Kedemoth ~ ቅዴሞት: Beginnings / EBD, The name “Kedemoth” means antiquity; old age / HBN, (ኢያ 13:18)

The name ‘Kedemoth’ is derived from ‘Qedamat’ (ቀዳማት) ፥ the root word is ‘Qedeme’ (ቀደመ) ፥ the meaning is ‘the orientals; the ancients...’ / Ibid

A city of Reuben, assigned to the Levites of the family of Merari, “And Jahaza, and Kedemoth, and Mephaath,” (Jos 13:18)
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ቅዴሞት ~Kedemoth: ቀደማት፣ ቀዳማያት፣ ቀዳማውያን፣ ፊተኞች የመጀመሪያዎች ማለት ነው። [ተዛማጅ ስሞች- ቄድማ፣ ቀድሞናውያን]

‘ቀደመ’ ከሚለው ግስ የተገኘ ስም ነው።

የእስራኤልም ልጆች እንደ እግዚአብሔር ትእዛዝ ከርስታቸው እነዚህን ከተሞችና መሰምርያቸውን ለሌዋውያን የተሰተጡ፥ “ቤትበኣልምዖን፥ ያሀጽ፥ ቅዴሞት” (ኢያ 13:18)