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מָדַי

Strong’s: A4077 · H4074 · H4076

Associated OET lemmas: מָדַי

Other spellings: מדיא

Authors: Reinier de Blois

Form 1

Part of speech: np

Related names: מָדִי

Sense 1: Madai

Semantic domains: Names of People (003001007)

Definition: = man; ◄ son of Japheth; ► regarded as the founder of the Medians

Show passage in OET: GEN 10:2

OET-RV GEN 10:2

2 Yefet’s (Japheth’s) sons were Gomer, Magog, Maday, Yavan, Tuval, Meshek, and Tiras.

OET-LV GEN 10:2

2 The _sons _of Yefet were_Gomer and_Māgōg and_Māday and_Yāvān/(Javan) and_Tūⱱal and_Meshek and_Tirāş.

Show passage in OET: CH1 1:5

OET-RV CH1 1:5

5 Yefet’s sons were Gomer, Magog, Maday, Yavan, Tuval, Meshek, and Tiras.

OET-LV CH1 1:5

5 The _sons _of Yefet/(Japheth) were_Gomer and_Māgōg and_Māday and_Yāvān/(Javan) and_Tūⱱal and_Meshek and_Tirāş.

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Sense 2: Mede(s), Media

Semantic domains: Names of Groups (003001006); Names of Locations (003001010)

Definition: = a nation and their territory; ◄ regarded as founded by Madai; the empire was consolidated in the 6th-5th {A:BCE} and stretched from Mesopotamia to Turkey

Show passage in OET: KI2 17:6

OET-RV KI2 17:6

6 In the ninth year of Hoshea’s reign, the Assyrian king captured Shomron. He exiled the Israelis to Ashur (Assyria) and settled them in Halah, and in Havor along the Gozan River, and in the cities of the Madim (Medes).

OET-LV KI2 17:6

6 In_year (of)_the_ninth of_Hōshēˊa the _king _of ʼAshshūr he _captured DOM Shomrōn and_he _took _into _exile DOM Yisrā^ʼēl/(Israel) to_ʼAshshūr and_he _caused _to _dwell DOM_them in_Ḩₐlaḩ and_on_the_Ḩāⱱōr the _river _of Gōzān and_the _cities _of Māday.

Show passage in OET: KI2 18:11

OET-RV KI2 18:11

11 So that was when the Assyrian king had exiled the people of the northern kingdom of Yisrael to Halah and to Havor along the Gozan River, and to the cities of the Madim (Medes).

OET-LV KI2 18:11

11 And_ the _king _of ʼAshshūr _he _took _into _exile DOM Yisrā^ʼēl/(Israel) to_ʼAshshūr and_he_led _them in_Ḩₐlaḩ and_on_the_Ḩāⱱōr the _river _of Gōzān and_the _cities _of Māday.

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All 20 recorded passages for this sense

KI2: OET KI2 17:6 · OET KI2 18:11

EZR: OET EZR 6:2

EST: OET EST 1:3 · OET EST 1:14 · OET EST 1:18–19 · OET EST 10:2

ISA: OET ISA 13:17 · OET ISA 21:2

JER: OET JER 25:25 · OET JER 51:11 · OET JER 51:28

DAN: OET DAN 5:28 · OET DAN 5:31 · OET DAN 6:8 · OET DAN 6:12 · OET DAN 6:15 · OET DAN 8:20 · OET DAN 9:1