qad.mah marks an earlier state, time, or point preceding an action in the passages supplied.

The attested uses chiefly mark a prior condition or earlier period: restoration to an earlier state in Ezekiel and a city described in relation to days of old in Isaiah. A further use places the withering of rooftop grass before the action of drawing it up.

1. Earlier state or earlier time · dominant

   In Ezekiel 16:55, the singular construct forms occur in the repeated clause about Sodom, Samaria, and Jerusalem returning; the APB renders each as return to their "former state." In Ezekiel 36:11, the plural construct form stands in the promise of renewed dwelling, which the APB renders "as in your former times"; Isaiah 23:7 places the singular construct form in the city's description "from days of old."

   Ezekiel 16:55Ezekiel 36:11Isaiah 23:7
2. Before a subsequent action · rare

   In Psalm 129:6, the feminine singular construct form occurs in the comparison of rooftop grass that withers; the APB renders the temporal relation as "before one draws it up."

   Psalm 129:6

In the Anselm Project Bible: The APB presents the term with "former state," "former times," and "days of old" in the earlier-time contexts, while Psalm 129:6 is rendered with "before." These are verse-level renderings rather than definitions.