Lexical Definition

‎מָדַי‎ Mâday (maw-dah'-ee) Mede ^N:N--LG
(Aramaic) corresponding to ‎מָדַי‎

Mede(-s).

• § Medes = "middle land"
• {Madai, a country of central Asia}

n pr m
1) an inhabitant of Media
n pr loc
2) the territory inhabited by the Medes
2a) 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

Extended Information

Aramaic of: מְדָן

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

Brown-Driver-Briggs

Hebrew form: מָדַי
Also see: מָדַי

‎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.

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