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In page Cadmus:
"Possible connected words include the Semitic triliteral root qdm (Ugaritic: 𐎖𐎄𐎎)[5] which signifies "east" in Ugaritic, in Arabic, words derived from the root "qdm" include the verb "qdm" meaning "to come" as well as words meaning "primeval" and "forth" as well as "foot", names derived from it are "Qadim", which means "the elder one",[citation needed]─in Hebrew, qedem means "front", "east" and "ancient times"; the verb qadam (Syriac: ܩܕܡ) means "to be in front",[6][7] and the Greek kekasmai (<*kekadmai) "to shine".[note 3] Therefore, the complete meaning of the name might be: "He who excels" or "from the east".[9]