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title: מַעֲדָן — dainty · The Tanakh dictionary
description: מַעֲדָן (4574), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 3 times: dainty. BDB 1906: dainty delight. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# מַעֲדָן

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«מַעֲדָן» in the Tanakh dictionary: **dainty** — 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:** 3 times · **Key:** 4574 · **BDB:** מַעֲדָן²

### Glosses

delicacies (2); delights (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

dainty [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4574/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

dainty delight [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4574/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.\[m.\] dainty (food), delight;—only pl.;—מַעֲדַנֵּי מֶלֶךְ Gn 49:20 (poem) royal dainties; הָאֹכְלִים לְמַעֲדַנִּים La 4:5 those who ate (according to dainties) daintily; more gen. וְיִתֵּן מַעֲדַנִּים לְנַפְשֶׁ֑ךָ Pr 29:17 he shall give delight to thy soul (‖ וִינִיתֶ֑ךָ).—מַעֲדַנּוֹת, v. p. 588 and p. 772.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 3 of its verses cited, 0 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, 0 with the glosses (1 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «מַעֲדָן» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4574/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Genesis 49:20](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/GEN.49.20/)

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מֵאָשֵׁ֖ר שְׁמֵנָ֣ה לַחְמ֑וֹ וְה֥וּא יִתֵּ֖ן מַֽעֲדַנֵּי־מֶֽלֶךְ׃ס

*Word for word:* from Asher \[will.be\].rich food his and he he.will.provide delicacies of.a.king

*JPS 1917:* As for Asher, his bread shall be fat, and he shall yield royal dainties.

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[Proverbs 29:17](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PRO.29.17/)

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יַסֵּ֣ר בִּ֭נְךָ וִֽינִיחֶ֑ךָ וְיִתֵּ֖ן מַעֲדַנִּ֣ים לְנַפְשֶֽׁךָ׃פ

*Word for word:* discipline son your and he will.give.you.rest and he.will.give delights to self your

*JPS 1917:* Correct thy son, and he will give thee rest; yea, he will give delight unto thy soul.

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