מָדַי

«מָדַי» in the Tanakh dictionary: Madai — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 2 verses in layers.

Used: 16 times · Key: 4074 · BDB: מָדַי

Glosses

of.Media (8); Media (5); Madai (2)

Meaning (OSHB)

Madai tree →

Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.pr.gent. terr. Medes, Media tree →

The whole BDB entry

n.pr.gent. et terr. Medes, Media (OPers. Mâda SpAPK, Assyrian Madai COTGloss, and on Gn 10:2 DlPar. 247);— people, as ‘son’ of Japhet Gn 10:2 (P) = 1 Ch 1:5; as hostile power Is 13:17; 21:2; זֶרַע מָדַי Dn 9:1; land and people, מַלְכֵי מָדַי Je 25:25 (+ מַלְכֵי עֵילָם), 51:11, 28; מַלְכֵי מ׳ וּפָרַס Est 10:2; Dn 8:20; cf. פָּרַס וּמָדַי Est 1:3, 14, 18, 19; 𝔊 Μαδαι. of land alone = Media 2 K 17:6; 18:11 (both עָרֵי מָדָ֑י).

Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 16 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (8 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (6 candidates)

Trees and pragmatics

Every English meaning of «מָדַי» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

In the verses

Daniel 8:20

הָאַ֥יִל אֲשֶׁר־רָאִ֖יתָ בַּ֣עַל הַקְּרָנָ֑יִם מַלְכֵ֖י מָדַ֥י וּפָרָֽס׃

Word for word: the ram which you.saw the.possessor of the.two.horns [is].the.kings of.Media and Persia

JPS 1917: The ram which thou sawest having the two horns, they are the kings of Media and Persia.

Genesis 10:2

בְּנֵ֣י יֶ֔פֶת גֹּ֣מֶר וּמָג֔וֹג וּמָדַ֖י וְיָוָ֣ן וְתֻבָ֑ל וּמֶ֖שֶׁךְ וְתִירָֽס׃

Word for word: the.sons of.Japheth [were].Gomer and Magog and Madai and Javan and Tubal and Meshech and Tiras

JPS 1917: The sons of Japheth: Gomer, and Magog, and Madai, and Javan, and Tubal, and Meshech, and Tiras.

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