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Strong's #688 - אֶקְדָּח
- Brown-Driver-Briggs
- Strong
1) fiery glow, sparkle
2) (CLBL) the name of a gem — carbuncle
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2697) hdq (קדהה QDHh) AC: Heat CO: ? AB: ?: [from: dq]
V) hdq (קדהה QDHh) - Kindle: To kindle a fire. KJV (5): (vf: Paal) kindle, burn - Strongs: H6919 (קָדַח)
Nf2) thdq (קדההת QDHhT) - Fever: KJV (2): burning, fever - Strongs: H6920 (קַדַּחַת)
nm) hdqa (אקדהה AQDHh) - Eqdahh: A bright red gem. KJV (1): carbuncle - Strongs: H688 (אֶקְדָּח)
Jeff Benner, Ancient Hebrew Research Center Used by permission of the author.
קדם (√ of following; be before, in front, compare Assyrian ‡udmu front, former time; Arabic 
precede (so Ethiopic 
), IV, see be bold and foremost in attack (קָדַם
1 a); Sabean קדם begin Hom Chreat, 126, march forth, advance, CIS iv, No 79,1. 9 SabDenkm No. 9,1.2.4.6.7.8.9, קדמ(הוׅ front CIS iv, No. 276,1.2; Phoenician כקדם as formerly (?); Old Aramaic קדם before, so Palmyrene, Nabataean; Biblical Aramaic, ᵑ7קֳדָם before; Syriac 
precede; Late Hebrew קָדַם be in front).
אֶקְדָּח m., a gem of some kind; as far as may be judged from the etymology (from קָדַח to burn), fiery and sparkling. Found once, Isaiah 54:12.
