Jastrow: קַדְמוּתָא

קַדְמוּתָא f. (preced. wds.) 1) previous condition. Targ. Job XLII, 12.—Bekh. 31ᵃ זיל לקַדְמוּתֵיה (read אזל) he went back to his former condition (resigned his office). —2) early morning. Ib.ᵇ ושנייה בק׳ וכ׳ and he solved that problem the next morning by reference to a Boraitha. —3) the first time. Deut. R. s. 1, beg. קַדְמוּתֵיךְ היא תניינותיך היא is this thy first or thy second offence?; ib. קַדְמוּתְכוֹן וכ׳ is it your first &c.?; Yalk. Ex. 392 קדמתכון (corr. acc.). —4) לְקַדָּמוּת, לִקְדָמוּת, לָקֳדָמוּת = h. לקראת to meet, towards. Targ. Ex. XIX, 17. Targ. Ps. LIX, 5; a. fr.—Lev. R. s. 37 יפקון … לקדָּמוּתִי let all the people (of the place) come out to meet me. Ib. לקדָּמוּתֵיה, v. קֳדָם. —5) (adv.) first, in front. Targ. O. Gen. XXXIII, 2 ed. Berl., v. next w.