Senses
1. Madai / Media (proper noun) — The proper noun referring to Madai (son of Japheth, Genesis 10:2) and the nation/region of Media (the Medes), used interchangeably for the person and the people/territory descended from him. All four clusters represent the same referent with different conjunctive prefixes (bare noun, with-waw 'and'). Arabic consistently uses Maday/Madi (مَادَايَ / مَادِي), Korean uses Medai/Media (메대/메디아), Hindi uses Maadee (मादी/मादै), Spanish uses 'Media/Maday', and Swahili uses 'Wamedi/Umedi/Madai'. These are purely morphological variants (singular, plural, with conjunction) of one proper noun referent. 16×
AR["مَادَايَ","مَادَي","مَادِي","وَ-ماداي","وَ-مَادَايَ","وَ-مَادَايُ","يَا-مَادَايَ"]·ben["আর-মাদয়","ও-মাদয়","ও-মাদয়ের","মাদয়ের","মাদায়ের","মাদিয়ের","মাদীয়","মাদীয়দের","মাদীয়ের","মাদের"]·DE["Maday","Medien","[מדי]","und-Madaj","und-Medien"]·EN["Madai","Maday","Medes","Media","and-Madai","and-Maday"]·FR["Maday","Madaï","Médie","de-de","et-Madai","et-von-qui"]·heb["ו-מדי","מדי"]·HI["और-मादय","और-मादियों-की","और-मादी","और-मादी-की","और-मादी-के","और-मादै","मादियों-को","मादी","मादी-के"]·ID["-Media","Media","dan-Madai","dan-Media"]·IT["Madai","Maday","Media","e-Madai","e-da-che"]·jav["Madai","Media","Médi","Média","lan-Madai","lan-Mèdia","tiyang-Madai"]·KO["그-와-메대","그리고-마대","그리고-메디아의","메대","메대-의","메대의","메대이여","메디아를","메디아와","메디아의"]·PT["Maday","Media","Média","e-Maday","os-Medos"]·RU["Мадай","Мадая","Мидии","и-Мадай","и-Мидии"]·ES["Maday","Media","y-Maday","y-Media"]·SW["Umedi","Wamedi","ambao","ambazo","na-Madai","na-Umedi","wa-Umedi","wa-Wamedi","waonao","ya-Wamedi"]·TR["Madai'yi","Med","Med'in","Medya","Medya'nın","ve-Maday","ve-Med","ve-Meday"]·urd["اور-فارس","اور-مادای","اور-مادی","مادای-کے","مادی","مادی-کی","مادی-کے","مادیوں","و-مادی"]
BDB / Lexicon Reference
† מָדַי n.pr.gent. et terr. Medes, Media (OPers. Mâda SpAPK, Assyrian Madai COTGloss, and on Gn 10:2 DlPar. 247);— 1. people, as ‘son’ of Japhet Gn 10:2 (P) = 1 Ch 1:5; as hostile power Is 13:17; 21:2; זֶרַע מָדַי Dn 9:1; land and people, מַלְכֵי מָדַי Je 25:25 (+ מַלְכֵי עֵילָם), 51:11, 28; מַלְכֵי מ׳ וּפָרַס Est 10:2; Dn 8:20; cf. פָּרַס וּמָדַי Est 1:3, 14, 18, 19; 𝔊 Μαδαι. 2. of land alone = Media 2 K 17:6; 18:11 (both עָרֵי מָדָ֑י).