H1081 H1081
Baladan, father of Merodach-baladan, king of Babylon; from Babylonian 'abal-iddina' meaning 'he has given a son'
Baladan appears in the royal genealogy of Babylon as the father of Merodach-baladan, who sent envoys to King Hezekiah. The name derives from Babylonian 'abal-iddina,' meaning 'he has given a son,' though the divine name that originally began the full form was abbreviated in biblical usage. This naming pattern, celebrating divine gift of offspring, was common in ancient Near Eastern royal families.
Senses
1. sense 1 — A proper name appearing only in the phrase identifying Merodach-baladan's lineage (2 Kings 20:12; Isaiah 39:1). The consistent rendering across languages as a transliteration rather than translation reflects its function as a personal name, though the Babylonian etymology ('he has given a son') reveals the original meaning behind what became a fixed designator in Scripture's record of eighth-century BC Near Eastern politics. 2×
AR["بَلْأَدَانَ"]·ben["বলদনের", "বালাদনের"]·DE["Baladan", "[בלאדן]"]·EN["Baladan", "of-Baladan"]·FR["Baladan", "[בלאדן]"]·heb["בלאדן"]·HI["बलदान"]·ID["Baladan"]·IT["Baladan", "[בלאדן]"]·jav["Baladan"]·KO["발라단의"]·PT["Baladan"]·RU["Баладана"]·ES["Baladán"]·SW["Baladani"]·TR["Baladan'in", "Baladan'ın"]·urd["بلادان", "بلعدان-کے"]
Related Senses
G3588 1. definite article (18298×)H0853 1. definite direct object marker (10915×)G2532 1. (8312×)H3068 1. YHWH (the divine name) (6522×)H0834a 1. relative pronoun (who/which/that) (4839×)H3588a 1. causal: because, for (3498×)G1161 1. and (2806×)H3478 1. Israel (proper name and nation) (2507×)G4771 1. you (plural address) (1853×)H1931 1. personal pronoun he/she/it (1431×)G3739 1. relative pronoun who/which/that (1149×)H1732 1. David (proper name) (1075×)H2088 1. this, this one (demonstrative) (1059×)G1063 1. (1047×)G3778 1. this thing, these things (1003×)H???? 2. (1002×)G2424 1. (924×)G3754 1. that (content clause) (881×)H2009 1. presentative particle: behold, look (881×)H0589 1. I (first person singular pronoun) (874×)
BDB / Lexicon Reference
† בַּלְאֲדָן n.pr.m. (= Bab. abal-iddina, he hath given a son COT 2 K 20:12) father of מְרֹדַךְ בַּלְאֲדָן king of Babylon (v. sub מְרֹדַךְ) 2 K 20:12 = Is 39:1; name prob. abbreviated by omission of name of god (v. ib. Merodach-baladan = Marduk-abal-iddina, Marduk hath given a son; cf. Esarhaddon, v. אֵסַרְחַדֹּן p. 64).