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title: מִדְיָן — Midian · The Tanakh dictionary
description: מִדְיָן (4080), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 59 times: Midian. BDB 1906: n.pr.m. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# מִדְיָן

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«מִדְיָן» in the Tanakh dictionary: **Midian** — 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:** 59 times · **Key:** 4080 · **BDB:** מִדְיָן

### Glosses

of.Midian (33); Midian (26)

### Meaning (OSHB)

Midian [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4080/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.pr.m. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4080/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.pr.m. son of Abraham and Keturah Gn 25:2, 4 (J) 1 Ch 1:32, 33. an Arabian tribe Gn 36:35 (= 1 Ch 1:46) Nu 31:3(×2), 7, 8(×2), 9 (P) Ju 6–9 (31 times); having a כֹּהֵן (as chieftain?) Ex 2:16; 3:1; 18:1 (E); זקנים Nu 22:4, 7 (JE), נשׂיא(ים) Nu 25:18 (P) Jos 13:21 (P), שׂרים Ju 7:25; 8:3, מלכים Nu 31:8(×2) Ju 5:5, 12, 26; בִּכְרֵי מִדְיָן dromedaries of Midian Is 60:6; יוֹם מִדְיָן day of Midian Is 9:3 (the victory over Midian Ju 7–8) cf. 10:26 ψ 83:10. אֶרֶץ מִדְיָן the land of Midian Ex 2:15 (E) Hb 3:7; מִדְיָן Ex 4:19 (J) Nu 25:15 (P) 1 K 11:18; land of Ælantic gulf (where Arabic geographers still place town مدين). Cf. on Midian, GlaserSkizze ii. 447 ff.; HomAufsätze i. (1892), 4 f.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 28 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (10 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 0 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (8 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «מִדְיָן» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4080/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Habakkuk 3:7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/HAB.3.7/)

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תַּ֣חַת אָ֔וֶן רָאִ֖יתִי אָהֳלֵ֣י כוּשָׁ֑ן יִרְגְּז֕וּן יְרִיע֖וֹת אֶ֥רֶץ מִדְיָֽן׃ס

*Word for word:* under trouble I.have.seen the.tents of.Cushan they tremble the.tent.curtains of.the.land of.Midian

*JPS 1917:* I see the tents of Cushan in affliction; the curtains of the land of Midian do tremble.

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[Judges 6:7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JDG.6.7/)

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וַיְהִ֕י כִּֽי־זָעֲק֥וּ בְנֵֽי־יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל אֶל־יְהוָ֑ה עַ֖ל אֹד֥וֹת מִדְיָֽן׃

*Word for word:* and it.was (dm) they.cried.out the.people of.Israel to Yahweh on the.causes of.Midian

*JPS 1917:* And it came to pass, when the children of Israel cried unto the LORD because of Midian,

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