Lexical Definition

‎מָדַי‎ Mâday (maw-dah'-ee) Madai ^N:N-M-P
of foreign derivation

Madai, Medes, Media.

• § Media or Medes or Madai = "middle land"
• Madai, a country of central Asia

n pr m
1) a people descended from the son of Japheth and who inhabited the territory of Media
n pr loc
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

See Greek: Μῆδος

Extended Information

group of: מְדָן

• also called Mede frequently
• Group of me.dan (‎מ‎ְ‎ד‎ָ‎ן‎ "Medan" מְדָן)

Brown-Driver-Briggs

‎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).

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