qe.dar is a proper name used for Ishmael’s son and for the people, settlements, flocks, and leaders identified with Kedar.

The proper name most often identifies a named collective or locale: its leaders trade, its villages are inhabited, and its flocks, sons, and tents are spoken of. In the genealogical notices, it names a son of Ishmael.

1. Named people or settlements of Kedar · dominant

   The proper noun occurs in possessive and relational clauses concerning a larger named group or its setting: in Ezekiel 27:21 the APB renders “the leaders of Kedar” as traders, and in Isaiah 42:11 it renders villages “that Kedar inhabits.” Isaiah 21:17 speaks of “the sons of Kedar,” while Isaiah 60:7 refers to “the flocks of Kedar”; Psalm 120:5 likewise locates dwelling “with the tents of Kedar.”

   Ezekiel 27:21Isaiah 21:17Isaiah 42:11Isaiah 60:7Jeremiah 49:28Psalm 120:5
2. Personal name in Ishmael’s genealogy · occasional

   In the genealogical lists, the proper noun stands among named sons of Ishmael. In Genesis 25:13 the APB renders Kedar after Nebaioth and before Adbeel, and 1 Chronicles 1:29 presents the same sequence.

   Genesis 25:131 Chronicles 1:29

In the Anselm Project Bible: The APB keeps the name as “Kedar” in most verses, presenting it variously with leaders, sons, villages, flocks, tents, and a genealogy; Song of Songs 1:5 spells it “Qedar.” These are presentations of the whole clauses, not definitions of the term.