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title: בַּלְאֲדָן — Baladan · The Tanakh dictionary
description: בַּלְאֲדָן (1081), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 2 times: Baladan. BDB 1906: n.pr.m. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# בַּלְאֲדָן

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

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**Used:** 2 times · **Key:** 1081 · **BDB:** בַּלְאֲדָן

### Glosses

of.Baladan (2)

### Meaning (OSHB)

Baladan [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1489/1081/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.pr.m. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1489/1081/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.pr.m. (= Bab. abal-iddina, he hath given a son COT 2 K 20:12) father of מְרֹדַךְ בַּלְאֲדָן king of Babylon (v. sub מְרֹדַךְ) 2 K 20:12 = Is 39:1; name prob. abbreviated by omission of name of god (v. ib. Merodach-baladan = Marduk-abal-iddina, Marduk hath given a son; cf. Esarhaddon, v. אֵסַרְחַדֹּן p. 64).

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 2 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (1 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (1 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «בַּלְאֲדָן» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1489/1081/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[2 Kings 20:12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/2KI.20.12/)

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בָּעֵ֣ת הַהִ֡יא שָׁלַ֡ח בְּרֹאדַ֣כְ ֠בַּלְאֲדָן בְּרֹאדַ֣כְ ֠בַּלְאֲדָן בֶּֽן־בַּלְאֲדָ֧ן מֶֽלֶךְ־בָּבֶ֛ל סְפָרִ֥ים וּמִנְחָ֖ה אֶל־חִזְקִיָּ֑הוּ כִּ֣י שָׁמַ֔ע כִּ֥י חָלָ֖ה חִזְקִיָּֽהוּ׃

*Word for word:* at the time (the) that he.sent Merodach-Baladan Merodach-Baladan the.son of.Baladan the.king of.Babylon letters and a.gift to Hezekiah (dm) he.had.heard (dm).that he.had.been.sick Hezekiah

*JPS 1917:* At that time Berodach-baladan the son of Baladan, king of Babylon, sent a letter and a present unto Hezekiah; for he had heard that Hezekiah had been sick.

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[Isaiah 39:1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/ISA.39.1/)

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בָּעֵ֣ת הַהִ֡וא שָׁלַ֡ח מְרֹדַ֣כְ ֠בַּלְאֲדָן מְרֹדַ֣כְ ֠בַּלְאֲדָן בֶּֽן־בַּלְאֲדָ֧ן מֶֽלֶךְ־בָּבֶ֛ל סְפָרִ֥ים וּמִנְחָ֖ה אֶל־חִזְקִיָּ֑הוּ וַיִּשְׁמַ֕ע כִּ֥י חָלָ֖ה וַֽיֶּחֱזָֽק׃

*Word for word:* at the time (the) that he.sent Merodach-Baladan Merodach-Baladan the.son of.Baladan the.king of.Babylon letters and a.gift to Hezekiah and he.had.heard (dm).that he.had.been.sick and he.was.strong

*JPS 1917:* At that time Merodach-baladan the son of Baladan, king of Babylon, sent a letter and a present to Hezekiah; for he heard that he had been sick, and was recovered.

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