H1255 H1255
Berodach-Baladan (also Merodach-Baladan), a Babylonian king who sent envoys to Hezekiah
This royal name appears in 2 Kings 20:12 (the parallel in Isaiah 39:1 has 'Merodach-Baladan'). He was a Chaldean king of Babylon who rebelled against Assyria and sent envoys to Hezekiah, perhaps seeking an anti-Assyrian alliance. The Assyrian form is Marduk-apla-iddina ('Marduk has given a son'). The variant 'Berodach' likely represents a textual corruption or dialectal pronunciation of 'Merodach' (the Babylonian god Marduk). This incident led to Isaiah's prophecy of Babylonian exile.
Senses
1. sense 1 — A royal name for the Babylonian king also known as Merodach-Baladan (Assyrian: Marduk-apla-iddina), appearing in 2 Kings 20:12. The name means 'Marduk has given a son' and refers to a Chaldean ruler who sought alliance with Judah against Assyria. The 'Berodach' variant likely represents textual variation or dialectal pronunciation of 'Merodach.' Multilingual evidence consistently transliterates (Berodach-Baladan, Berodac-Baladán), preserving the foreign royal name that introduces the fateful embassy triggering Isaiah's prophecy of coming Babylonian conquest. 1×
AR["بَرُودَخُ-بَلْأَدَانُ"]·ben["বরোদক-বালাদন"]·DE["Berodach-Baladan"]·EN["Berodach-Baladan"]·FR["Berodach-Baladan"]·heb["בראדך בלאדן"]·HI["बरोदक-बलदान"]·ID["Berodakh-Baladan"]·IT["Berodach-Baladan"]·jav["Berodak-Baladan"]·KO["브로닥-발라단이"]·PT["Berodakh-Baladan"]·RU["Беродах-Баладан"]·ES["Berodac-Baladán"]·SW["Berodaki-baladani"]·TR["Berodak-Baladan"]·urd["برودک-بلادان-نے"]
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
† מְרֹדַךְ בַּלְאֲדָן n.pr.m. king of Babylon (Assyrian Marduk-abal-idinna, Marduk has given a son SchrCOT 2 K 20, 12);—Is 39:1 (> van d. H. מְרֹאדַךְ ב׳, v. Baer’s n.)=2 K 20:12 (where read מרדך for בראדך); 𝔊 (in both) Μαρωδακ(χ) Βαλ(α)δαν; cf. also בַּלְאֲדָן.