qad.mah refers to an earlier time or prior state, as with a house built many years before and Daniel before his God.

The two construct-form occurrences point to what is earlier or prior: Ezra 5:11 refers to a house built many years before, while Daniel 6:11 places Daniel before his God; the latter clause leaves the term's precise contribution less isolated in the translation.

1. Earlier or prior reference · dominant

   Both occurrences are feminine singular construct forms. In Ezra 5:11 the form occurs in the account of a house built many years before; in Daniel 6:11 it occurs in the clause where Daniel is making petition and supplication before his God, though the APB's loose wording does not isolate the term's contribution.

   Ezra 5:11Daniel 6:11

In the Anselm Project Bible: The APB presents Ezra 5:11 with “many years before this” and Daniel 6:11 with Daniel praying “before his God.” Its exact English wording cannot securely be assigned to the term in each clause.