מִדְיָן
Used: 10 times · Key: 4079 · BDB: מָדוֹן
Glosses
of.contentions (5); contentions (4); [the].contentions (1)
Meaning (OSHB)
Midian tree →
Meaning (BDB 1906)
n.m. strife, contention tree →
The whole BDB entry
n.m. Pr 22:10 strife, contention—ψ 80:7 + 9 times; pl. מִדְיָנִים Pr 18:18, מִדְ֯וָנִים Pr 18:19 + 7 times; contracted into מְדָנִים Pr 6:19; 10:12, מִדֳ֯נִים Pr 6:14; cstr. מִדְיְנֵי Pr 19:13. strife, contention, alm. wholly Pr:—Pr 18:19; 23:29; 26:20; also 17:14 (‖ רִיב), 22:10 (‖ דִּין וְקָלוֹן); מ׳ יִשָּׂא Hb 1:3 contention ariseth (‖ ריב); שׁלּח מ׳ let loose strife Pr 6:14, 19; 16:28; יְגָרֶה מ׳ he stirreth up strife 15:18; 28:25; 29:22; note especially אִישׁ מִדְוָ֯נִים 26:21 = a contentious, quarrelsome man; oftener אֵשֶׁת מ׳ = a contentious woman 21:9; 25:24; 27:15, cf. אֵשֶׁת מ׳ וָכָ֑עַס 21:19. object of contention ψ 80:7, cf. אִישׁ מָדוֹן Je 15:10 (‖ אִישׁ רִיב).—On מָדוֹן 2 S 21:20 Qr, v. i. מִדָּה sub מדד.
Why these entries: BDB: same consonants, part of speech agrees, 10 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (10 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech differs, 0 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (8 candidates)
Trees and pragmatics
Every English meaning of «מִדְיָן» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.
In the verses
מִ֭דְיָנִים יַשְׁבִּ֣ית הַגּוֹרָ֑ל וּבֵ֖ין עֲצוּמִ֣ים יַפְרִֽיד׃
Word for word: contentions it.puts.an.end.to the lot and between mighty.[people] it.separates
JPS 1917: The lot causeth strife to cease, and parteth asunder the contentious.
דֶּ֣לֶף ט֭וֹרֵד בְּי֣וֹם סַגְרִ֑יר וְאֵ֥שֶׁת מִ֝דְיָנִ֗ים נִשְׁתָּוָֽה׃
Word for word: a.dripping continual on a.day of.persistent.rain and a.wife of.contentions she.is.like
JPS 1917: A continual dropping in a very rainy day and a contentious woman are alike;
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