Lexical Definition

‎מָדַד‎ mâdad (maw-dad') to measure ^H:V
a primitive root

measure, mete, stretch self.

• properly, to stretch
• by implication, to measure (as if by stretching a line)
• figuratively, to be extended

1) to measure, stretch
1a) (Qal) to measure
1b) (Niphal) to be measured
1c) (Piel)
1c1) to extend, continue
1c2) to measure, measure off
1d) (Po) measured
1e) (Hithpolel) to extend oneself, stretch oneself

See Greek: ἀποδίδωμι · γίνομαι · διατάσσω · ἐμφυσάω · μετρέω

Extended Information

• Also means: mid.dad (‎מ‎ָ‎ד‎ַ‎ד‎ "to extend" מִדַּד)

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Also see: מוּד

‎מָדַד‎₅₃ verb measure (Late Hebrew id.; Phoenician ‎מדד‎; Arabic extend, stretch, a corn-measure, etc.; Assyrian madâdu, measure; Jewish-Aramaic noun ‎מִידָּה‎ measure, proportion, rule); —

Qal Perfect ‎׳‎‎מ‎ (‎מָדָ֑ד‎) Isa 40:12 + 9 t. Ezekiel; suffix ‎מְדָדוֺ‎ Ezek 42:15; Ezek 42:20 1 singular ‎וּמַדֹּתִ֫י‎ Isa 65:7 ‎וּמָֽדְדוּ‎ consecutive Deut 21:2; Ezek 43:10 ‎וּמַדֹּתֶם‎ consecutive Num 35:5 Imperfect ‎וַיָּ֫מָד‎ Ruth 3:15 + 22 t. Ezekiel; 2 masculine singular ‎תָּמוֺד‎ Ezek 45:3 ‎וַיָּמֹ֫דּוּ‎ Exod 16:18 ‎תָּמֹ֫דּוּ‎ Ezek 47:18 Infinitive ‎לָמֹד‎ Zech 2:6* — measure, chiefly literal (usually followed by accusative of thing; object omitted Exod 16:18; Deut 21:2; Ezek 40:35, compare Ezek 47:18 (but see Co); followed by accusative of measure Ruth 3:15; Ezek 42:19; Ezek 47:3; Ezek 47:4 (twice in verse); Ezek 47:5); —

1. measure of length, distance Num 35:5 (P), Deut 21:2 (D), Ezek 40:5; Ezek 40:6; Ezek 40:8; Ezek 40:20 + 32 t. Ezek 40-47 Zech 2:6*.

2. of dry measure Exod 16:18 (P), Ruth 3:15.

3. figurative of measuring waters Isa 40:12 (of ‎׳‎‎י‎); of requital Isa 65:7. Niph`al Imperfect ‎יִמַּד‎ Hos 2:1*; Jer 33:22 ‎יִמַּדּוּ‎ Jer 31:37 — be measured, of sand of sea Hos 2:1*; Jer 33:22 of heavens Jer 31:37. Pi`el Perfect ‎וּמִדַּדֿ‎ consecutive Job 7:4 (compare Ges^{«GKC:52»§ 52}. 2. R. l); Imperfect ‎וַיְמַדֵּד‎ 2Sam 8:2 ‎וַיְמַדְּדֵם‎ v2Sam 8:2 ‎אֲמַדֵּד‎ Ps 60:8*; Ps 108:8* —

1. extend, continue (= make extent or continuation), subject ‎עֶרֶב‎ Job 7:4.

2. measure, measure off, ‎בַחֶבֶל‎, of apportioning Moabites to death and life, followed by suffix 2Sam 8:2 also object ‎חֲבָלִים‎ v2Sam 8:2 metaphor of conquest, followed by accusative, Ps 60:8* = Ps 108:8* (|| ‎חִלֵּק‎). Po. Imperfect ‎וַיְמֹ֫דֶד‎ Hab 3:6 (subject God, object ‎אֶרֶץ‎), measured (namely, with eye) ᵑ9 Hi AV RV, but dubious; ᵐ5 ἐσαλεύθη, ᵑ7 ‎אֲזִיעַ‎, hence shook Ew Ke Or and others (from √ [‎מוֺד‎ =] ‎מוֺט‎, but read then rather ‎וַיְמֹטֵט‎, although ‎מוט‎ not elsewhere in this conjugation; We, plausibly, ‎וַיְמֹגֵג‎ √ ‎מוג‎, compare Nah 1:5). Hithpo`el ‎וַיִּתְמֹדֵד‎ followed by ‎עַלהַֿיֶ֫לֶד‎; 1Kgs 17:21 measured (= extended, stretched) himself upon the boy.

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