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--- qedem [2025/05/09 16:58] – [the Before] ken
+++ qedem [2025/05/09 17:00] (current) – [the East] ken
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 This culture may have been centered somewhere east of the Levant. This is evidenced by strong contextual correlations between 'qedem' and [[mezereh]] meaning "east".
-Because of this fact, most [[traditional]] translations misinterpret "qedem" as "east", but this oversimplification disregards another important aspect of 'qedem'.
+Because of this fact, most [[traditional]] translations misinterpret "qedem" as "east", but this oversimplification disregards another important aspect of 'qedem'. 'mezereh' is "East", and 'qedem' is something more than simply "east".
 ====Other Connections====
 It is unclear if there might be any etymological linkage between qedem and [[qedes]], since the presumed root 'qed' is unattested. FIXME explore this.