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title: מֵידָד — Medad · The Tanakh dictionary
description: מֵידָד (4312), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 2 times: Medad. BDB 1906: n.pr.m. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# מֵידָד

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«מֵידָד» in the Tanakh dictionary: **Medad** — 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:** 4312 · **BDB:** מֵידָד

### Glosses

Medad (1); \[was\].Medad (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

Medad [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4312/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.pr.m. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4312/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.pr.m. one who (with אֶלְדָּד) prophesied in the camp of Isr. Nu 11:26, 27 (JE), 𝔊 Μωδαδ.

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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 (3 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 0 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (3 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «מֵידָד» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4312/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Numbers 11:27](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/NUM.11.27/)

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וַיָּ֣רָץ הַנַּ֔עַר וַיַּגֵּ֥ד לְמֹשֶׁ֖ה וַיֹּאמַ֑ר אֶלְדָּ֣ד וּמֵידָ֔ד מִֽתְנַבְּאִ֖ים בַּֽמַּחֲנֶֽה׃

*Word for word:* and he.ran the.young man and he.told to Moses and he.said Eldad and Medad \[are\].prophesying in the camp

*JPS 1917:* And there ran a young man, and told Moses, and said: 'Eldad and Medad are prophesying in the camp.'

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[Numbers 11:26](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/NUM.11.26/)

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וַיִּשָּׁאֲר֣וּ שְׁנֵֽי־אֲנָשִׁ֣ים ׀ בַּֽמַּחֲנֶ֡ה שֵׁ֣ם הָאֶחָ֣ד ׀ אֶלְדָּ֡ד וְשֵׁם֩ הַשֵּׁנִ֨י מֵידָ֜ד וַתָּ֧נַח עֲלֵיהֶ֣ם הָר֗וּחַ וְהֵ֙מָּה֙ בַּכְּתֻבִ֔ים וְלֹ֥א יָצְא֖וּ הָאֹ֑הֱלָה וַיִּֽתְנַבְּא֖וּ בַּֽמַּחֲנֶֽה׃

*Word for word:* and they.had.remained two men in the camp the.name of the.one \[was\].Eldad and the.name of the.second \[was\].Medad and it.rested on them the spirit and they \[were\].among \[those\] written and not they.had.gone.out to the tent and they.prophesied in the camp

*JPS 1917:* But there remained two men in the camp, the name of the one was Eldad, and the name of the other Medad; and the spirit rested upon them; and they were of them that were recorded, but had not gone out unto the Tent; and they prophesied in the camp.

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