מָדַד53 H4059
measured, extend, be prolonged (conjugated form)
A Piel perfect consecutive form of the verb 'to measure,' appearing in Job 7:4. Job complains, 'When I lie down I say, When shall I arise? But the night is prolonged/measured out.' Though from a root meaning 'measure,' here it carries the sense of being extended or prolonged—the night drags on interminably. Some versions render this 'the evening is measured out' emphasizing duration. Job's sleepless suffering makes nights feel endless.
Senses
1. sense 1 — Measured out, prolonged, extended (of night's duration). Job 7:4 uses this in Job's lament: 'the night is prolonged/measured out' as he tosses sleeplessly. The Spanish 'Y-se-prolonga' (and it is prolonged) captures the sense of extension rather than literal measuring. Though the root means 'measure,' the context of sleepless suffering gives this the nuance of interminable duration—nights that seem to stretch on forever. 1×
AR["وَيَمْتَدُّ"]·ben["এবং-মাপা-নেওয়া-হয়েছে"]·DE["[ומדד]"]·EN["and-measured-"]·FR["et-ומדד"]·heb["ו-מידד"]·HI["और-मापा-गई-"]·ID["dan-panjangnya"]·IT["e-e-measured"]·jav["lan-dangu"]·KO["그리고-길다-에서"]·PT["e-fugiu"]·RU["и-долго-ли"]·ES["Y-se-prolonga"]·SW["na-usiku-unaendelea"]·TR["ve-uzadı-"]·urd["اور-شام-لمبی-ہوتی-ہے"]
Related Senses
H8033 1. There (locative adverb) (835×)H7760a 1. put, place, set physically (444×)H8064 1. heavens / sky (329×)H5439 1. around, all around (spatial) (319×)H4057b 1. wilderness, desert region (270×)H3220 1. sea, body of water (269×)H0520a 1. cubit (unit of length) (246×)H0127 1. ground, land (territory) (210×)H3383 1. Jordan River (proper noun) (183×)G1093 1. earth, the world (176×)H5800a 1. forsake, abandon (Qal active) (166×)H8121 1. sun (celestial body) (133×)H7126 1. offer, present sacrificially (122×)H6828 1. north, cardinal direction (120×)H2351 1. outside, exterior space (119×)H5104 1. river, stream (119×)H7341 1. width, breadth (101×)G1563 1. there (95×)H7126 2. draw near, approach (95×)G2281 1. sea, large body of water (91×)
BDB / Lexicon Reference
מָדַד53 vb. measure (NH id.; Ph. מדד; Arabic مَدَّ extend, stretch, مُدٌّ a corn-measure, etc.; Assyrian madâdu, measure; Jew.-Aramaic n. מִידָּה measure, proportion, rule);— Qal Pf. מ׳ (מָדָ֑ד) Is 40:12 + 9 times Ez; sf. מְדָדוֹ Ez 42:15, 20; 1 s. וּמַדֹּתִ֫י Is 65:7; וּמָֽדְדוּ consec. Dt 21:2; Ez 43:10; וּמַדֹּתֶם consec. Nu 35:5; Impf. וַיָּ֫מָד Ru 3:15 + 22 times Ez; 2 ms. תָּמוֹד Ez 45:3;…