 The Arabic triliteral root q @-@ d @-@ r means " to measure , compute , estimate " ; " to decree , appoint , ordain " ; and " to have power , or ability . " Qidr , a noun derived from the same root , means " cauldron , kettle " , and also gives the verbal derivation , " to cook " . Ernst Axel Knauf , a biblical scholar who undertook a historical study of the Ishmaelites and determined that they were known in Assyrian inscriptions as the Šumu 'il , surmises that the name of the Qedarites was derived from the verb qadara , with its meaning of " to ordain , to have power " . As this etymology is a deduction based solely on the prominence of the Qedar among the Šumu 'il tribes , it is viewed as inconclusive by other scholars . 
 The Arabic triliteral root q @-@ d @-@ r <a href='uninflect' title='1'><mark>means</mark></a> " to measure , compute , estimate " ; " to decree , appoint , ordain " ; and " to have power , or ability . " Qidr , a noun derived from the same root , <a href='uninflect' title='2'><mark>means</mark></a> " cauldron , kettle " , and also <a href='uninflect' title='3'><mark>gives</mark></a> the verbal derivation , " to cook " . Ernst Axel Knauf , a biblical scholar <a href='null_relcl' title='4'><mark>who</mark></a>undertook a historical study of the Ishmaelites and determined that they <a href='uninflect' title='5'><mark>were</mark></a> known in Assyrian inscriptions as the Šumu <a href='null_genetive' title='6'><mark>'</mark></a>l , <a href='uninflect' title='7'><mark>surmises</mark></a> that the name of the Qedarites was derived from the verb qadara , with its meaning of " to ordain , to have power " . As this etymology <a href='drop_aux' title='8'><mark>is</mark></a>a deduction based solely on the prominence of the Qedar among the Šumu <a href='null_genetive' title='9'><mark>'</mark></a>l tribes , it is viewed as inconclusive by other scholars . 
The Arabic triliteral root q @-@ d @-@ r mean " to measure , compute , estimate " ; " to decree , appoint , ordain " ; and " to have power , or ability . " Qidr , a noun derived from the same root , mean " cauldron , kettle " , and also give the verbal derivation , " to cook " . Ernst Axel Knauf , a biblical scholar undertook a historical study of da Ishmaelites and determined that they was known in Assyrian inscriptions as the Šumu  l , surmise dat the name of the Qedarites was derived from tdaverb qadara , w/ its meaning of " to ordain , to have power " . As dis etymology a deduction based solely on thdarominence of thedadar among the Šumu  l tribes , it is viewed as inconclusive by other scholars .