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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 WEB 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 But two men remained in the camp. The name of one was Eldad, and the name of the other Medad; and the Spirit rested on them. They were of those who were written, but 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 told Moses, and said, “Eldad and Medad are prophesying in the camp!”
    u./mei.Dad – 'and' + name (male person) HC/Npm
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