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מֵידָד me.dad H4312

“Medad, an Israelite” — Strong's Hebrew Dictionary (1890)

Same root: Related words from the same root: 2 more words + 3 names of people or places

Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906) lists these under the root y-d-d (ידד) · BDB root II (same root, per BDB). “Built from” = Strong's (1890) agrees. Related words can still differ in meaning. “BDB root II”: BDB lists more than one root spelled y-d-d, with different meanings; this family is root II.

3 names of people or places from this root

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Strong's (1890) instead says this word is built from H3032 ya.dad “to cast a lot” (per Strong's); BDB does not list them under the same root.

Rendered in BSB as: medad ×1, and medad ×1 (2 links)

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Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906) [gvw/j.as.ah (base)]

מֵידָד n.pr.m. one who prophesied in the camp of Isr.

Public domain text (BDB 1906); digitisation CC BY 4.0 – credit "Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible Project"
Strong's Hebrew Dictionary (1890) [H4312]

Origin: from H3032 in the sense of loving; affectionate; Meaning: Medad, an Israelite KJV renders it: Medad.

Public domain (James Strong, 1890/1894; file marked <rights>Public Domain</rights>)

2 verse(s)

  1. Numbers 11:26 Two men, however, had remained in the camp—one named Eldad and the other Medad—and the Spirit rested on them. They were among those listed, but they had not gone out to the tent, and they prophesied in the camp.
    mei.Dad – name (male person) HNpm
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  2. Numbers 11:27 A young man ran and reported to Moses, “Eldad and Medad are prophesying in the camp.”
    u./mei.Dad – 'and' + name (male person) HC/Npm
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