קֵ֣דְמָה

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 קֵ֣דְמָה

   ked-MAH

   to the east
2. phraseyour reading level🔊 קֵ֣דְמָה מִזְרָ֔חָה

   ked-MAH miz-RA-khah

   to the east toward sunrise
3. clause🔊 וּמִשָּׁ֤ם עָבַר֙ קֵ֣דְמָה מִזְרָ֔חָה גִּתָּ֥ה חֵ֖פֶר עִתָּ֣ה קָצִ֑ין

   u-mi-SHAM a-VAR ked-MAH miz-RA-khah gi-TAH KHE-fer i-TAH ka-TSIN

   and from there it passed to the east toward sunrise to Gittah Hepher to Ithah Kazin
4. sentence🔊 וּמִשָּׁ֤ם עָבַר֙ קֵ֣דְמָה מִזְרָ֔חָה גִּתָּ֥ה חֵ֖פֶר עִתָּ֣ה קָצִ֑ין וְיָצָ֛א רִמּ֥וֹן הַמְּתֹאָ֖ר הַנֵּעָֽה׃

   u-mi-SHAM a-VAR ked-MAH miz-RA-khah gi-TAH KHE-fer i-TAH ka-TSIN ve-ya-TSA ri-MON ham-me-TO-ar han-NE-ah

   and from there it passed to the east toward sunrise to Gittah Hepher to Ithah Kazin and it went out Rimmon which bends to Neah

Exegesis

The terms kedmah {קֵדְמָה | qeḏ-mā(h)} ‘eastward’ and mizrachah {מִזְרָחָה | miz-rā-ḥā(h)} ‘toward the east’ function as a hendiadys reinforcing orientation.

Root and etymology

q-d-m🔊 ק־ד־םqof–dalet–mem

“front, east”

• 🔊 קֶדֶםqedemeast, ancient timesGenesis 2:8