H2582 H2582
Henadad, a Levite chief whose descendants helped rebuild Jerusalem's walls
A proper name meaning 'favor of Hadad,' borne by a Levite family head whose sons played significant roles in Israel's postexilic restoration. In Ezra 3:9 the sons of Henadad help supervise the rebuilding of the temple foundation. In Nehemiah 3:18 and 3:24, members of his household repair sections of Jerusalem's wall, and in Nehemiah 10:9 a descendant joins the covenant signatories. The name itself witnesses to a period when Semitic theophoric names incorporating the storm god Hadad were still current among Israelites.
Senses
1. sense 1 — A Levite patriarch whose family contributed to the postexilic rebuilding efforts. His sons oversee temple construction in Ezra 3:9, repair the walls under Nehemiah (Neh 3:18, 24), and seal the covenant in Nehemiah 10:9. The name compounds the Hebrew word for grace or favor with the divine name Hadad, a Northwest Semitic storm deity, reflecting the syncretic naming practices of the preexilic period that persisted into the return from Babylon. 4×
AR["حِينادادَ", "حِينَادَادَ"]·ben["হেনাদদের", "হেনাদাদের"]·DE["[חנדד]"]·EN["Chenadad", "Henadad"]·FR["Henadad"]·heb["חנדד"]·HI["हेनादाद-के"]·ID["Henadad"]·IT["Henadad"]·jav["Henadad", "kang-para-Lewi"]·KO["헤나다드", "헤나닥-의", "헤나닷"]·PT["Chenadad", "Henadad"]·RU["Хенадада"]·ES["Henadad"]·SW["Henadadi", "wa-Henadadi"]·TR["Henadad'nın", "Henadad'ın", "Henadadin"]·urd["حیناداد-کے", "حیندد"]
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
† חֵנָדָד n.pr.m. (חֵן + הָדָד favour of Hadad)—Levite chief Ezr 3:9; Ne 3:18, 24; 10:10.