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title: מִדְיָנִי — Midianite · The Tanakh dictionary
description: מִדְיָנִי (4084), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 8 times: Midianite. BDB 1906: adj.gent. Midianite. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# מִדְיָנִי

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«מִדְיָנִי» in the Tanakh dictionary: **Midianite** — 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:** 8 times · **Key:** 4084 · **BDB:** מִדְיָנִי

### Glosses

Midianites (3); \[woman\] (3); Midianite (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

Midianite [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4084/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

adj.gent. Midianite [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4084/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** adj.gent. Midianite—Nu 10:29 (J); f. מִדְיָנִית Nu 25:6, 14, 15 (P); pl. מִדְיָנִים Gn 37:28 (JE) Nu 25:17; 31:2 (P), מְדָנִים Gn 37:36 (E).

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 8 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (2 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (2 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «מִדְיָנִי» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4084/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Numbers 25:17](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/NUM.25.17/)

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צָר֖וֹר אֶת־הַמִּדְיָנִ֑ים וְהִכִּיתֶ֖ם אוֹתָֽם׃

*Word for word:* treat.as.foes (et) the Midianites and you.will.defeat them

*JPS 1917:* 'Harass the Midianites, and smite them;

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[Numbers 31:2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/NUM.31.2/)

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נְקֹ֗ם נִקְמַת֙ בְּנֵ֣י יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל מֵאֵ֖ת הַמִּדְיָנִ֑ים אַחַ֖ר תֵּאָסֵ֥ף אֶל־עַמֶּֽיךָ׃

*Word for word:* avenge the.vengeance of.the.people of.Israel from with the Midianites after you.will.be.gathered to people(s) your

*JPS 1917:* 'Avenge the children of Israel of the Midianites; afterward shalt thou be gathered unto thy people.'

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