M-Y-Q-D-M – ‘anterior eternity’

It is always the root עד which precedes and which is used according to the usage of Moses, but considered under another relation and modified by the initial sign of the greatest agglomerating and compressing force ק, and by the final collective sign ם. It must be stated here that the Egyptian priests conceived two eternities: קדם , that of this side of time, and עולם, that of the other side of time: that is to say, anterior eternity and posterior eternity. (The Hebraic Tongue Restored, Fabré d’Olivet, p. 76-77)