of old times and I formed it
4. sentence🔊 הֲלֹֽא־שָׁמַ֤עְתָּ לְמֵֽרָחוֹק֙ אֹתָ֣הּ עָשִׂ֔יתִי לְמִ֥ימֵי קֶ֖דֶם וִֽיצַרְתִּ֑יהָ עַתָּ֣ה הֲבֵיאתִ֗יהָ וּתְהִ֗י לַהְשׁ֛וֹת גַּלִּ֥ים נִצִּ֖ים עָרִ֥ים בְּצֻרֽוֹת׃

   ha-LO-SHA-MA-ta le-me-ra-KHOK o-TAH a-SI-ti le-mi-ME KE-dem vi-TSAR-ti-HA a-TA ha-ve-E-ti-HA u-te-HI la-he-SHOT ga-LIM ni-TSIM a-RIM be-tsu-ROT

   have you not heard from far away it I did for the days of old times and I formed it now I brought it and it will be to make heaps ruins cities fortified

Exegesis

The temporal frames lemerāḥoq {לְמֵרָחוֹק | lə·mê·rā·ḥōq} ‘from afar’ and lemimei qedem {לְמִימֵי קֶדֶם | lə·mim·mê·y qé·dēm} ‘from days of old’ establish enduring divine intent.