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title: מָדַי — Madai · The Tanakh dictionary
description: מָדַי (4074), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 16 times: Madai. BDB 1906: n.pr.gent. terr. Medes, Media. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# מָדַי

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«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.

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

### Glosses

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

### Meaning (OSHB)

Madai [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4074/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.pr.gent. terr. Medes, Media [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4074/#m2)

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**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).

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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](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4074/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Daniel 8:20](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/DAN.8.20/)

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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.

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[Genesis 10:2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/GEN.10.2/)

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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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