Lexical Definition

‎מְרֹדָךְ‎ Mᵉrôdâk (mer-o-dawk') Merodach ^N:N-M-T
of foreign derivation

Merodach. Compare ‎מְרֹאדַךְ בַּלְאָדָן‎.

• § Merodach = "thy rebellion"
• Merodak, a Babylonian idol

1) the chief deity of the Babylonians in the time of Nebuchadnezzar

Brown-Driver-Briggs

‎מְרֹדַךְ‎ proper name, of a divinity chief god of Babylon in Nebuchadrezzar's time (Assyrian Mar(u)duk(u) Schr^{COT Gloss} Tiele^{Babylonian -Ass. Geschichte. 530 ff.} Say^Rel. Babylonian 96 ff.; compare Muss-Arn^{JBL xi. 1892,164 f.}); — ‎נִלְכְּדָת בָּבֶל הֹבִישׁ‎ ‎בֵּל חַת מְרֹדָ֑ךְ‎ Jer 50:2 (ᵐ5 Μαιωδακ).

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