קָדָם, קֳדָם m. (preced.) [precedence,] 1) (prepos. of time and place) before. Targ. Gen. XXIX, 26. Ib. XLIII, 29; a. fr.—With suffix of personal pronoun mostly in pl. Targ. Prov. XXIII, 1 קָדָמָךְ ed. Lag. (oth. ed. קָדָמָיִךְ). Targ. Ps. XCVI, 9 מן קֳדָמוֹי. Ib. 8 לִקְדָמוֹי; a. fr.—Lev. R. s. 37 נפק … קדמוי וכ׳ a proclamation went before him, and all the people came out to meet him. Lam. R. to III, 16; a. fr. —2) (conj.) a) ere, before; b) מן ק׳ since, because(h. . Targ. Y. Gen. XIII, 10 ק׳ עד לא. Targ. Prov. VIII, 23. Ib. 25 Ms. (ed. קְדִים); a. fr.—Targ. O. a. Y. II Ex. XIX, 18 מן ק׳ (Y. I מן בגלל).—Y. Yeb. XII, 13ᵃ top; Y. Snh. I, 19ᵃ bot. קרבת קַדְמָנָא she came before us; ורקת קדמנא and spat in our presence; Y. M. Kat. III, 82ᵃ bot. קוּדְמֵינָא; Yeb. 39ᵇ; a. e.—V. קַדְמִין.