Lexical Definition

‎מְרֹאדַךְ בַּלְאָדָן‎ Mᵉrôʼdak Balʼâdân (mer-o-dak' bal-awdawn') Merodach-baladan ^N:N-M-P
of foreign derivation

Merodach-baladan. Compare ‎מְרֹדָךְ‎.

• § Merodach-baladan = "Marduk has given a son"
• Merodak-Baladan, a Babylonian king

1) king of Babylon in the days of king Hezekiah of Judah

Extended Information

spelling of: בְּרֹאדַךְ בַּלְאֲדָן

• A man living at the time of Divided Monarchy, first mentioned at 2Ki.20.12
• son of: Baladan (בַּלְאֲדָן)
• Another spelling of be.ro.dakh bal.a.dan (‎ב‎ְּ‎ר‎ֹ‎אד‎ַ‎ך‎ְ ‎ב‎ַּ‎ל‎ְ‎א‎ֲ‎ד‎ָ‎ן‎ "Merodach-baladan" בְּרֹאדַךְ בַּלְאֲדָן)

Brown-Driver-Briggs

Also see: בְּרֹאדַךְ בַּלְאֲדָן | בַּלְאֲדָן

‎מְרֹדַךְ בַּלְאֲדָן‎ proper name, masculine king of Babylon (Assyrian Marduk-abal-idinna, Marduk has given a son Schr^{COT 2Kgs 20:12}); — Isa 39:1 (> van d. H ‎מְראֹדַךְ‎ ‎׳‎‎ב‎, see Baer's note) = 2Kgs 20:12 (where read ‎מרדך‎ for ‎בראדך‎); ᵐ5 (in both) Μαρωδακ(χ) Βαλ(α)δαν; compare also ‎בַּלְאֲדָן‎,

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