H4074G

מָדַי

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Madai

A man living at the time of the Patriarchs, first mentioned at Gen.10.2; son of: Japheth (H3315); brother of: Gomer (H1586), Magog (H4031), Javan (H3120), Tubal (H8422), Meshech (H4902) and Tiras (H8494) § Media or Medes or Madai = "middle land" 1) a people descended from the son of Japheth and who inhabited the territory of Media 2) land inhabited by the descendants of Japheth; located northwest of Persia proper, south and southwest of the Caspian Sea, east of Armenia and Assyria, and west and northwest of the great salt desert of Iram

Full Brown-Driver-Briggs lexicon entry

מָדַי proper name, of a people et terr. Medes, Media (Old Persian Mâda Sp^APK, Assyrian Madai COT^{Gloss, and on Gen 10. 2} Dl^{Par. 247}); —

1. people, as 'son' of Japhet Gen 10:2 (P) = 1Chr 1:5 as hostile power Isa 13:17; Isa 21:2 זֶרַע מָדַי Dan 9:1 land and people, מַלְכֵי מָדַי Jer 25:25 (+ מַלְכֵי עֵילָם), Jer 51:11; Jer 51:28 וּפָרַס ׳מַלְכֵי מ Dan 8:20 compare פָּרַס וּמָדַי Esth 1:3; Esth 1:14; Esth 1:18; Esth 1:19; Esth 10:2 ᵐ5 Μαδαι.

2. of land alone = Media 2Kgs 17:6; 2Kgs 18:11 (both עָרֵי מָדָ֑י).

מָדַי proper name, of a people or territory Medes, Media (Biblical Hebrew id.); —

1. of a people Dan 5:28; Dan 6:9; Dan 6:13; Dan 6:16.

2. territory Ezra 6:2.

2 occurrences

Genesis (1), I Chronicles (1)