Biblica Analytica

קָדִים

qa.dim (H6921)

east

69 verses 10 books OT 64 / NT 0
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The Hebrew word קָדִים (qa.dim) is defined as "east". Its significance lies in its frequent usage to describe geographical locations and directions relative to Jerusalem. On 69 occasions in the Bible, this word is used to denote the east, often in reference to the rising sun or the direction of sunrise. Its range of usage spans various contexts, including the description of the direction of travel, the location of specific places, and the timing of events that occur at dawn. These uses suggest that the word is not limited to purely geographical descriptions, but rather helps to evoke a sense of time, orientation, and perspective in the reader. By consistently employing this term, the biblical text creates a shared understanding of spatial relationships and creates vivid imagery for the reader. The prevalence of this word in biblical language underscores its importance in navigating the geography and narratives of the biblical world. It provides a sense of cohesion and clarity as to the spatial relationships within the stories, making it easier to visualize and connect with the world described in the text.

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Genesis 41:6

Behold, seven heads of grain, thin and blasted with the east wind, sprung up after them.

Genesis 41:23

and behold, seven heads of grain, withered, thin, and blasted with the east wind, sprung up after them.

Genesis 41:27

The seven thin and ugly cattle that came up after them are seven years, and also the seven empty heads of grain blasted with the east wind; they will be seven years of famine.

Exodus 10:13

Moses stretched out his rod over the land of Egypt, and Yahweh brought an east wind on the land all that day, and all night; and when it was morning, the east wind brought the locusts.

Exodus 14:21

Moses stretched out his hand over the sea, and Yahweh caused the sea to go back by a strong east wind all night, and made the sea dry land, and the waters were divided.

Job 15:2

“Should a wise man answer with vain knowledge, and fill himself with the east wind?

Job 27:21

The east wind carries him away, and he departs. It sweeps him out of his place.

Job 38:24

By what way is the lightning distributed, or the east wind scattered on the earth?

Psalms 48:7

With the east wind, you break the ships of Tarshish.

Psalms 78:26

He caused the east wind to blow in the sky. By his power he guided the south wind.

Isaiah 27:8

In measure, when you send them away, you contend with them. He has removed them with his rough blast in the day of the east wind.

Jeremiah 18:17

I will scatter them as with an east wind before the enemy. I will show them the back, and not the face, in the day of their calamity.

Ezekiel 11:1

Moreover the Spirit lifted me up, and brought me to the east gate of Yahweh’s house, which looks eastward. Behold, twenty-five men were at the door of the gate; and I saw among them Jaazaniah the son of Azzur, and Pelatiah the son of Benaiah, princes of the people.

Ezekiel 17:10

Yes, behold, being planted, will it prosper? Won’t it utterly wither when the east wind touches it? It will wither in the beds where it grew.” ’ ”

Ezekiel 19:12

But it was plucked up in fury. It was cast down to the ground, and the east wind dried up its fruit. Its strong branches were broken off and withered. The fire consumed them.

Ezekiel 27:26

Your rowers have brought you into great waters. The east wind has broken you in the heart of the seas.

Ezekiel 40:6

Then he came to the gate which looks toward the east, and went up its steps. He measured the threshold of the gate, one reed wide; and the other threshold, one reed wide.

Ezekiel 40:10

The lodges of the gate eastward were three on this side, and three on that side. The three of them were of one measure. The posts had one measure on this side and on that side.

Ezekiel 40:19

Then he measured the width from the forefront of the lower gate to the forefront of the inner court outside, one hundred cubits, both on the east and on the north.

Ezekiel 40:22

Its windows, its arches, and its palm trees were the same as the measure of the gate which faces toward the east. They went up to it by seven steps. Its arches were before them.

Ezekiel 40:23

There was a gate to the inner court facing the other gate, on the north and on the east. He measured one hundred cubits from gate to gate.

Ezekiel 40:32

He brought me into the inner court toward the east. He measured the gate according to these measurements;

Ezekiel 40:44

Outside of the inner gate were rooms for the singers in the inner court, which was at the side of the north gate. They faced toward the south. One at the side of the east gate faced toward the north.

Ezekiel 41:14

also the width of the face of the house, and of the separate place toward the east, one hundred cubits.

Ezekiel 42:9

From under these rooms was the entry on the east side, as one goes into them from the outer court.

Ezekiel 42:10

In the thickness of the wall of the court toward the east, before the separate place, and before the building, there were rooms.

Ezekiel 42:12

According to the doors of the rooms that were toward the south was a door at the head of the way, even the way directly before the wall toward the east, as one enters into them.

Ezekiel 42:15

Now when he had finished measuring the inner house, he brought me out by the way of the gate which faces toward the east, and measured it all around.

Ezekiel 42:16

He measured on the east side with the measuring reed five hundred reeds, with the measuring reed all around.

Ezekiel 43:1

Afterward he brought me to the gate, even the gate that looks toward the east.

Ezekiel 43:2

Behold, the glory of the God of Israel came from the way of the east. His voice was like the sound of many waters; and the earth was illuminated with his glory.

Ezekiel 43:4

Yahweh’s glory came into the house by the way of the gate which faces toward the east.

Ezekiel 43:17

The ledge shall be fourteen cubits long by fourteen wide in its four sides; and the border about it shall be half a cubit; and its bottom shall be a cubit around; and its steps shall look toward the east.”

Ezekiel 44:1

Then he brought me back by the way of the outer gate of the sanctuary, which looks toward the east; and it was shut.

Ezekiel 45:7

“ ‘ “What is for the prince shall be on the one side and on the other side of the holy offering and of the possession of the city, in front of the holy offering and in front of the possession of the city, on the west side westward, and on the east side eastward; and in length answerable to one of the portions, from the west border to the east border.

Ezekiel 46:1

“ ‘The Lord Yahweh says: “The gate of the inner court that looks toward the east shall be shut the six working days; but on the Sabbath day it shall be opened, and on the day of the new moon it shall be opened.

Ezekiel 46:12

When the prince prepares a free will offering, a burnt offering or peace offerings as a free will offering to Yahweh, one shall open for him the gate that looks toward the east; and he shall prepare his burnt offering and his peace offerings, as he does on the Sabbath day. Then he shall go out; and after his going out one shall shut the gate.

Ezekiel 47:1

He brought me back to the door of the house; and behold, waters flowed out from under the threshold of the house eastward, for the front of the house faced toward the east. The waters came down from underneath, from the right side of the house, on the south of the altar.

Ezekiel 47:2

Then he brought me out by the way of the gate northward, and led me around by the way outside to the outer gate, by the way of the gate that looks toward the east. Behold, waters ran out on the right side.

Ezekiel 47:3

When the man went out eastward with the line in his hand, he measured one thousand cubits, and he caused me to pass through the waters, waters that were to the ankles.

Ezekiel 47:18

“The east side, between Hauran and Damascus and Gilead, and the land of Israel, shall be the Jordan; from the north border to the east sea you shall measure. This is the east side.

Ezekiel 48:1

“Now these are the names of the tribes: From the north end, beside the way of Hethlon to the entrance of Hamath, Hazar Enan at the border of Damascus, northward beside Hamath (and they shall have their sides east and west), Dan, one portion.

Ezekiel 48:2

“By the border of Dan, from the east side to the west side, Asher, one portion.

Ezekiel 48:3

“By the border of Asher, from the east side even to the west side, Naphtali, one portion.

Ezekiel 48:4

“By the border of Naphtali, from the east side to the west side, Manasseh, one portion.

Ezekiel 48:5

“By the border of Manasseh, from the east side to the west side, Ephraim, one portion.

Ezekiel 48:6

“By the border of Ephraim, from the east side even to the west side, Reuben, one portion.

Ezekiel 48:7

“By the border of Reuben, from the east side to the west side, Judah, one portion.

Ezekiel 48:8

“By the border of Judah, from the east side to the west side, shall be the offering which you shall offer, twenty-five thousand reeds in width, and in length as one of the portions, from the east side to the west side: and the sanctuary shall be in the middle of it.

Ezekiel 48:10

For these, even for the priests, shall be the holy offering: toward the north twenty-five thousand in length, and toward the west ten thousand in width, and toward the east ten thousand in width, and toward the south twenty-five thousand in length: and the sanctuary of Yahweh shall be in the middle of it.

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